Elepis wrote:Dooom35796821595 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36853952
Seems the French president isn't keen on our new PMs approach to preparing before brexit, trying to use the situation to impact his reelection chances. So much for him being a socialist, or believing in European unity, unless he belives in a more Stalinist form of socialism. We may end up negotiating with a right wing French president, who would be more likley to cooperate with us.
Of course, he still wants us to cooperate on defence. I have to wonder if they worry about the possibility of having to face Russia without UK support, and if our government plan to use that during negotiations...
UK isn't that vital for fighting Russia, the US is but UK not so much.
why should he give a toss what we (or rather, the people who voted to leave) want?
We're pretty strategically important.