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Demand to reverse Brexit hits ‘highest ever level’ (leftfootforward.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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The ratio for those is favour of reversing Brexit is very close to two to one now.

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[–] 90 points 3 years ago (12 children)

Support for rejoin can be as high as it wants to be. The bottom line is that Sir Keir has ruled it out. It's not happening. He doesn't want to lose Labour Red Wall votes.

I think people have to be realistic about these things. If they want to rejoin, vote for a party that will take us back in or at least are receptive of the idea of applying. That's not Labour yet people want to vote for them. Pick your priorities.

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  • [–] [S] 56 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    All well and good but with a FPTP system you cannot vote for what you want and expect to get it. If we had PR then that would be a different story.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why Labour will never support pr.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 3 years ago

    As far as I am concerned, the next GE will be the last time I vote Labour unless they announce PR as part of their manifesto. I can understand Starmer dodging on this next innings, but failing adding it to the next GE after would just mean we are on a circle jerk. I still remember Blair said he would move to PR when he was in office.

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    • [–] 75 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

    Reverse Brexit

    It doesn't work that way. They have to apply for membership and go through the standard process. It's not like they can snap their fingers and become a core member once again, until the next populist leader starts threatening to leave.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I’m pretty sure the EU would welcome the U.K. back - not easily, of course, lots of stuff to negotiate and I should think the EU would ask for guarantees that we would pay into the budgets for the next 25 years, no matter what happens.

    I’m sure they’d be happy to let us keep the pound and stay out of Schengen.

    But timing matters … first there’s a constitutional debate that the EU would want to settle before letting the U.K. back in and if they move to more qualified majority voting, it might be that the U.K. wouldn’t want to join after all.

    The whole “ever closer union” bit seems to have been ignored by Britain, even when they first joined. Did we think those words meant nothing?

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    [–] 55 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Sorry I’m American, but wouldn’t reverse Brexit just be Brentry??

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Bre-entry, because they've already entered once.

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    • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (22 children)

    Can they actually reverse it? Will the EU take them back?

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  • [–] 83 points 3 years ago* (17 children)

    Not reverse it but reapply for membership, that will of course be subject to veto!

    It will come with a lot of prerequisites that will make the deal the UK previously had look like they had won a golden ticket

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  • [+] 35 points 3 years ago* (16 children)
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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Countries only have to have "plans" to eventually adopt the Euro. There's no timeline on it, so they could say they intend to adopt it in 100 years and that would technically satisfy the requirements.

    Sweden has "been in the process" of adopting the Euro for nearly 30 years now.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    I know we were a bit of a pain in the arse at times (though I'd say, no more than some other countries which doesn't seem to generate the same press or vitriol), but the EU would, in an ideal world, like us back. The chances of that happening are slim enough, swapping the £ for the euro would absolutely torpedo it.

    That would probably be a good metric of how serious the will is for us to return, if the demands include losing our currency that to me would demonstrate that the talks are poisoned to fail.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    if the demands include losing our currency that to me would demonstrate that the talks are poisoned to fail.

    You mean, if the UK is treated fairly (like other countries) that means you don't like it?

    I can see why the EU was ok with the UK leaving. They're a pain to deal with. I think they should wait ten years until prices go up for all goods from the EU, US, China, etc. because the UK has no muscle to negotiate trade agreements.

    Then the UK will beg to be let in.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    We want you guys back.

    Although you're a bit in shambles right now, you're still a weight in economy and military that adds to the EU. All the more once you're in better times. The more similiarly aligned countries, the better so we can actually stand next to the titans of the USA and China that we couldn't stand up to alone.

    But yeah, I don't think you get your extra benefits back.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The EU will take the UK back. It has been said by a few. The UK will still have to go through a process. It will not be quick. I would not be surprised if the EU makes the first demand for us to have a new referendum. Just so they know we are not wasting their time.

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    • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Brea Culpa! This time, Britain gets to take up the Euro!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That’s what I’ve been saying and always get people yelling at me. Ask two questions “do you want to rejoin the EU?” and “are you willing to adopt the Euro and Schengen zone?” will yield two drastically different results.

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    • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Don't expect Britain to return to EU in the next 50 years or so.

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    • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Quite a lot of people are on the fence though.

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