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Everyone who talks about an EU Army as a justification for Leaving the EU is basically saying "I don't know how the EU works".
"European Army"
As I've explained before... eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossa…
The EU can't tell its members to join an EU army.
The UK could choose to join an EU army DESPITE BREXIT.
So even if you think an EU army is on its way, all leaving the EU achieves is make us the economic rival of the largest military power in our hemisphere just a few miles away.
In which case...
Now, while I do believe in defence cooperation between allies. I don't believe in a completely homogenised EU Army. HOWEVER.
And I'm no defence expert, but... One of the main concerns around Trident is cost. A common European Nuclear deterrent would save a few bob, (IN THEORY).
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Britain is responsible for centuries of bloodshed on the Irish island, which was only ended by the Good Friday Agreement creating a delicate balance between Northern Ireland's attachment to the UK & Ireland.

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