Talk:United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

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When article 50 is triggered we will need two sections, one for the actual triggering itself and the second for international reactions and in general the article could do with a tidy up. (2A02:C7F:5621:2A00:E9D2:D518:9ACB:AD5D (talk) 09:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC))[reply]

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This should have a section about the impact of triggering Article 50 with the triggering of a plebiscite in Scotland -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 04:40, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the better way would be to have a stand alone article with that as its topic, to ensure it has sufficient room there instead of burdening this article with undue content. Qexigator (talk) 06:31, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We do have a separate article, [[Proposed second Scottish independence referendum]], however, a section here is appropriate. We just have a {{main|Proposed second Scottish independence referendum}} pointing to that article -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 02:27, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article's topic and focus is the actual UK-EU negotiations for UK withdrawal, and not internal UK issues. The Scottish article (started 24 June 2016) may need some npov updating, now or in connection with future developments. But please note, UK's land borders: with the Republic of Ireland, and between Spain (one of EU 27) and the BOT Gibraltar. Qexigator (talk) 08:16, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Urgent update needed

The article has been dormant for quite some time and has not been been updated to include the extension of article 50 in any detail to 31 January 2020. Today as I write this it is exit day and please can this be added to the article. (2A02:C7F:5622:2000:D0F1:23A4:8CAB:B928 (talk) 15:28, 31 January 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Done, though it is a bit sketchy. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]