“Those voters do not want to have a conversation about Brexit,” said Joshua Simons, the director of Labour Together, a think-tank close to Labour leadership. How dare they prioritise one group of voters over all others?
Ellwood thinks that the election will bring release and hope: “I can see all parties embracing the idea of rejoining the single market… I put money on it that it happens in the next five years.” After so many years of Brexit thought compliance, will this country be in a fit state to take such big steps? I don’t think so.
As a German, I’m opposed to let the UK back in unless it has been decided by a binding referendum with more than 70% voter participation and more than 75% of votes being cast for “rejoin”.
Brexit has destroyed so, so much - especially trust - that the British people need to make it unquestionably clear that they are in this for the long run, for a few generations.
We can’t have another 51-49 decision that will immediatly change as soon as the economy is doing a bit better or worse.
The EU is under attack from so many sides, and it could really use the support of a strong UK. But we can’t risk the UK becoming an enemy of the EU again.
I couldn’t agree more.
The only condition I would add to their come back is a mandatory adoption of the Euro currency.
You want to enter the European market, you play by its rules.
That seems fair. Might make it a little more difficult to leave on a whim, too.
And if they’ll get the princess of the EU treatment again I’m strictly against rejoining.
I think 70% is a bit much, 2/3 majority or 60-40 seems more achievable.
My understanding is brexit has harmed both the EU and the UK, by the obvious virtue of the EU becoming smaller and the whole point is being a big economic bloc, but I don’t see the harm now after they’ve already ruined that.
So what gets destroyed if they were to come back at 51% and then pull a brexit 2?
You mean besides the absurdly high cost for the preparation, changes in border checks, negotiations and whatever else? It was fucking exhausting.
I didn’t think of that, that’s exactly what I was asking. Thank you. Sounds absolutely miserable.
Because Europe is not a fucking mill that can be quit or joined out of a whim.