UK Poll:Belief that Britain was right to vote to leave The EU falls to new low.

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

Yeah, if rejoining happens, it's going to be at a point where Brexit is ancient history in political terms. This shouldn't really be downvoted.

It was a dumb decision, but a deeply democratic one, and rolling it back isn't a good look to say the least.

[aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I keenly remember how one of the things the Leavers were pushing as a benefit of leaving the EU was to be able to get closer to the US. Oopsie...

Yet another in a long line of bollocks from the Brexiters, swallowed by a large percentage of the British Electorate (not just in the Referendum but even in Parliamentary Elections after it where they repeatedly voted the Leave leaders into Government).

Mind you, as somebody who left the country after that (I was an EU immigrant over there for more than a decade) I still look at Britain as guide for the rest of Europe, since they seem to have been 10 years ahead of most of Europe in their sliding towards Fascism (even in their version of it is conveyed by millionaire/billionaire posh boys rather than nouveau riche construction magnates like in the US)

[foobarrington@lemmy.world]

Anything above their old terms would send a very bad signal to any EU members. There are arguments to be made anywhere between "same rules as new states" and "old rules all the way", but more than that means setting the EU up for other states to follow.

[azimir@lemmy.ml]

It's a great deal. Go on the Euro, be a normal member and have the huge death of benefits from the single market that the UK benefitted from for generations. It's a huge win for the UK if the EU would be that generous.

[giveover@feddit.uk]

Maybe we'd finally do a full metric switch instead of this bullshit 80% effort

[alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It would feel fair, but it's also not that important for either the EU or the Euro itself.

The Euro is really a 1990s invention, when cash was dominant. Now that all payments are digital, it really doesn't matter if countries use the Euro or their own currency.

[skunkworkz@lemmy.world]

*huge deluge of benefits

[skunkworkz@lemmy.world]

If they want to rejoin they should break up and let the individual countries become members. So if England wants to get out again it doesn’t drag Scotland and Northern Ireland with it against their will.

[obelix@feddit.org]

But ... why? That totally not how the EU membership process works?

[whoisearth@lemmy.ca]

My conspiracy hat on, the only reason the right to leave was high was due to Russian interference. Now that their interests are focused elsewhere and they're being sanctioned to high shit what you're seeing now is the real results. Britain was never overwhelmingly for Brexit.

That's my conspiracy anyways.

[pyre@lemmy.world]

I love that sudden change in attitude the moment they actually leave. shows how once something actually happens, your instinct of denial kicks in, hoping you did the right thing even if you thought it was wrong before. didn't last long of course.

[valmond@lemmy.world]

That's not a conspiracy IMO. Dividing the west is on their agenda clear and open.

They stopped because they got what they wanted, the UK left, what are they going to do, leave more ?

[azimir@lemmy.ml]

I tried for dearth, but ended up with death. Deluge would have also been a great choice of words.

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

Dearth actually isn't the right word either, lol. That's a very small selection or lack of something.

I think we knew what you meant, though. Cheers.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

No second Brexit?

[iavicenna@lemmy.world]

damn leopards again

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

I knew a guy in Wales who was sick of constantly having to tell people he told them so after a few years.

[grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.works]

A bunch of leavers probably died of covid.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

Eh. Just because Russia published and distributed books to its governmental members and most useful idiots explicitly calling for a propaganda campaign to decouple the UK from the EU doesn't mean the propaganda campaign didn't work.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

You're right, it's unfair.

Break up Britain first.