Hi Pace,
Fine with a UK-only IMCR; a Europe-wide one would be great, but if other countries are opposed to it then I realise that's unrealistic. But a compromise that allows the UK to keep the IMCR - even if it's a bit of a fudge in EASA licensing terms - would be OK.
And I'm also fully in favour of a "sensible" IR training scheme, but I don't know enough about that to offer any more of an opinion.