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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by grey-area on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:00PM (#23705839)
The problem with trying to threaten the EU with a no deal exit is it's like a bank robber threatening to blow his own head off - messy, undesirable, but ultimately not very persuasive.
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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by nailer on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:14PM (#23707419)
It's mutually assured destruction. The EU doesn't want to lose billions of dollars in trade either.
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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by grey-area on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:58AM (#23710138)
I don't think the EU will be moved by this. They can easily wait till the UK exits without a deal then be in an even stronger negotiating position.
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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by nailer on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:48AM (#23711251)
You understand the concept of 'mutual', right?
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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by grey-area on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:26AM (#23712373)
Like the bank robber, you seem to mistake a threat of self-harm by the UK for an existential threat to the EU. No deal is not mutually assured destruction, it's certain destruction for the UK and some damage to the EU.

That's not a very convincing lever in a negotiation. The final relationship will benefit the EU far more than the UK, simply because of the balance of power, regardless of delusions to the contrary and empty bombast from Johnson.

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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by nailer on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:35AM (#23712448)
OK, you think the EU wants to deliberately damage itself, like your bank robber analogy. You're welcome to your opinion.
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