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Now it's getting quite complicated
for the EU an exit would be done under article 50 ,
a properly mandated member state government would officially advise the commission of its desire to leave the EU
the time delay could be up to two years .
David Cameron , having resigned as prime minister , is now merely a caretaker and had said he would not invoke article 50
let the next sucker do it !
Boris Johnson , want to negotiate a future agreement before invoking 50 , the six founding members have just had a meeting saying NO , it would open the path to blackmail , pressure from new members , haggling with Britain still at the table , their position is put 50 on the table , then we talk .
There is some confusion on how the British government can do it , under the government authority or do it has to go through parliament to repel the 1972 EU communities act ,
there is a strong suspicion , Britain will welsh on their own people , after all it was only a referendum and as such not bidding under the Westminster system .
the British politicians are now tearing each others apart , while the same is happening all over Europe ,
the French has a lame duck president and elections next year , Italy is struggling , the German coalition is tottering with the Social democrat loosing their shirt each election for being Merkel lap dog , Belgium had no government for two years and things improved
of course the EU has a long and sordid past of ignoring referendum , they did it to the Irish , the Dutch the Danes and the French !
My bet is that for Bruxelles , democracy is a figure of speech