Wintergreen wrote:Firstly DaveO stop nicking my points. I had posted that link days ago
Secondly I'm Spartacus
1. London DOES subsidise Wigan (forget the EU, there are net cash outflows of London to the North West)
And your evidence for this conclusion is where?
2. Once Article 50 is invoked we WILL be on a one-way path to leave the EU.
Which is exactly what I said, but unfortunately not what you said which was:
The fact that until Article 50 is invoked we are still in the EU
On any reading of that sentence means that once Article 50 is invoked, we are out of the EU. The fact is that we will not be out of the EU for another 2 years beyond the date the Article 50 notice is given, and in that 2 year period, anything can happen.
There is no one-way path.
Both Germany and France have elections next year, and the populous of both countries could very well return with A Government that is more aligned with with the British view. Many of the EU member states are already more aligned with a British position, and despite the rhetoric of Juncker, who doesn't speak for the heads of Government, there will have to be some serious analyses of how they could hurt their own economies through ill considered decisions