Would the EU members let the UK join?
Yeah, why not, there is a standard way to join, they need to fulfill criteria and they’re in
No discounts this time. Obviously.
Yes, the EU has always been open to UK rejoining.
Well based on the full text, it’s still the “We want the butter, the money from the butter and the farmer’s wife”…
…so? 100’000 is nothing. But even if we assume 51 %, would it actually work?
Why shouldn’t it work? The EU is open for new members. As a recent EU member, UK should fulfill all requirements for membership. If the UK gov wants, they can apply for membership and that should be relatively quick
One of the requirements is a unanimous invitation by the countries already in the EU. Countries that remember the circus it was every time anything had to be approved in the council because of the British government. The chances of UK joining while a single country can still veto decisions is about 0.
That can be negotiated around.
How would you negotiate around UK’s exceptionalism interfering with the work of EU institutions? Last time they got all the opt outs to unblock progress for everyone else.
The compromise here would be the UK joining the EEA on the same terms as Norway, and see if Brits are willing to actually follow the rules for at least a decade before they got a vote on them again.
Fair point.
I also think they should have to scrap the pound, to really integrate with the EU and to minimise the risk of another brexit. But you are right, baby steps!
Why? Because they just left…? No idea if the representatives of all those countrieswould just allow them right back after they talked so much shit about the EU and then proceeded to do so much damage and extra work.
Or every other country would like a clear signal that leaving the EU is a bad thing and “even UK wants back in”
Can Colorado join? The union we’re in now is in shambles.
In some countries a specific number triggers a vote, I don’t think that exists in the UK though?
It does https://petition.parliament.uk/
10,000 prompts a government response
100,000 prompts a debate in parliament
Eheran could have just taken 2 seconds to look at the conditions of petitions in the UK instead of being dismissive
It could be the entire population it’ll just go in the bin like all of these
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Other countries will block us and manipulate us, such as asking for the Elgin Marbles back etc.
You know the other points sounded kinda reasonable but I draw the line on “we might have to give shit back which we couldn’t keep our greasy thieving claws off of”. Weird take my guy.
