The majority of people under 65 voted to remain in the EU the majority of people over 65 voted to leave. The result was I’m at people couldn’t study in the EU. We couldn’t work travel freely within the EU or retire in EU country. We gained nothing and lost so much.

The EU wants theUK money back but probably doesn’t want another stone in the shoe.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_re-accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Union#2024

As German i can tell you for sure : I'm not betting my money that in 6 years is a EU😂😂😂

You talk of a ' United Kingdom'. If this nonsense & procrastination continues, then in the future, there might no longer Be a United Kingdom (Scottish independence?) to negotiate rejoining in any form & under any conditions! Politicians (not the electorate) have made this country quite irrelevant to the rest of Europe & indeed, the world.

Is this a joke ? UK benefitted from the single market : look your economy today. No serious economist on earth will tell that Brexit was an economic optimal decision. (I am economist) Anyway too much unscientific analysis from UK, too much anti-european attitude for more than 30 years ! A so long marriage between UK and EU was already a miracle. Either you are in (and you follow the rule of the club) or you are not happy and you quit the club. In a sense, Brexit was consistent with the permanent depressing anti-european attitude and lies about the EU...for years. From the continent: good luck.

Pre Brexit the UK was subsidizing the EU by at least £40 Billion per year. Of course that want that back, but the UK has said NO and is not attempting to return.

7:30 . Grossly misleading here : UK will have to agree to give up the £ BEFORE any chance of re-enter.

Basically, no, EU is not interested to welcome back UK. Besides, UK would only re-enter EU as any new comer (meaning stricter rules, no option out, and give up the £ for the €). Brits who want to re-enter EU on the previous conditions can just forget about it right now !

Mayby after when boomers have gone.

The UK has benefited more than any other European country from its EU membership. The EU has been a gateway for Investments in the UK, car industry, Banking etc. You benefited from the best possible conditions when you were in the EU. 1 - You did not have the euro < but financial transactions in EURO were managed by the "city" >, 2 - you were not in the Schengen area, 3 - Per capita the cost of your contribution was lower than the European average, far from that of Holland or Germany. Remember Margaret Thatcher: “I want my money back”. If such conditions do not satisfy the British, it will be difficult to have those that will be imposed on you accepted during possible negotiations. Because you will never get those benefits back. Furthermore, it is not certain that the EU accepts the risk of a N*2 Brexit with each change of majority in Great Britain. It will take more than 55% of British citizens to get unanimity of the 27 countries for a possible return. This generation will probably not see the UK return to the EU, but it was your choice...

Nop. Gibraltar goes first. 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

NOT NOW, too inestable and unwilling to fulfill it's word. But the real answer is that it doesn't matter because the UK doesn't even meet the requirements to apply, nevermind about the answer. Really, what's the point, the UK needs to sort itself out, but we still have people calling for leaving the ECHR.

Does the EU want the UK back? Er.. No. Does the UK want to reverse brexit? Apparently over 80% do but it's not going to happen for a long time if ever.

What use is Britain in the EU?

Sorry. You are surprised there is a Lack of Trust from the EU.

Stop gaslight We voted but we haven't got it yet

Yes but no veto The UK have proven what pillocks they are they were the only country that had an absolute veto and threw that away Clever dicks

"When you're gone, you stay gone. You lost all your EU priviliges."

Nooooo. Don't try to come back. We din't forget your non stop complaing an blackmailing.

The free movement of people and goods across the european union was the key benefit as it saw it. I cannot imagine if all travel and transportation of goods across each and every state within the usa required separate documentation and inspection would be beneficial to the economy of the usa.

No.only our money.

Why? What would be the benefit of it for the EU when the EU has got all what they wanted?

The UK has been meddling with European affairs even as it had left the EU. And substantial damage has been done. The UK's return to the EU will be akin to a US Trojan Horse being installed in the EU to complete its final takeover and command of the EU economy.

Extremely interesting conversation!! I thoroughly enjoyed that, two very knowledgeable and articulate gentlemen, Thank you!

In order to "rejoin", I think the Brits first need to renew their voting system: Change it to a popular vote system, so that the BS that is Brexit is very unlikely to happen again. Otherwise don't bother. Greetz from Amsterdam xxx

Does the EU want the UK back? the answer is easy "NO". It will be difficult for the EU to forget all that has been said and done in recent years. EU is not ready at this stage to trust the UK and to take the risk to face the same mess a few years later after each election. What is needed is a genuine belief by a large majority of Britons "not 52%" in the EU project, and not because of the UK's economic decline << see OBR report >>. This generation will probably not see the UK return to the EU.

The British must be re-educated first!

Raspad te nakaradne tvorevine

I don't want to be part of Europe!..............I got a Irish Passport,

Pathetic imbeciles ruining the social economic environment with our neighbours. Mate WE WANNA TRAVEL FREELY within our neighbours. With NO tension between social aspects. THEIR SO RICH THEY DONT NEED TO COME TO THE UK. Wtf is this 💩 the people who made it nigel and that WHERE ARE THEY ????? EVERYONE KEEPS CHANGING!! Now 15% national insurance TAX ?? WEee NEED EUROPE!!!

Oh no! Brexit done several years ago and people are still discussing about it. Times must be hard and there's nothing new to report. Get real and learn to live with the decision of the British voters. Britain is full of whincers, with nothing much to do with their lives.

What are these morons whining about? The UK brexited the EU, just like they wanted.

The U.S. wants (finally) for every nation to meet its monetary requirements. Canada is the worst. Your ‘free-ride’ is coming to an end! You get the benefits. U.S. taxpayers receive the bill. We are tired of it. Enjoy your Brexit.

Your idea of being ‘a bridge’ for America to the E.U. is old-fashioned. The U.S. won’t help you whoever is president (ever). Your hating on Trump is idiotic too. You don’t provide any reasons either. Tell us how wonderful a Harris presidency would be for us. Another 12 million illegal aliens? A country that voted to leave the E.U. will never be taken seriously. You do realize that there are English speakers on the European continent, right? The U.S. population has no interest in Britain.

With your awfully shitty two-class education system, you have so permanently stupidised your population that they have chosen Brexit and have now become a third-world country. Stop whining, no one cares about your stupidity anymore

If the EU mistrusts the UK, then it does so because it foolishly dealt only with pro-EU British governments while disregarding public opinion, especially on ever closer union and federalism. That is not something the British people want or are willing to accept. The European Project and the idea of a European identity are an anathema to most of us. The one time when we have had a say in this delivered a vote to leave. Consequently, why are you flogging this dead horse? You would be better using your energies towards making Britain a good neighbour in Europe rather than trying to drag us back into bed with them.

The stupidest mistake we ever made was joining the EU in the first place, why on earth would we make the same idiotic mistake twice? Oh yes, that's right because we give people who hate Britain the right to vote.

We Brexiteers never want to go back to that corrupt organisation, all you have to do is look at hoe they have managed to get stuck with the even more useless Van De Layen failed German politician.

They'll have us back if the terms are less advantageous to the UK than they were in the past. The Brexit Bonus ..................... for the rest of the EU.

OF COURSE, they want the UK back which would mean the UK becoming the Property of an Administration in Brussels/Strasbourg=BERLIN. Actually been Governed by GERMANY. Britain is a Sovereign Independent Democratic Nation why would they wish to be under the Boot of GERMANY. Grow UP

You must make Brexit work for britain. You have absolutely no other choice. Europe certainly doesn't want you to return to the union. Financially, you can not meet the national debt limit of 60% of GDP even in order to apply for "consideration" ! Your parliamentary system makes it impossible for the 27 member states to take any application even slightly seriously. You could waste 20 years in alignment and fulfilling membership criteria, only for a change of government to overturn everything. You are the only country "EVER" to quit the union, and even then it was due to national "racism" " bigotry" and self perceived exceptionalism. The European Union is all about inclusiveness, working to a common goal, a common strategic ideal which England especially was never ever aligned to. Sure, there are some sensible and intelligent members of your population who understand the magnitude of your loss, but England remains a right-wing racist bigoted and deeply misinformed nation. Sort out your own many problems, but don't look to Europe for help or hope for the future. Your future is a lonely and isolated one, and one ENTIRELY OF YOUR OWN DOING.

Talking of "Re"joining the EU is dishonest, disingenuous, and, in many ways, counterproductive. When the UK joined the then European Common Market, there were only a handful of members. Nonetheless, it took eleven years to persuade the existing members to accept our application. To join now, britain would need to convince 27 member states to agree. Please believe me speaking as a European citizen who follows our politics closely that will not happen. Brexit is a forgotten item in our lives. You were one of the three most powerful and influential members of the biggest trading block in the world, with exemptions and privileges enjoyed by no others. Then, you voted to become an irrelevant nonentity, an outsider ! It is too late now to press your face against the window and beg to come in out of the cold rain of brexit reality. We have plenty of problems of our own which we are working together to solve, but you are not one of them, and never will be again. Enjoy your sovereignty!

No we the British people need to vote to go back surely

Some have argued that part of what drove brexit was a nostalgia for the british empire, british exceptionalism etc. But those attitudes are becoming less prominent in younger generations. So perhaps it's a matter of waiting for another generation to pass?

of course ... UK was holding the EU back from advancing ...

How could the EU take us back. The EU cannot trust Brexit Britain to change its mind and decide to leave again. This country need a major universal change of attitude towards the EU and a desire to pursue the EU's political goals. In short post Imperial Britain needs to realise it true status in the world.

We don't need a UK that wants to rejoin the EU only for economic and financial reasons. The EU is a peace project and a political union. If the UK cannot commit to our values and ideals, then stay out. The EU is the scapegoat for anything in the UK, probably even the tilted earth axis. The British press still likes to spread the lie about straight bananas and other anti-EU stories.

The EU does not want us back because we would want to expand our manufacturing base ,and that is a thing that they don’t want, but as you correctly said the EU is now a political and no longer longer a collection of trading nations and as long as they think that Brussels has the right to make laws over ours it will never work , with the rise of the brics collection of nations and with there manufacturing and banking potential , now is the time to make a fairer trading bond between its members

A proper Brexit needs to be done first...