Cameron To Fuck British As Long As He Can

They're nothing more than dead pigs heads to him, apparently.

Eager to avoid a domino effect in other Eurosceptic member states, European leaders have said they want the UK to make a swift start on the marathon task of extricating itself from the bloc by triggering article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, the untested procedure governing how a member state leaves, as soon as possible.

But London has so far shown no sign of wanting to launch formal exit proceedings, with the prime minister, David Cameron, who resigned on Friday, leaving the task to his successor, and leading Brexit campaigners including Boris Johnson demanding informal withdrawal talks before locking Britain into the strict two-year timeframe laid down in the article 50 process.

  Guardian

But that's just it. Cameron hasn't actually left. As long as he's there and refusing to trigger article 50, no successor can step in and do it.

Brussels has also emphatically ruled out informal talks on a possible trade deal before the UK triggers article 50. “No notification, no negotiation,” one official said on Sunday. A diplomat added: “If they treat their referendum as a non-event, we will also treat their referendum as a non-event.”

Also a big FU to the Brits. If you don't play the game according to the elite playbook, they will take their ball and go home. Now, play with your own balls.

Not that they won't be having talks amongst themselves.

The president of the European council, Donald Tusk, is is to meet the French president, François Hollande, in Paris before they fly together to Berlin for talks with Merkel and Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, ahead of a crucial two-day EU summit starting on Tuesday.

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[US secretary of state, John Kerry] is meeting the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, in the Belgian capital on Monday morning and then flying to London for talks with the British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond.

An American politician can be in on the talks, but the British cannot. Nice.

Cameron is due to attend the Tuesday evening summit dinner before going back to London, leaving the remaining 27 member states to discuss on Wednesday how to handle the biggest blow to the bloc in its 60-year history.

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The commission also meets this afternoon to prepare the ground for the summit. Jonathan Hill, the British commissioner, who dramatically resigned on Saturday but remains in office until mid-July, will attend.

How very nice that the guys who are dumping their positions and on their way out get to be in on meetings. I get it that you don't want to serve in a capacity for something you don't believe in. You shouldn't. And the ones who do believe in it probably don't want you there. But are you the ones who should get to participate in anything to do with the new order of things? I smell a rat.

David Cameron reportedly told aides following his resignation speech: "Why should I do all the hard s**t?"

In the speech, the Prime Minister said he would continue in Number 10 until the party elects a successor, likely to be before the Tory conference in October.

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A close aide to Mr Cameron told the Sun: "It was the moment it really sunk in for all of us that it was over.

“He went out with dignity, and that was the most important thing for us."

  Independent

Dignity?!

After Mr Cameron's speech, Boris Johnson, the leading contender to replace him, paid tribute to the Prime Minister's record, saying: "I have known David Cameron for a very long time, and I believe he has been one of the most extraordinary politicians of our age.

"A brave and principled man, who has given superb leadership of his party and his country for many years.

Doesn't sound like the Brits will be any better off with Johnson.

"It was his bravery that gave this country the first referendum on the European Union for 43 years."

Bravery. Nobody in elite circles thought it would pass. Didn't seem like much of a gamble.  They expected to win the referendum and thereby shut up the whingers.

[Prime Minister Cameron] reportedly told the [EU] commission’s president, Jean-Claude Juncker, at a 2014 G20 summit that he could win a referendum “by a margin of 70 to 30”. Juncker replied that even Luxembourg would not vote to stay in the EU by such a big majority, according to one EU diplomat.

  Guardian

David Cameron: a leader with his finger on the pulse of the people.

Brussels insiders are also frustrated and angry that Cameron did not use the UK reform deal – painstakingly agreed by all EU member states in February – to defend the EU during the campaign.

So, in other words, Cameron did screw the Brits just like the pig's head. They most likely didn't even know about the deal.

And so, the "brave" and "dignified" Mr. Cameron stepped down rather than carry out the democratic will of the people. And do the hard shit.