Will The UK Ever Rejoin The EU?

[@Mirakolis]

In the end we can actually thank the British people. The EU was in some sort of a crisis. There were many resentments against the EU in many member states which resulted in a large number of anti-EU parties and movements. Now that the Brexit experiment has shown its results, initiatives for leaving are at an all time low.

[@21preend42]

And so whats are those results ? as an EU immigrant in the UK, since Brexit absolutely nothing changed.

[@taintabird23]

@@21preend42Euroscepticism has changed. People don't want to leave the EU, they want to change it from within. Anti EU sentiment is in decline in some countries because of Brexit.

[@CarlosSzachnowski]

​@21preend42 As another Eu immigrant that lives in the UK. A lot has changed. Prices on a lot of Eu to Uk imports are at an all time high. Even general products that are manufactured in the UK but with Eu materials were made to have higher costs. If you try argue its due to covid, or other issues, it wasn't. Mainly due to all of these issues occurring much after we left the Eu. TL;DR Leaving the Eu decreased trade, made existing trade more expensive and so resulted in a worsened living crisis.

[@21preend42]

What are those products you are talking about exactly, the UK imports a lot of products from outside EU such as China. The UK also has a lot of its own products for supermarkets. And I have failed to see a dramatic increase in prices. Also I've checked a bit online and it seems UK has trade deal with EU "Agreement (TCA) provisionally entered into force on 1 May 2021 and provides for zero tariffs and zero quotas on all trade of EU and UK goods that comply with the appropriate rules of origin." Inflation also has a huge role both in UK and EU, It is the main factor why prices in UK increase BUT also in the EU, by a lot. Right now I am in Romania, and prices here are way way higher than in UK for pretty much anything. @@CarlosSzachnowski

[@languagetimothy9165]

​@@CarlosSzachnowskiFor goodness sake, change the record and move on.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Brexiteers: "This isn't the brexit I voted for!" Remainers: "This is exactly the brexit I voted against."

[@volspirus5407]

Young Adults who never got to vote due to not being 18: "we never got to vote for our future"

[@eveb.6568]

@@volspirus5407 Old farts in 2016 who have died by now/will die soon: 'I voted leave because I remember the old days'.

[@Pierrick2009]

Leave voters 2016: “EU workers are stealing our jobs!” Leave voters 2023: not applying for the jobs no longer stolen by EU workers.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@eveb.6568 I suggest you look at the many young people who were too lazy or stupid to bother to vote before criticising those who did vote in their perceived interests.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

Yes and we'll make it work by making it harder, more unworkable. You know it makes sense.

[@tommoore9333]

As a Northern Irish unionist who voted to remain in EU, all i can say is that Brexit has accelerated a united Ireland. I believe it will happen in my lifetime now. As for the rest of the UK,i honestly dont know what the future holds,i guess it might depend on our Scottish cousins deciding where their future lies.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Northern Ireland as usual is treated as a special case, even now you continue to enjoy many of the benefits of EU membership, access to the SM, access to an EU passport, access to Erasmus etc. I think that it's unfair that you can't share fully in the wonderful brexit "benefits" that the rest of the UK "enjoys", it might concentrate your minds more as to the future direction you'd want to take.

[@darnellbiggumsthe9th658]

as a northern nationalist, i hope you will begin to realise the benefits to unity and to realise that an all ireland encompassing you and your community can and will work for the betterment of us all🙏🏻

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

This is my perspective as an Englishman. I don't really consider Northern Ireland to be a country. It's part of Ireland, but it was created as a compromise to avoid civil war. It worked to an extent. But I don't think Westminster has ever done a good job of governing Ireland or Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is not capable of governing itself. If the people of Northern Ireland decide they would rather be governed from Dublin and Brussels I would have no problem with that. It would probably make things easier for the British government because they could just deal directly with the Irish government. The only thing I would want is for Ireland to join the Commonwealth or for Northern Ireland to stay as a part of the Commonwealth.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

Unfortunately, UK is too undemocratic to ever allow Scotland to leave. They blocked the referendum to leave on a bogus claim about a law that is both hundreds of years old and vague enough to allow them to postpone everything basically indefinitely.

[@MENSA.lady2]

I have no problem with a united Ireland but I doubt the republic will leave the EU and become part of the UK.

[@telluwide5553]

Every time I travel through an EU airport, there’s always a sign right before passport control with a big Union Jack reminding British passport holders that they must stand in the "All Other Passports" line....There’s always at least one Brit who mistakenly goes into the EU line only to be reminded to wait with all the rest of us....the scowls on their faces are priceless! LOL!😅

[@thecursed01]

tell them to just say "me refugee" or "want asylum" gets them through quicker, gets free money and as a bonus for the rowdy brits, let's you get away with probation for raping underage girls. at least in germany

[@thecursed01]

@@hereward3411 wait...not standing patiently in the correct lane? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE BRITISH??? XD

[@attilaabonyi8879]

They have been in the union for so long that they have forgotten what they voted for in 2016.

[@RazorMouth]

​@@thecursed01Simp.

[@thecursed01]

@RazorMouth not simping for eu propaganda is simp?

[@maartenaalsmeer]

(Lazy) re-post: as a EU citizen, I'm honestly on the fence about the UK becoming a member of the EU again. I understand that almost half of the UK wanted to stay, and are very sad about what happened. But what's also noticeable in the discussion on platforms like these, is that the only reason UK citizens (seemingly?) want to return is the UK's economic downfall after Brexit. If Brexit had been an economic success, would we be having this 'rejoin' conversation? I don't think so. For most UK citizens, (it seems like) it's not about the EU's goal of 'an ever closer union between the peoples of Europe', it's not about reconnecting with fellow Europeans whose's values you share. It's all about the money, about GDP loss, about less opportunities. And maybe that's logical! But heartwarming it's not. What's also bothering me: the exceptionalism and entitlement (triggering words, I'm aware) that even ardent Remainers still display while discussing applying for membership again. It's almost immediately about getting a better deal, opting out of having to take the Euro, stating the UK is a very large economy, the EU really needs us and would be foolish to say no. Rich, large army, etc. Some are also seemingly very unaware about the application process. Or think that joining the Single Market is also a viable and easy option, without being an EU member. "We'll just negotiate, we're important, we're needed. Because we're British!" This is not the case . The EU can do without the UK. And will continue to do so if this arrogant attitude will surface during a hypothetical future application.

[@RealMash]

...and they offer no real benefit for the EU...at the moment the UK hemorrhages companies, business, money, scientists to the EU-why would the EU stem this from someone who has explicitly threatened (see Ireland and civil war, see tiger nation at the thames) the EU and thus must be treated as an enemy state?

[@WigSplitters]

well said, only thing is that (i assume) most people voted for Brexit partially due to the current economy and its effect at that time, granted it wasn't that bad. And i have no issue with someone who reverts their choice if its not what they initially wanted, COVID was also terribly timed to coincide, and i guess that has contrived the worst Brexit we could've gotten.

[@riiitch]

Very good and fair points, and as a Briton the exceptionalism is utter cringe. That said, the UK was one of the powerhouses in the EU, we can’t deny that. But I think you’re right, the EU can do without the UK. The UK also doesn’t *need* to be in either, we’ll do just okay, but in an increasingly multi polar world, we’d have had more clout being inside the EU. Somewhat ironically, those who voted Brexit because they thought the UK was somehow exceptional, made us less important in the world.

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

How about this. "only if the UK ends and joins as independent nations" the UK is corrupt and needs ending

[@Sjb-on5xt]

NET Zero policies adopted before the UK left the EU are to blame for most of the economic carnage since 2008. As soon as these suicidal policies are dropped the better.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

Unlikely for at least twenty years. After all, UK reentry depends on all member states approving.

[@stephenfarthing3819]

One very distinct and disturbing possibility! And perhaps slightly longer than that!

[@darren253]

England/Wales NO. But Scotland, and maybe Northern Ireland yes. As Scotland and Ireland voted to stay and their will was ignored. The end of the Union is nearer than people in England expect.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

​@@darren253 Ireland is in the EU, has been since 1973.

[@EnglishScripter]

Scottish Independence party is polling lower than ever before.@@darren253

[@mikes5637]

​@@genghisthegreat2034 Not Northern Ireland.

Even if the UK would like to rejoin the EU, any other members could veto it. Some countries have even subjected new adhesion to referendums. This means, the UK destiny in or outside of the EU does not fully depend on its population.

[@shakiMiki]

That's a baseless assertion. And shows zero understanding of how the UK was seen by other members. UK had strong allies: Netherlands, Sweden almost all of the East & Central Europe countries whose membership UK championed when France & Germany were driving for deeper rather than wider. Moreover France & Germany are of the view, EU is weaker without the membership of the UK who did so much to shape it. EU members need to be convinced it will not be a disruptive member, and none of the previous exemptions & exceptions. Euro membership as a goal may be a conditions. More likely it will become like Norway & Switzerland not full member, but join Single Market, Customs Union & have now say on the rules it will have to follow. Oh & why really UK left EU, like Switzerland has had to,. sign up to transparency rules for the financial affairs of the super rich.

[@user-mg3xr9tz7m]

@@shakiMikiget a brain. Seems you Brexiteers lack one

[@fintonmainz7845]

@@shakiMiki "all would veto" might be an exaggeration but so is your assertion of how loved the UK was in the EU. It only takes one country to veto. To give only one example of many: when much of London's banking and finance sector decamps to EU cities: there will be an incentive to block the UK "rejoining" as this might destabilise the sector.

[@ciaranirvine]

@@shakiMiki You have to be kidding, even traditionally pro-British countries like the Netherlands and Portugal are now glad that the Brits and their endless stirring up of squabbles and endless foot-dragging and quibbling have been removed. The entire EU functions much more smoothly without Britain's constantly disruptive presence. And many EU countries have benefited from Brexit as business and investment flees the UK. Nobody wants them back, and after all their insults and threats I'd personally be annoyed if the Irish government DIDN'T veto their application.

[@goodmusic4673]

​@@shakiMikinobody wants the UK anymore. Weak,stupid,annoying nobody needs someone like that

[@ilarirahja4342]

Frankly. as it is now it seems that Britain serves EU's interests better by staying out of it. Might be difficult to convince them otherwise.

[@chris6ix.]

Interesting how you excluded Luxembourg from the Schengen area at 6:18, despite the Schengen agreement and convention having been signed in Schengen, a luxembourgish village. Luxembourg is literally one of the founders of the Schengen area. You also excluded us from the Euro Zone at 6:22, despite us also being a founding member. Otherwise, good video and greetings from Luxembourg :)

[@hydra7427]

This would imply Luxembourg being a country, when it is a duchy. :)

[@shadowsamurai4074]

What is that Luxemburg you speak of?

[@counterleo]

Is the Luxembourg in the room with us right now?

[@larryc1616]

What is Luxembourg?

[@hatman3445]

There might be another factor in play that might force political parties to consider to rejoin the EU - dissolution. Northern Ireland might ask for reunification with Ireland if they'll keep suffering from Brexit, especially when they were voting against it. If N.I leaves the union, then expect same with Scotland which also was voting in favor of staying. So to avoid this, political parties might push for EU membership again.

[@willbentley8856]

Is that why support for Scottish independence has been consistently declining for three years now and the SNP is set to lose half of its westminster seats in next year's election?

[@riiitch]

Unfortunately I think you’re wrong. Speak to your average Brexit supporter and they really don’t care about Northern Ireland. Therefore this would get reflected in policy. The Conservative and Unionist party are that addicted to power that I do believe they’d throw NI under the bus to remain outside the EU. That said, there is a small majority in support of rejoining. So some other party would need to seize upon that, along with no more movement away from EU laws and regulations, and, of course, the EU actually wanting the UK back

[@mark63424able]

I completely agree and this is a factor that is rarely talked about because at the moment the English public don't see it as a threat. But if things continue as they are then calls for independence will become louder. I think Irish reunification or Scottish independence would be large enough triggers to turn the current public sentiment from simply regretting Brexit to actually calling for its reversal. That might just be what it takes sadly

[@darnellbiggumsthe9th658]

it’s not even a matter “if” NI leaves the union it’s a matter of when considering nationalists outnumber unionists now

[@vullings1968]

​@@mark63424ableBut will the possibility of Irish reunification or Scottish independence be an incentive for EU to make a rejoin more easy?

[@TheTwistedStone]

....anyone really believe they ever left ? Kept same laws, same payments, same faces in office and zero control over borders.....

[@SenorKristobbalVLog]

They had some level of control of their borders, now they don't

[@simonchaddock4274]

When the result of the referendum was announced my first reaction was "what on earth are they going to do about Northern Ireland?" It still is an unsatisfactory situation.

[@kelvynward7867]

There was no reason for Northern Ireland to ever be an issue. We have had an agreement with the Republic that predates the EU. The EU and Remainers were just weaponising the border to slow things down. The UK position was the same as its original agreement with the Republic of 'a border exists, but we won't enforce it or do much about it.' The Republic had the same position as the UK.

[@gyderian9435]

​@@kelvynward7867it is a problem nowdays since the EU has higher standards, can't just let anything in

[@zorrodm]

​@@gyderian9435 do you have a specific example of something that the EU has higher standards than the UK? If you don't, you're lying. Which is typical of you Remoaners.

[@mikeblatzheim2797]

​@@kelvynward7867 Ironic then, that the UK was, and still is so picky about its borders, but whe the EU is set to enforce an exterior border to protect the flow of people and goods, you collectively get your knickers in a twist.

[@angriffslusticherWildoger]

UK: *applies* Spain: this is my moment 😈🇬🇮

[@nfzed]

Greece might also want to have a word. Any french president would love to emulate Charles de Gaulle in order to garner some Votes by taking cheap shots at the uk

[@romain3156]

Well any french president would like to have a talk about fishing rights. The De Gaulle thing is more of a bonus really but not where our business lies. Meanwhile... *Ireland enters the chat, looks at Spain and be like* 'Hold my pint'

[@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928]

Europe has not forgotten the culture war, the hostilities, the xenophobia, the hate crime, and the english snobs. The EU is struggling with Hungary not playing by the rulebook. That's just about enough of a pain in the arse.

[@farkasabel]

When the EU doesnt play by its own rules why should Hungary adhere to?

[@thecursed01]

yes, hungary is the biggest problem...not the massive corruption in the eu parliament a us member of congress would feel ashamed about, germany self destructing under a corrupted criminal putindicksucker who gets way with his crimes simply by grinning and saying "i don't remember" or the again 20% yearly increase in rape, gangrape, rape of underage women and rape combined with death of victim in germany...jupp..look at hungary...ignore the rest XD as a german, this feels more like britain again rather chosing the hard way than go down with the rest by playing nice with a german dominated continental europe

[@RazorMouth]

​@@farkasabelwhat EU rules did the EU not follow?

[@Fin-mv8dl]

Yes and British people haven’t forgot the snobby Europeans who see themselves as superior to us and constantly insult us and our way of life😂😂

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@RazorMouthLook at Poland now! Just watch a BBC report on how Polish workers claim that Ukrainians are taking there jobs!

[@yvesgysel9834]

Immediately after the Brexit vote, I already experienced major British IT companies opening branches across the EU (France, Belgium, The Netherlands...) Especially opening warehouses within the EU and shipping their products directly within the EU borders. So, I quickly realized that this would mean fewer jobs within the UK and more jobs within the EU. Our IT company used to buy 40% of hardware in the UK before the Brexit, currently 0%. It's very sad cause I had pretty good professional/personal connections with many fine people in the UK.

[@Bob.martens]

Brexiit stimulated investment in the EU.

[@soton5teve]

Let me know when those other "states" regain their sovereignty, then we can talk trade deals C2C country to country the way it's done

[@yvesgysel9834]

​@soton5teve Yeah, the EU is very strict on regulations indeed. However, you have this huge single market, and if we, Belgium, would leave the EU, we are economically even more screwed.😢

[@tismijandroid1011]

In the NL we had several big companies move TO the UK. I don't think we can clearly decide on the economical impact until at least 10 years has passed. Negative impact was sure to happen the first few years, it was even less then expected by some economists. Aside from all that inflation was way higher in the NL then it was in the UK, economically speaking EU increased our inflation drastically.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

And yet we have highest ever Employment rate and record number of job vacancies ??? But you call that an economic disaster...??

[@alphalunamare]

Would you let a proven lunatic back into your house after they had behaved so abominably?

[@tobiasnaylor]

Funny you say that when so many EU countries have equivalents to the “brexit” movement.

[@capastianluna8896]

Should understand the EU has a ton more worse people in power than UK does!

[@impyrobot]

@@tobiasnaylor yeah but no others were stupid enough to vote it in and leave the EU

[@tobiasnaylor]

@@impyrobot agree but only 52% actually voted it in, and most of them regret it now bc the shit politicians said was all lies.

[@richardsimms251]

As a Canadian, I have great respect for Britain but I have always believed that Brexit was a huge social and economic blunder. RS. Canada

[@rebecca_noble]

Nobody cares what you "believe". We voted to sack the EU. Good riddance to it.

[@rebecca_noble]

The EU is a collosal failure. It's bankrupt.

[@johnnettleton1240]

With respect I believe Canada should split into Anglo Saxon and French but allow France to have some controls over the French ex colonies. Then you may change your blinkered views

[@rebecca_noble]

n1240 it's astonishing how many anti-brexiters are neither uk residents nor voters. It never seems to occur to them that uk domestic affairs are none of their business. The "polls" anti brexiters cite, now, are riddled with non uk anti brexiters and fake "bregretters".

[@lesleywillis6177]

Richard look into what the EU was, and what it is becoming. Ask yourself whether you would want to trade with the USA if they insisted that they control your agricultural policy, immigration policy, fish your waters,make your laws, set taxes. They also have plans to completely govern your country and get rid of Canadian parliament and consume your armed forces into theirs. You would need to get rid of your currency. They insist on a new anthem and fly their hideous flag over your country. On top of that they charge you huge amounts annually for the privilege. Still think it was a blunder? I’m all for free trade but this trade was not free, it cost us WAY too much!

[@w-james9277]

I voted remain to prevent EXACTLY what’s happening to us right now.

[@JwayT]

Course you did.

[@Scout-nj7xj]

Would you care to elaborate? Thought not.

[@ice-cp2vz]

Stop watching the BBC

[@Robbie-sv6wq]

What are you talking about? The EU IS In a colossal mess????

[@InnuendoXP]

@@Scout-nj7xjwould YOU care to elaborate? Am I giving you the right to reply? Thought not.

[@davidleatham5173]

Not anytime soon. there's no appetite to have the UK back. You're more trouble than you're worth.

[@ceresbane]

given how that twat corbyn conducted himself upon exiting the EU. I understand completely. Had to make a show and dance about it instead of leaving with a degree of grace. He literally personified why europe hates british tourists.

[@goodmusic4673]

Amen

[@clmclmn21]

Good good, as a Brit I hope it stays that way too!

[@davidleatham5173]

@@clmclmn21 Well you got what you voted for. It's turned out to be a disaster. But not for the EU. It seems that you need the EU, far more than the EU needs you.

[@robertjohn6585]

​@@davidleatham5173eurozone in recession and you can't even pass a vote without it getting vetoed and your hegemonic union being controlled it's two biggest members... yeah i think we'd prefer to stay far away from that sinking ship 😂

[@devroombagchus7460]

But the UK only was a member on paper. It had numerous exemptions and exceptions. It wasn’t ever part of Schengen. Often I heard English, not Scottish, people telling me that they were going to Europe this summer. An application for membership or association will be necessary in the future for the UK to survive. But this time, hopefully, any “but we are British” will be discarded immediately. Take it or leave it.

[@epjarvis1285]

Gladly leave it. I think members of the EU are squeezing as much enjoyment out of the UK's short term financial issues due to embarrassment. Convenient COVID lockdowns happened 1 month after the UK left the EU. When America broke away from the UK do you think it was all roses and chocolates immediately after? They faced many challenges over the next hundred or so years. This is a long term game plan to regain control of our country. So the French, German and Belgians can't tell us what we can and can't do. P.S. I was a remainer

[@kelvynward7867]

Project: Fear ended in 2019, you're late to the party with this rhetoric

[@Eilt]

Hardly anyone is really keen on the UK returning to the EU - not in the EU and not in the UK. To be honest, I don't believe that Brexit or the United Kingdom plays an important role in the thoughts of any European. Perhaps it is better to focus on other issues at hand. Brexit is old news.

[@GrimReaperNegi]

From my understanding the big problem with both governments, is leadership. Atleast from what I can see from my American point of view, and Sargon's statements.

[@Robbiewa-bg4lu]

Spot on. The EU have moved on. And I think the vast majority of British people whether they voted Leave(Like I did)or Remain have moved on. As have the people in Europe itself. And as you rightly say there are other issues at hand and Brexit is old news.

[@mildlydispleased3221]

​@Robbiewa-bg4lu Mate, over 60% of people want to rejoin the EU according to some polls and we are suffering historic losses of businesses and shortages in supermarkets. The government is paying companies like Tata billions to choose us over the EU. You will be dead in 20-30 years, leaving damage behind, thanks for fucking up the country's future.

[@jeffsmith3392]

As a staunch Brexiteer I agree. Leave things as they are.

[@Robbiewa-bg4lu]

@@jeffsmith3392 Likewise. Leave things be.

[@Pikaling3408]

Brexit is the greatest political mistake of the 21st century. As a Brit myself it had threatened the unity of my country and I hope that the UK will rejoin the EU.

[@forrust3994]

Spain to 'try and convince EU’ to axe 90-day visit limit for British holidaymakers after post-Brexit rule. It comes just days after France’s senate voted to amend immigration law, giving British second homeowners the automatic right to a long-stay visa.

[@Rowlph8888]

Unfortunately, it was a great deal wehad BECAUSE we still had the pound and could adapt to maintain Competitiveness.In fact, if We were still in now, we would Be rivalling the Germans as the largest economy, as they have regressed, despite only having 2/3 of the population. Currently, the EU is Struggling and it remains to be seen if it is gradually falling to pieces,1) because of the Increased immigration, due to what seems to be an new industry Disrupting communities and telling them there is a utopia in Western Europe that they can pay money for Simply a boat trip 2) the Fallout from the decisions of Germany getting rid of nuclear power plants and Not long after, the stupid decision to sanctio Russia, Leading to revenge, making Acquisition, the only alternative fuel to maintain the economy, much more expensive,, when Germany's heavily labour-intensive manufacturing-based economy is Utterly dependent cheap Russian oil and gas. In the near future the smaller developing EU countries will not be able to count on the need for the UK, French and especially a booming German economy to provide a subsidy Required to grow their economies away from something that is only Moderately better than Third World

[@thecursed01]

well..there's the afghanistan war, the iraq war, the syria war, the ukraine annexation, the ukraine war, the pakistan bombing raids, the yemen bombing raids, angela merkel, olaf scholz, every top gear team since the leblanc, harris, reid trio,

[@RazorMouth]

​​​@@forrust3994That's up to France but it doesnt mean they can travel outside France to the rest of the EU. Immigration is a national competency, not an EU one. Spain would be within their right to do the same but they probably don't want to go against EU Schengen rules by having different national rules for just Brits.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@RazorMouthLet Spain do it and that will undermine the EU even more!

[@joshuawells835]

As a whiole? Not sure. I can see an independent Scotland rejoining the EU and Northern Ireland also rejoined through reunification with Ireland, which is still an EU member.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

No. Spain will veto the UK rejoining until they get Gibraltar back.

[@dulljumbo4321]

?

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@dulljumbo4321 !

[@pjhgerlach]

Veto is something the EU has to abolish as it is not democratic.

[@TheMrCos1]

Spain explicitly asked for the gibraltar border to be left out of the brexit discussion because the treaty of Utrech of 1713 could beacome a problem.

[@pjhgerlach]

@@TheMrCos1 'Utrecht' Sorry. As a Dutchman born in Utrecht I just had to respond. 😂

[@JackG3684]

As a brit, I think it would be a terrible idea. It would completely ruin our credibility if we kept joining and leaving every time public sentiment on the matter changed. We made our bed, now we need to lie in it.

[@WigSplitters]

i mean, its kind of ignorant not to rejoin if we are worse off being out. your mindset is one of a brexit voters, reluctant to change because you got something wrong (not talking abt u specifically)

[@martinhommel9967]

What credibility?

[@emm_arr]

"As a brit, I think it would be a terrible idea. It would completely ruin our credibility if we kept joining and leaving every time public sentiment on the matter changed. We made our bed, now we need to lie in it." Brexit support PEAKED at 37% of the electorate.

[@taintabird23]

Credibility? What credibility do you have if you cannot admit to yourselves that you made a mistake?

[@DavidToulson-p7f]

Hope we never rejoin the corrupt EU

[@nacaclanga9947]

No matter what the British people think, the EU also has a say in this. For them Brexit has had only a relativly minor financial and economical impact, while they have gotten rid of their most exception happy member state and bascially got a huge free and highly effective demonstration on why leaving is a poor idea, that saw Leave-demands all over Europe virtually dissappiring. It would also be very hard to justify why a new memberstate should have any exceptions, so Britain would have to sign in to all EU legislations (Opt-outs are only for those that are members long enough). So no special currency, no exception to working rights, finally joing Schengen, likely it would also require stuff like using commonly understood units on all traffic signs. Britain would have to become very committed if they want to enter again. And so far I don't see this kind of commitment, just dreaming people that didn't like the EU and now dislike Brexit even more with no idea what a rejoining would mean.

[@olivermahon5618]

The EU would definitely take the UK back considering all the new EU candidates will be net receivers as opposed to the UK which was and would be a net contributor, there is only so much Germany can prop up on its own especially as it's not doing as well as it was. On top of this, the laws the UK has would need next to no reform so it would be easy. The UK would definitely have to have some concessions such as adopting the euro which would mean the UK would never join in practice

[@khankrum1]

OH REALLY? How do you make that out? Especially as you DO NOT live in the EU and I DO!. Things are not so " Honkey Dorey " here either!

[@shakiMiki]

All you have to do is see what Switzerland has had to do to join Single Market & Customs Union, adopt transparency rules regarding the financial affairs of the super rich. That has seen Switzerland being overtaken by Singapore as the #1 for where money is hidden away. This was the primary driver of Brexit, & none of the things that those paid for it to leave pretended was the reason.

[@user-mg3xr9tz7m]

@@olivermahon5618nope and you are not a net contributor as you should have realised by now on the 100 billion a year you are losing and these are conservative estimates and Brexit is not even done on several key economic impacts. Wait for 2025

[@fintonmainz7845]

@@olivermahon5618 "definitely" absolutely bull. The EU is stronger without the whining poms and it only takes one country out of the e27 to veto.

[@Legendary4me]

Let the UK where it is. We do not need any Trojan Horse inside the EU.

[@RealMash]

American Carrier run aground? Snitches to Russia and china-established in the house of lords? Money laundering scoundrels in league with dictators? No? The Brits will be very disappointed with us. Problem being they saw "Yes minister" and thought that was an educational Programme.

[@meth3rlence]

True, you have enough of those as it is.

[@ice-cp2vz]

It's a bust hand. Ask the Dutch/ Swiss, now the Danish and lots more

[@robertking4645]

You literally have Hungary sabotaging every single policy put forward by the Union. Starting from minority rights to massive things like the russo-ukrainian war

[@shakiMiki]

You have Hungary.

[@jackedwards3426]

As a 21 year old Brit, who wasn’t old enough to vote in 2016, every single fellow Brit I know wants to rejoin, but we’ll have to wait for the old folks to leave power and maybe in 20 years we can rejoin, not anytime soon 😢🇬🇧🇪🇺❤️

[@taintabird23]

It is people like you I feel most sorry for. I hope you do get to rejoin.

[@Equinoxliveson]

So you want to work till your 67 to feed the EU .

[@ruairievans]

People live for longer these days and just because you're young doesn't mean you won't die.

[@an04ker]

You need to get out of your bubble.

[@86samsky]

Well Cameron said a once in a generation vote. So I plan to hold them to that. Already 8 years done (almost) so say 20 years to a generation we are halfway there.

[@RazorMouth]

The size of Northern Ireland in the thumbnail 😂 Jeez....

[@MENSA.lady2]

Impossible. The UK electorate will not accept the Euro as its currency, the Schengen Agreement permitting unlited migration, and most important government from Brussels. The EU will insist on all three of these conditions.

[@taintabird23]

Of course it will. Scotland and Wales we rejoin as independent countries, but the English will stay out.

[@vullings1968]

What exactly is the govt in Brussels, according to you? Ironically, UK now is following EU trade rules, without any say in them. OK, UK can now get rid of workers rights, and even human rights, if it wants to, but I don't think that is the sovereignty the British electorate voted for.

[@MENSA.lady2]

For Government read control.@@vullings1968

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

​@@taintabird23 there's absolutely no prospect of Wales becoming an independent country.

[@taintabird23]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 Not yet.

[@horanm5]

I'm fed up hearing about whether or not the UK will rejoin the EU. The EU should introduce a rule whereby there is an exclusion period of 50 years after a country leaves before it can apply to rejoin, and this rule must be retrospective. The UK must realise they are no longer the world power they once were. As Dean Acheson (former US Secretary of State) said in 1962 'Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role'. I genuinely feel sorry for the people who voted to remain and possibly more sorry for the people who were fooled into voting to leave, but there are consequences to actions. Regrettably, the UK will find in the coming years how tough it is outside the largest free trade bloc in the world when dealing with the US or China.

[@ItzWolves_]

As someone who lives in England, and currently not able to vote due to my age, I feel that my future and any chances of living and working in the European continent has been ripped away from me, without me even having a say in it. I think I can speak for a lot of people who are under the voting age living in the UK that we would like to rejoin the Union and get back the freedom to move freely in Europe.

[@QuoPaperPlane]

The only difference is you can't swan in and out unconditionally. That was one of the reasons for leaving but if we'd known about you, we'd of all forfeited our right to vote leave and decided to stay so as to oblige the young self entitled.

[@Korschtal]

@@QuoPaperPlane Oh, you can go in and out; what you can't do is go and look for work, as I did, or get training in the host country, as I did, twice, firstly as a cabinet maker, which is hard to find in the UK and has little job security, and then as an occupational therapist, which is unaffordable in the UK and offers little job security. That's what's been taken away from younger people, which is ironic as the Tories did is, weren't they the party of "get on your bike and look for work"? apparently only in places it suits them...

[@QuoPaperPlane]

@@Korschtal That was a completely different administration as to what the UK have been governed by these last 14 years. We'll soon have the same lot under the Liebour party and I'm sure they'll do their uppermost to drag us back. No referendum needed.

[@nailil5722]

hopefully not. They were a pain in the as* in the parliament already, an US puppy for any foreign policy issue and one of the reason we're privatizing public rail en masse in mainland Europe. The UK financial lobby has immense power over whatever Westminster decides and does. As someone who works for a patent company and has to follow EU legislation closely I hope they remain out as it is.

[@jonphoenix]

I'll keep that in mind if we ever get another chance to vote!

[@Lad-kj8uc]

Exactly what I always argued. We need European trade and nothing else...

[@robertjohn6585]

Trust me we have no desire to return to a hostile, authoritarian and belligerent 'union' that is a hegemony controlled by a couple big members that dominate all the others and then try to economically destroy the uk when we wanted to leave that shithole? Yeah i think we're pretty happy being off that sinking ship! Can't even vote on ukraine aid without the process collapsing because ONE country screws you over constantly with their veto 😂😂

[@anonymoususer8895]

The US has nothing to do with this princess.

[@Fred_Krop]

UK rejoining? We (European members) don't looking forward to have a long and time consuming dialogs with the UK on this matter. EU has moved on without the UK, and we manage well. Why should we put in efforts, as UK has always been complaining on rules, procedures and believing their independency will be gone. Hope the UK will move on as is.

[@barbarianlife]

I am answering as a remainer and pro EU - You want states to ask tough questions and be difficult and complaining. It is these traits that ensure your freedoms as a European.

[@spugelo359]

@@barbarianlife And also ensures that nothing gets done in timely manner when time is of essence.

[@kelvynward7867]

I voted leave and don't regret it one bit. The EU and Remainers deliberately made the leave process more difficult than it needed to be (Remain campaigners held the country ransom, sabotaging our Parliament, public services and much more in an attempt to fear monger). The UK, like Ireland, is an island nation but the UK is a much more powerful country and was able to leverage itself to get concessions. The benefit the EU gained was access to the UK's credit card. The UK was contributing more to the EU budget than the bottom 20 members combined. EU rebates are largely rigged in favour of inefficient farmers, and France is full of inefficient farmers. The UK doesn't want to add to an EU military, currency or be attached to a failed continent that has sat with complacency and lost all credibility on the world stage. The EU does desire a seat at the table with the US and China, but can't in its current state. Federalisation is needed for that to happen and the UK would actively block that. I think the best scenario for both is for the UK to never rejoin, the EU to pursue its federalist mission (it makes that no secret) and remain a close ally of the EU. The two do share land borders via Gibraltar and Northern Ireland, the mainland UK is close to the EU, the two share common values, are part of the same military alliance and have a lot to offer each other for co-operation on geopolitical issues. However, the UK isn't fit to ever be a part of the EU bloc due to its culture, heritage, core desires of the public, etc.

[@kelvynward7867]

@@lasttempoinparis Your reply is completely irrelevant to what I said. You seem to have missed out: Remain voters collectively claiming that Leave voters are ignorant racist bigots who can't tie their own shoe laces together, Labour becoming the de facto party of remain and this ending with Labour getting their biggest battering in history. The Irish border being weaponised by Remain voters and the EU as an issue when it really wasn't since the UK and Ireland had an agreement there predating EU membership and neither was part of Schengen anyway. 60% of all constituencies being Leave Majority but the commons being 60% Remainers Remainers from all parties in the house working together to derail any attempts at leaving Demands for a 'people's vote' when we already had one, the referendum Remainers campaigning after the result, protesting the fact that they lost, arguing that Leave lied. The message about the bus was the money spent could go onto the NHS. Remain was guilty of far more dishonest claims throughout their campaign. No one seriously believed it was a promise that the money would go onto that. We had to have an entire election in 2019 to oust Remainers from Parliament Remainers seemed to argue that Leave was motivated by racism when serious concerns about immigration have nothing to do with race

[@clownofthetimes6727]

For the average person in the UK nothing has changed. Life goes on, the doom and gloom predicted never happened. People have jobs, some pay went up. Things like zero hour jobs have almost disappeared. In short the pain that leaving was meant to inflict was mainly psychological ( for leavers) and not witnessed by the majority of us in the UK.

[@nick5661]

Bullshit

[@flagellumdei2118]

a necrotic gangrenous part is usually never rejoined

[@RealMash]

The tail wanted to wag the dog and then cut itself of to spite the dog as it refused to do so..and is now being smellier and dying a bit more each day...good analogy!

[@DenzX_NJ]

The people voted leave on false promises, we don't want this, we want to be in the EU, us the people

[@AlexGys9]

Rejoining even when that means adopting the Euro?

[@MrCrosby.s_lunch]

Face it, you are not getting back, a lot of EU members have already decided to veto the eventual rejoining of the UK

[@Henning_Rech]

We don't want you back, selfish liars. Us, the EU people!

[@robertjohn6585]

​@@MrCrosby.s_lunchas if we want back into that autocratic shithole lol

[@WolfHeathen]

The democratic referendum result says different.

[@LupoGalante]

There is a fundamental issue regarding perspective on Europe and being European, I understand the position of the leavers very clearly obviously but the remainers/rejoiners are a murky group, are they genuinely motivated by a desire to integrate into the European project or is it simply a case of they want going on holiday to be easier? Even today in Europe it is very easy to find the consistent presence of the British Ex Pat, proudly remaining unintegrated linguistically or culturally into another country but living there because of the sun or cost of living.

[@joshuahughes5761]

My Uncle did buy a house in Sicily this year but he can only stay 90 days because of stupid Brexit, if we were to rejoin or be part of the Schengen it would benefit a lot, he stays there between January and March go avoid as a lot warmer then here

[@erikk.137]

Brexit is not stupid, votes are...

[@hans-heinerkleinmanns1955]

why did he not fight enough against Brexit? all those arrogant Brits! Stay on your Island!

[@soton5teve]

*WHERE WAS THE VOTE TO JOIN?*

[@ant_cosacco1306]

Before the EU could reaccept UK, there is still much to do within the EU. We need a Giant Reform that luckly has been made few weeks ago, but the resoults will be know only in 2024, and it need to convince more than 10 members in question like the transition from veto to qualify majority and so on... If it pass we surely will see some changes. But there is MUUUUCH to do

[@Siranoxz]

@@afro4860 Reforms are still being made on how the EU decision can be done faster without the VETO. And because of the inevitable EU enlargement with future candidate countries joining the EU soon, The EU has to prepare itself to reforms for today´s geopolitical climate at the midst of global power play between the US and China and India. EU cannot afford to be left out as the EU does seek to become less reliant on the US and becoming more autonomous on global stage decision making.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

The UK has a lot more to do and to reform. In its current state the UK doesn't even meet half of the Copenhagen Criteria which are crucial for the first step to become a membership candidate.

[@lilestower]

If the very bad idea of abolishing the veto is implemented, the UK has an even stronger case not to rejoin.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

@@lilestower Then abolishing the veto is achieving its goal. Giving the UK a veto right would be most stupid.

[@ant_cosacco1306]

@@lilestower Abolishing Veto is part of the future of the EU, if this is a motivation to the UK to not rejoin, maybe it shouldn't rejoin either.

[@TheNikolius]

Rejoin the EU? Those are fighting words

[@NubianPrince85]

I am remainer pro EU pro UK but unlikely the EU states will have us back we are now reaping what we sow.....we now need to make the best of wat we done

[@jonathanbowers8964]

Eventually the EU will allow the UK back into the club. Probably after the UK spending a few decades at the kids table in the EFTA.

[@robertjohn6585]

​@@jonathanbowers8964kids table? 😂 we don't back into your autocratic, hegemonic 'union' which is essentially a hostage to hungary, poland and slovakia every time you want to do something lmao.

[@landsman420]

I think it's likely the UK can join the EU again with enough time and public demand, propably at the price of not having extra privileges anymore. The UK either joins as an equal or it doesn't join at all. On the other hand, Brexit had a large benefit to EU integrity, because all the other separatists movements saw, what would likely happen if they broke off as well.

[@lennyw99]

The UK is not going to rejoin officially at least not till 99% of the country calls for it and even then the EU won’t want us back throwing our weight around. We were duped by snake oil salesmen and now we’ve got buyer’s remorse.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

The UK will probably be able to get into the EFTA and regain better market access in the next decade or two. Once the Tories suffer a massive beating in 2024, we will see where the chips lie.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@@jonathanbowers8964 So what's in Labour's manifesto...Brits never again want trickery and chicanery from EU fanatics.

[@rayc9539]

​@jonathanbowers8964 I agree. EFTA would make more sense for the UK. Mind you, the EFTA option was offered to Theresa May during the negotiation. She rejected it on the grounds "it wouldn't be in the will of the British people". She didn't ask the British people about EFTA membership, as far as I know. All in all, Brexit was only about EU membership. The referendum was ONLY advisory. Brexit (termination of EU membership) could still have been delivered if we remained an EFTA member and preserve access to the single market. The tories have been a wrecking ball to the UK!

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@@rayc9539 The '75 Referendum was not advisory...the verdict after a totally one-sided campaign was duly enacted. UK never voted to join the EU which had morphed from free trade only into political and federal union with a German dominated Europe with the imposition of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty...no public UK vote..

[@Neokretai]

Another stumbling block will be the status of Gibraltar. Spain will no doubt veto any UK re-entry unless they get at least joint sovereignty of the territory.

[@ant647448336]

This is why I truly hope a Brexit deal is struck between the UK and EU on Gibraltar, as Spain vetoed our leaving with the UK. It's a blessing and a curse, as we could get a better deal than what the UK got along with freedom of movement, which we need. N.B. I live in Gibraltar.

[@jeffsmith3392]

R. O. I would want a reunification referendum and Cyprus would want our two airbases. It just isn't going to happen.

[@Rowlph8888]

Within a year, they may relax such intentions.It depends on whether the British politicians at that time, have a good poker face, and negotiation tactics. People are forgetting that there will soon be a similar desperation amongst EU countries to get British revenue back as a collateral source. Not only has the loss been keenly felt by the EU, and not just the UK, but incrreasingly so as time goe by, but the growth of the EU and long-term success was heavily dependent a German juggernaut economy continuing to grow, Which is "for the 1st time"since the EU's inception, going In the opposite Direction, due to a series of terrible errors in business, 21st-century technology investment poverty and Revenge from their sanctions put on Russia

[@RazorMouth]

​@@jeffsmith3392 its much easier to write the legal name and UN registered name "Ireland" your neighbouring country and the name everyone in the world recognises. Who the hell in the world knows what you mean by ROI 🙄

[@jeffsmith3392]

@@RazorMouth you do! 🤣

[@moocow0014]

As a farming family, my parents voted to stay in EU (i cant vote bc at time i was 10) because if we where to leave we would earn less from our produce and we knew that so now we are facing the consequences of other peoples stupid actions. i want back in

[@ruairievans]

And you need your grammar, it looks like a Brexiteer wrote this.

[@moocow0014]

@@ruairievans stfu. i have an like 2 injured fingers with scrathces on them makign it harder to acctually type

[@Westwoodii]

Unfortunately, most UK farmers voted to leave, and have since bitterly regretted it. Farm gates everywhere had placards shouting "Vote Leave". Your parents were in the minority of farmers. We are all suffering for the folly of the farmers and the rest of the deluded/gullible leave voters. The sooner we're back in the EU, the better in every respect.

[@moocow0014]

@@Westwoodii Its because my parents are smart unlike those who voted to leave

[@dmax4838]

You are upset that you no longer have cheap labor from Eastern Europe. I was a student of mechanical engineering and spent the summer vacation working on your farms.

[@robertkoote5114]

A more prominent question is, will the EU allow the UK back in or be a member of the Custom Union and Single Market. A lot of mistrust is on the continent to the UK and Barnier will not be able to help.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

Access to the single market is for EU and EFTA members only. The UK could not join the EU, even if it wanted, because it doesn't meet the necessary requirements. And joining EFTA is also unlikely since their mebers are all smaller countries and they wouldn't want the balance severely shifted towards the UK. And yes, the mistrust might be the most important reason why the UK won't join the EU in the next decades. Having an untrustworthy country back at the table where important decisions are made is certainly not what the EU would want.

[@soton5teve]

The later you join, the less power you have. Do you understand?

[@stephenfarthing3819]

Hmmm! It's been unfortunate. I don't think that it's likely to be a immediate return. It could take 5 years to re-apply! Or beginning to do so! It could take it a great deal longer to do that. At least, another 20 years beyond it! The EU might also have a general unease of it. It is unfortunate.. that we left it - in the first place.

[@garyb455]

doubt the EU is there in 20 years

[@soton5teve]

The later you join, the less power you have.

[@wjkle43]

I am a Brit and I was very against what are people voted for and still am. I genuinely feel embarrassed by our people and governments attitude towards the EU. I never understood why we thought it was a good idea in the first place thinking we could pull it off. We definitely thought we were better than we actually are and we’re way too overconfident with the whole thing. I really hope we can rejoin at some point and rebuild relationships with other EU members.

[@gregconway736]

Estonian construction workers have become too expensive for Finnish companies to employ. There is no longer a need in Finland for low-skilled builders, and unemployment among construction workers is increasing in both Estonia and Finland. In the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, Estonian construction companies built 12 percent less at constant prices than during the same period last year.

[@maxharbig1167]

"Brexit has not worked for the UK". However, it has worked for the EU in significantly reducing hard line euroscepticism within the EU to practical political insignificance. Furthermore, within the EU it has become more blatantly apparent that the UK merely regards the EU as a solution to its economic woes and does not give a tinker's cuss ,or has any desire to espouse the EU's core values. In 1967 even the devaluation of sterling did not ameliorate the UK's economic situation and it joined the EEC in 1973 as a lifeline. Sure enough it worked but as soon as it got a foot in the door the UK started to demand exceptions and privileges for itself. The UK may improve its relationship with the EU and even enter into some sort of an association with it but I do not think that the EU will ever again risk allowing a country whose exit was perceived, even if only for a short time, to have been an existential threat to the union itself to enter the corridors of EU power, i.e. attain full membership and become a rule maker. Once bitten twice shy.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

I agree with all of this, and I am a Brit who voted for Brexit, and I am pro EU. I believe in a federal EU, but not for Britain. Britain is already a union and Brits see themselves as separate to Europe, and as part of the Anglosphere.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 What kind of entity is this "anglosphere" and who are its members?

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@Harry-tb8yo well there are the Five Eyes. The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UK-USA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. There is a lot of military collaboration between these countries. Other than the USA, these armed forces all have the same Commander in Chief, the King. Just on a cultural level, we speak the same language and consume a lot of the same media and culture.

[@PedroPedro-k9p]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 Britan might not remain a union of brits, since northern ireland might reunite sooner than later, and also, there's less british home owners in London than indian ones. Hence, all you said is kinda wrong.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@PedroPedro-k9p Ireland isn't going to unite any time soon. And that really wouldn't affect Britain much. It would cause Ireland more problems than it would Britain. It would pass our problems to Ireland.

[@counterleo]

Poland and Baltic states show you can be in Schengen and not have immigration problems. The UK and Ireland show you can be outside Schengen and have massive immigration problems. I wonder if Ireland would be OK with joining Schengen if it was not for the Common Travel Area. The UK will never join Schengen if Ireland doesn't want to do so as well.

[@Korschtal]

Ireland didn't join because it meant putting up border controls between the ROI and NI which would be a breach of the Good Friday Agreement. Not the last time Ireland followed the UK's wishes to maintain peace in NI.

[@ULlisting]

That's the wrong question. The right question is, will the Europeans ever let Britain back into the European Union, and the answer is NO!

[@u.s.navy_pete4111]

The answer is YES.

[@emm_arr]

Yes. Terrible things can happen when a PM is a narcissist with a coke habit.

[@dutchsailor6620]

And they voted for him, just as they voted for brexit.

[@rayc9539]

​@@dutchsailor6620nobody voted for Sunak!!! He was a convenient replacement...

[@---df5sr]

I feel insulted when people assume we need Europe to survive. We are independent

[@chazer0075]

And the country is dying lmao

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

@@chazer0075 yeah bro I’m living outside in the rain while typing this. Oh no ahhh 😨 😪

[@ERG173]

There was never enough debate before 2016 ...... I think that was deliberate, Nigel and Boris have a lot to answer for.

[@mateuszzdyb3547]

do not leave Cameron out of the picture.

[@debott4538]

I think the lesson we can all take from Brexit is that some complex and near-irreversible decision should not be made directly by the electorate. Especially with such a slim majority.

[@Neokretai]

I don't agree, we are a democracy after all and the public should always be given a vote on such matters. That said it definitely could have been done better: Firstly there should have been a pre-agreed exit deal with the EU before the vote so the public knew exactly what they would get voting Leave. A massive issue with the Brexit campaigns was that the ideas people had in mind for the UK for leaving the EU were all over the place, some wanted full separation, others being part of the EEA, other some magic "have your cake and eat it" deal, it was no wonder most who voted for it were disappointed. Secondly it should have been a supermajority vote (either 55 or 60%) required to leave, this is the norm in many democracies when voting on major changes like constitutions etc that can't just be easily undone.

[@RF1702]

@@Neokretai I disagree with your opinion on democracy. Different countries have different types of democracies and the UK's democracy does not have referendums being a constitutionally binding part of it. The way the UK democracy normally works is you vote in people who hopefully are expects to represent your part of the UK and then they can all work together to work out what is best for everyone. Again, referendums are not part of the democracy of the UK and are not legally binding. Also disagree that a pre-agreed exit deal was needed as clearly the public voted to leave without knowing what would happen at all, so why would knowing change anything? I do agree however if we do a referendum it should be a super majority though.

[@charliekane4000]

Yeah bro because people are too dumb to think and vote for themselves, elite mindset

[@AlLiberali]

​@@RF1702UK referendums aren't legally binding but it would be political suicide for the PM at very least to just ignore the results. We should just acknowledge that the Great British public aren't the brightest voters. Also, a pre-agreed deal would've been nice for the government to know what the actual fuck to do next; let alone voters.

[@dohvon9968]

I agree, the electorate is not consistent and can be influenced by disinformation. The views of the electorate change yearly, what was a majority last year may not be this time. It is no way to run a stable country. The government should do their job and govern.

[@johnjeanb]

No the EU is NOT opposed to the UK joining the EU BUT (Big BUT here) (1) the EU will insist that BOTH major UK parties are clearly pushing for an application (no-one wants the UK to change again later its mind) and (2) Clearly there will be ZERO waivers on ANYTHING: Full EU contribution(no M.Thatcher rebate), Schengen, the Euro. There is absolutely no doubt this will be demanded to the UK. The UK is a great country but so is any other country of the EU. If the UK does not join the EU? No problem: the EU will be a small loser and the UK will be a huge loser. In the meantime other countries will join the EU and the EU will reform itself towards more integration, the majority rule instead of the unanimity, an integrated military force,... I believe the UK opinion change will not happen until at least a decade.

[@ayoCC]

Well basically truly believing in the european dream. A united europe that stands for human rights, and a "european way of life"

[@jonathanbowers8964]

The thing about joining the Euro is that you have to fill out the proper paperwork and have a stable enough currency to not crash the common market (especially true for a country the size of the UK as the Pound joining the Euro would be far more significant than Malta joining). The UK would "eventually" have to join the Euro, but the sheer instability of the pound and a reluctance to fill out the paperwork could push that back by decades. Sweden is a great example of a nation just refusing to fill out the paperwork.😊

[@friendlygarfield]

well said however what I hope and believe is very true - when the brits start begging to rejoin - the EU plays deaf for a few years humbling the Brits to the point that the Brit exceptionalist is truly wiped out Countries like Ireland will reunite ( no more NI ) Gibraltar will return to Spain Falklands will return to Argentina all thoughts of imperil will be trashed and only metric system will be used these are some of the must do for the Brits before begging to join the EU

[@NicholasJH96]

@@friendlygarfieldFalklands are British as Gibraltar.

[@friendlygarfield]

@@NicholasJH96 - yes we all know the Union Jack flies across both lands do you believe it is right that this is so ? bet 99% of the world agrees with me that it should not be so

[@Alby_Torino]

Rejoining? Like everything else about Britons, there's a lot of arrogance and exceptionalism in this concept. Like if rejoining was just a UK decision. I'm so sorry about this but I think that this won't happen any soon.

[@tonyb9735]

It is inevitable that sooner or later Britain will apply to rejoin the EU. Brexit is just too damaging. It is only a question of how much pain we have to endure before we admit that we need the EU more than it needs us.

[@soton5teve]

The later you join, the less power you have.

[@lesskeels3417]

Rubbish. Do you think the EU's days will forever be cloudless ones? They are going to have some SERIOUS competition very soon, and if they don't rise up to it, they will fall behind.

[@mashucha]

They'll come crawling back eventually, perhaps in a decade or two

[@DukeofBlasphemy]

no one here actually wanted this, a few rich people manipulated the reality they wanted. get off your high horse.

[@itzKyleM88]

@@DukeofBlasphemy Indeed, the whole Brexit 'referendum' fiasco was a Tory ploy to collect more votes than Labour... That's all it was, and it worked! The Tories had no plan, they expected a resounding win for remain at the cost of giving the public a vote on something that the public couldn't possibly fully understand the implications of at the time... There should never have been a vote on whether to 'Brexit', far too important a decision to leave in the hands of the average British citizen... This only shows how inept the Tories are that they allowed such a vote to happen just to keep their control over the country, they care nothing for the UK and its people!

[@TDCflyer]

Maybe you should ask _"Will the EU ever allow the UK to crawl back and rejoin?"_

[@covidonenine1948]

Only if it suits the EU 😄

[@hans-heinerkleinmanns1955]

never

[@Daniel-gs9eh]

AS someone who voted remain Brexit hasnt actually gone badly, basically nothing has changed we will have to wait to see if it was the right choice or not.

[@Test_Card_Tom]

Nothing has changed? The UK's GDP has lost 8%. (about £200 billion a year). Both the farming and fishing industries have been weakened. And its just been announced that the much trumpeted Indian trade deal will increase our GDP by 0.04%. No sign of Farage's much hyped USA trade deal either.

[@genericaccount2056]

Are you having a laugh?! Sorry. But seriously.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

of course it hasn't. uk was told that economic collapse would occur. that never happened. let another eu country exit. when that doesn't cause economic collapse. other countries will go back to their "originality"

[@lexm17]

Ermmm ask the majority of British businesses who’ve lost trade, had to close down, lost employees because of Brexit. Biggest U.K. companies all want to rejoin

[@counterleo]

@@lexm17 Hard to tell whether it's a consequence of Brexit, or the pandemic, the war in Ukraine etc. I am from the EU and it's not all green pastures over here. We're all struggling

[@erikk.137]

I don't want them back, but NI and Scotland are welcome.

[@jjgreek1]

The EU should never let them in until they return all stolen art to Greece, join the European zone, and Schengen, and return Gibraltar to Spain.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

The UK will either rejoin and beome part of the decision making process again or stay outside and, in order not to wreck its own economy, accept and mirror all EU trading becoming a huge rule taker.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

I think the UK will join the EFTA in a decade or two. Rejoining the EU will take a bit longer. Either way "global Britain" has completely flopped and the Tories are going to suffer a historic electoral defeat if not outright collapse in 2024.

[@PedroPedro-k9p]

Currently the UK is almost a vassal state of the EU, it follows all it's rules without any voice in making them and pays extra tarrifs for the priviledge of following those rules. Brexit has been a circus since day 1.

[@roseanne9986]

No third country can make decisions concerning the EU.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

​@@roseanne9986Which is one reason that Starmer doesn't engage in wishful thinking by saying that the UK will rejoin the EU. It won't be the UK that makes the decision.

[@edmundflett474]

This is a really excellent, balanced video. Thanks and congratulations!

[@fintonmainz7845]

No it is not balanced

[@robertjohn6585]

Translation: "the video is heavily pro-eu and anti-uk which i like and since i like it then it cannot possibly be biased"

[@thomashjensen1556]

Not being British, I actually didn't know that Labour wishes to deliver "an improved Brexit deal". When is the UK going to realize that Europe is not there just to accomodate the UK? You wanted to leave the EU you got it, and you even got a Brexit deal - NOW LIVE WITH IT!!!

[@amateurchef9992]

What are you talking about honestly

[@boardcertifiable]

They still believe they have an empire. 🙄

[@hans-heinerkleinmanns1955]

out is out: Case dismissed!

[@melquiadespabillare5437]

I'm not a British but UK is a world power why care for other countries?

[@akhripasta2670]

UK world power😂

[@gregconway736]

😂 USA USA USA! The U.S. economy is now bigger than the EU and U.K. economies combined, at $25 trillion vs. $19.8 trillion-a reversal from just 15 years earlier, when Europe's economy was $1.5 trillion larger. And it's a trend that seems to be growing. The U.S. economy has low unemployment and continues to grow.

[@gregconway736]

@@lasttempoinparis Ireland and numerous other EU states had to go begging to the IMF over the years. The United States never.

[@wanderingartifact6087]

No free healthcare god awful infrastructure and public transport, nobody cares

[@psychokinese]

I really hope for the independence of Scotland (maybe Wales too) and the Reunification of Ireland. Freedom from London’s will.

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

What a clown you are

[@rastrellin1560]

If the UK is willing to act as a brother and not as a favorite and capricious stepson, or the simple spokesperson of those overseas, welcome. But objectively... well, we would all be more confident if we just had Scotland. 😂

[@ayoCC]

getting northern ireland and Scotland would be pretty good. Strategically though having England back just so the anti corruption laws that came into effect just after brexit would make things better for the european continent. But it's a question of time, Switzerland is an example that if you're inside europe, you're eventually going to have to submit to the rules of the EU. They too could not hold onto their banking laws. There's no country inside Europe that isn't synchronizing their laws in a large part.

[@ceresbane]

How would trade with scotland even work? They'd need to either go by sea which could make the port towns boom economically. But the northern seas are known to be rather violent. Hence a land route would be preferred. However... you need to go through England which could theoretically ban certain goods and essentially sanction scotland from trade. I don't see Scotland joining by itself to be a wise move. It might even cause a civil war if things escalate enough.

[@robertjohn6585]

​@@ayoCCthat's the problem with the EU, you either submit to what they want or they try to destroy you... and they wonder why we wanted to leave that autocratic shithole of a 'union' fuckin lmao.

[@robingill9940]

you missed a single point.. most pro Europe voters live in Scotland or northern Ireland.. neither will be in the uk by the time the next eu referendum comes about.

[@RealMash]

Come here Brothers on the Island. We in the EU would be hppy to have you. The others, jingoists with an attitude...not so much.

[@aziraphaleangel]

But that's not the case. There were more than 13 million Remain voters in England, nearly double the entire populations of Scotland and Northern Ireland. And while the vote in England was slightly more strongly Leave than for the UK as a whole, it would still take a pretty small swing to Remain to change the outcome (and Wales was even tighter). The fact is that if another referendum were ever to happen (I personally don't think it will anyway), the massively imbalanced population means that winning it means winning England - whether or not Scotland and NI are still part of the UK.

[@ruairievans]

Scotland is still in Europe just not the EU. Scotland would have to plan and deliver leaving the UK and rejoining the EU marvelously.

[@Hession0Drasha]

What are you talking about? The euro and schengen exist because they are economically beneficial. They wouldn't if they weren't. The uk would gain economically from joining them, that's the same trade off as joining any eu institution. Pool sovereignty for economic benefit. That's why the eu exists.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Rejoining the EU would be seen as undemocratic and against will of people seeing that British people mostly voted to leave

[@MarkusDuesseldorf]

Maybe Scotland might leave the UK and join the EU then.

[@lesskeels3417]

It cannot do that as it does not have its own currency. How will Scotland pay the EU for membership? By forever writing IOU's to Brussels? Stupid bloody fool!!

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

Not gonna happen. SNP is gone

[@stevep4131]

Its amazing that we accepted a marginal majority to make a huge massive change that is largely irreversible. And very financially damaging to ordinary Brits. Thank you Cameron.

[@pieterjan29]

As a eu citizen I say. Don't let them rejoin. Since they left I never heard any complain about the Eu.

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

You EU clowns are so noisy

[@mcmurdostation7134]

What if the EU country’s doesn’t want you back at all? The government of the UK had it’s nose high up and picking only cherry’s. This will stay in people’s mindsets they will remember.

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

Politicians don't care about stuff like feelings. They will take the option that is more favourable for them.

[@thedudeabides3138]

Great essay, thank you for posting.

[@caranthirar-feiniel1116]

I’m a Pole working in the UK, and I have to say that the European Union hasn’t been beneficial for either the UK or Poland. We have to comply with their regulations in every aspect. They block our mines, factories, and resource extraction, citing environmental pollution, then offer us negligible compensation which our economy could easily generate in no time. Even the construction of a huge seaport is obstructed, with the excuse that there’s already one in Hamburg - but it’s not ours and not for us. Then they sell these resources to private corporations for a pittance, and suddenly, it’s not about environmental pollution anymore. They impose their absurd laws and our corrupt government agrees to them. Why don’t they focus on environmental issues in countries like China, Russia, or Saudi Arabia, where oil and gas are actually extracted? Why don’t we see Greta Thunberg there? It’s something to think about, isn’t it? What’s more intriguing is that since the UK left the EU, no one can dictate its policies, but the British government is still heading towards disaster, now without the EU’s help. No one can force eco-policy on Britain, yet the government is pursuing it, just like the EU

[@Dzyn79]

Dziekuje za ten celny i pokazujacy prawdziwe oblicze unii. Dodam, ze Niemcy torpeduja gospodarczy rozwoj Polski, bo Polska gospodarka staje sie konkurencyjna. Napisalam komentarz aby Anglicy poczekali jeszcze 3-5 lat bo po feeralizacji to bedzie Niemiecka UE, ktora mam nadzije sie rozpadnie and meanwhile UK wil become The Great Britain again. Pozdrawiam

[@Boomerrage32]

There's another question to consider too: If the UK was to try to rejoin (hypothetical), in what form would it attempt to do so? Would the Union even still exist or would Scotland have left and Northern Ireland have merged with the Republic at this time?

[@SmileyEmoji42]

The arguments against Scotland leaving the UK are stronger than the arguments against the UK leaving the EU. Rejoining the EU would make the break up of the UK more, not less, likely. With NI, everyone except the Irish unionists, would like to see NI leave the UK. Nobody in the rest of the UK would be sad to see it go and it would vastly simplify making Brexit work.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Th only pro Rejoin Party in Scotland ( SNP ) is about to be wiped out at next elections .... Hope that answers your question ?

[@DevonWlodyga]

The EU may move to a tiered participation and that would most likely remove some of the requirements listed for rejoining.

[@monsieurlefrog8706]

fingers crossed

[@RazorMouth]

That's only a French Government idea....

[@fintonmainz7845]

Really? Another arrogant Brits telling us in the EU what we're going to do.

[@RazorMouth]

@@petertimmermans8425 agreed thank heavens for Brexit. Now we can have space to improve the EU without the whinging POMs crying at every turn.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

No, it's not. That's an old idea recently recyled by some people from a think tank but it is not something the EU is actually planning or even doing. If you ever want to get membership privileges you have to accept the requirements and not start looking for rebates, opt outs and exceptions like last time.

[@songsmith31a]

Study the history of the islands known as Great Britain. Cameron deserted his duty to abide by the decision following the unexpected "NO" from the population, and those of a similar mind in Parliament have been singularly ibactive in completing the process to leave. It is clear that the "Remain" camp, not least on the benches on Parliament who had given away what was not theirs to give to foreign influence and control, has been hoping that the delay would see things change in their favour. Time will tell but it is also showing that changes are happening in favour of the Brexit vote.

[@saundyuk]

No. With a side helping of ever. You might have convinced some waverers to accept the idea of rejoining if it was on the same basis as we left - but you're never going to get a majority to agree to Schengen and ditching Sterling.

[@celebrityrog]

The EU should say, "Sorry, you left, there is no way back in. You made your choice and decision and must live with the consequences that were well known long before you voted and still opted to follow through with the destruction. Thanks for your interest, but we are not entertaining any further mergers at this time."

[@brianhazell3586]

Who said the EU will still be their in the future it's falling apart 😢

[@AlexGys9]

Indeed. I just saw it on GB News the other day.

[@CiaraOSullivan1990]

​@@AlexGys9 Yeah, GB News is a totally reliable and unbiased source of information, so it must be true.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

@@AlexGys9 That's the right program for you.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

You are not that inventive, are you? Always coming up with the same old and boring stories. The EU / EEC existed before the UK joined and it worked quite well. Then the UK joined and it didn't work that well. Now that the UK is out it works well again. See the pattern?

[@Bibg867]

Wanted out glad we’re out and hopefully stay out!!

[@Probablyacowtbh]

We had special exceptions prior to leaving/staying in the EU(currency being probably the main). Frankly I'd be wary of letting us back in at this point, for a while.

[@neilhallam8028]

Some of the issue now is that most wont know what has changed in the EU as it is becoming more of a state that uk life can not live with but we don't see it as we don't report on it.

[@tonyrobson4681]

I voted 'Remain'. The politicians in the EU should not accept Britain back in the EU. The appalling behavior of the British politicians and the gridlock they, intentionally, caused. They should not accept Britain back in the EU.

[@RealMash]

If the UK fulfills Copenhagen criteria it will have changed bit...

[@mogreen19]

@@RealMash And ditching human rights like the Tories right now is the EXACT OPPPOSITE of fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria .

[@Harry-tb8yo]

@@RealMash But this is a very long way to go.

[@kaiishere016]

Blaming the gridlock on the UK alone is one crazy way to look at it

[@kaiishere016]

@@mogreen19 That's the problem with the current EU, they dictate to you what you can and can't do in your own country

[@lmpeto94]

No, but Northern Ireland and Scotland will.

[@LordFe1]

Spain would most likely veto Scotland's application, but a united Ireland is quite likely.

[@PedroPedro-k9p]

@@LordFe1 As a Spanyard, 100% depends on the coditions on how Scotland leaves, had the Scots won the last referendum, Spain wouldn't veto them.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@PedroPedro-k9p You make a good argument. In most referenda, the side advocating the status quo has the advantage. But no one believed a “Remain” victory would merely mean the continuation of the status quo. More EU integration would probably follow, and, as with the Maastricht Treaty, the political class probably wouldn’t allow the people to vote on it. The Remain campaign were advised that they needed to make a formal public commitment to automatic binding referenda on all future EU integration. I think that, if they’d done that, they’d have won the 2016 Referendum.

[@RuneDrageon]

Short answer: 'no' Long answer: 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@gregconway736]

France,Germany and Italy dont care about EU rules. Why? France is at risk of flouting European Union fiscal guidance while Germany and Italy aren’t seen to be fully complying, according to a critique by Brussels officials of the bloc’s top three economies. The watch list of countries - released on Tuesday - forms part of the European Commission’s opinion on national budgets for 2024, a year when the bloc is set to reinstate debt and deficit rules suspended during the pandemic.

[@rgsnr8702]

bloody hope not ,we only wanted a trade deal not a political union ,northern Ireland has a voting public and the choice will be theirs by majority ,thats up to them ,i am lead to believe it is majority protestant yet they hint it will soon be majority catholic ,not sure how that majority has moved so much without protestants switching sides the protocol is a shambles and prevents the rest of the UK moving on ,and finishing brexit ,as for the Scots cant imagine them having to build a border fence with custom posts as that is what will needed to keep out the EU and visa versa

[@carolynclokey7333]

It would be wonderful to rejoin the EU however the EU will not accept the UK as we will fail their financial stress test 😢😢😢.

[@RealMash]

...as part of the Copenhagen Criteria? Yes, of course.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

Not only the financial stress test but also the political one.

[@clmclmn21]

What part of EU membership would be ‘wonderful’? Which EU directives do you find ‘wonderful’ and how do they make things ‘wonderful’? What things in your life are ‘wonderful’ due to these EU directives? Have you ever been asked by the EU who you would like as EU president? Have you ever voted for the EU commissioners?

[@firstpostcommenter8078]

Not sure if UK will apply to rejoin the EU but the EU should tell UK to join the Schengen as well or shove off. Not being in Schengen was one of the main reason for not having strong relationship between peoples as the country doesn't feel like a real member

[@jamesholt4449]

Howd does this apply to Ireland, there not part of Schengen

[@monsieurlefrog8706]

​@@jamesholt4449ireland didnt join because the uk didnt, if they had joined schengen they wouldve had to sacrafice their largest trade partner and the deals with Northern ireland.

[@jonphoenix]

"the EU should tell UK to join the Schengen as well or shove off" - this is one of the reasons that the UK left in the first place. Unhelpful language like this that portrays the EU as an oppressor rather than a partner, and emboldens those with an anti-EU agenda.

[@taintabird23]

@@monsieurlefrog8706 Ireland staying out of Shengen had nothing to do with trade, and everything to do with the movement of people. Ireland would have joined Shengen in a heartbeat, but because the UK stayed out, it had no choice but to follow suit. Brussels understood the difficulties this would cause on a partitioned island and did not object.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

​@@jamesholt4449Ireland is not part of Schengen because we are an island nation. It was not an option. Schengen was for EU countries that share borders for freedom of movement. Ireland and the UK have a common travel area. I travelled to Britain without a passport three times from Dublin. Twice as a minor with my parents on holidays. The third time was as a 19 year old. I only had to show my labour exchange card to the travel agent for booking. September 11th 2001 changed the process and passports were required.

[@travelledfar]

This is a remain/rejoin broadcast. With that in mind, the reason most are dissatisfied with the current state, is that Brexit has NOT been done. A fudge has happened. The EU retains far too much control within the UK AND N Ireland (especially so). The science package noted, was one we were continually contributing to, but until recently had no participation in. The UK population has been betrayed by politicians, and more importantly, the civil service, who saw the EU as easy street, just rubber stamp their dictates into UK law, with no effort. If the UK wants to rejoin the EU, form a party with that aim, don't ride the coat tails of someone else

[@todobienrico]

It only takes one single vote for a veto. Spain had claim by its institutions that never allow Uk to rejoin: Royal Family, and all the political parties. Before allow the UK to rejoin, the UK would have to give Gribraltar back to Spain without any conditions. And this is OFFICIAL.

[@Lorre982]

Greece will also veto (they want their temple back), the Repubblic of Ireland will veto and the French will be french.

[@chello70]

OF COURSE !!!!! OTHERWISE EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR IS A DROP IN THE BACKET COMPARED TO WHATS COMING !!!! TO MAKE A MISTAKE IS HUMAN, . TO PERSIST MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT IS MADNESS !!!