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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it's going to take time to even start the process, and once it starts it will take two years.  That's a long time.  Could they go back on it?  Say, if a new election were called, and labour won on a campaign to do a new referendum?[/quote]

Actually, it does not take time to start. the UK needs to declares that it intends to withdraw from the Union under article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, and this can just take days.  the declaration triggers a countdown of two years. During this time the UK does not have a voice in EU's decisions and the UK and the  EU can negotiate the terms of the separation and the terms of the future relationship between the UK and the EU, and these negotiations are likely to last several years. But under the treaty after two years from the art. 50 declaration of withdrawal the UK ceases to be a member regardless of whether negotiations are over.

the trick is that the idiots who promoted the vote now do not have the guts to face the consequences (now they suddenly realized that after all they will not have 350M a week for their health system after stopping giving money to the EU, and they probably know very well that the UK will not be able to have free access to the EU market and no immigration, and that any deal they will be able to get will be worse of what the YK had before), so nobody wants to declare the art. 50 withdrawal because that would trigger the two years period after which the UK is out. so Cameron is buying 4 months, both Farage and Johnson say that there is no rush, the UK can start negotiations now and then, maybe next year, declare the withdrawal.  This strategy obviously does not sit well with the EU, that at this point wants a clear cut and  as little uncertainty as possible in a very messy situation, and even less wants to give Farage-like parties in other EU countries the idea that you can pretend to leave and then somehow stay with all the advantages and no disadvantages.  The head of the EU commission, and the foreign ministers of the EU six founding countries, said yesterday and today that Cameron should simply take note of the vote and declare the withdrawal as soon as next week.

People cannot say they did not understand what they were voting. if you read only Murdoch's tabloids then it's your fault when you get screwed.  [/quote]

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