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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 45 points 6 months ago

Even if that's true (and it probably is, because it was a pretty thin majority to exit in the first place) it would be absolute political suicide to go into this election on the promise of getting us back in.

The anti EU brigade are lunatics and people who voted leave are easily lead. The last thing we need is "Look, they're ignoring your will!" followed by Emperor Farage...

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 55 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's a completely moot point for another reason. The EU isn't just going to let them back in with the same sweetheart deal they got as founding members. That alone means this won't happen for decades if at all .

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 13 points 6 months ago

I mean, they could just join on the same conditions as everyone else

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That will never fly with the public , especially since one of the "normal" conditions is giving up the pound, joining the Euro, and giving up direct control of their monetary policy. There is no way a majority would support that in the UK . None of these polls will even bother asking something like that. The polls are about whether they want to turn back time to before Brexit, which is somewhat interesting but isn't possible.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 months ago

I assume the UK would be obligated to adopt the Euro as a currency, and i have no doubt some people would absolutely rage stroke.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

Sounds fun, if unviable.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I don't think that is essential for trade. A Norwegian/ Icelandic/ Swiss etc. approach could be adopted.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 6 months ago

EEA does allow free movement of people though, which is most of what made us leave to start with. Mostly because of this prick pretending that hordes of dirty brown refugees were somehow the fault of that.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah. If free movement of people is excluded you are down to a European Union–Turkey Customs Union type agreement.

[-] Tiptopit@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

Would be kind of funny if the reverse of Brexit happened. Have some pro Europe lunatics take over the fight and make a brexiteer accept the worst deal to re-enter the union.

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