Saying Brexit is a failure is “rude.” https://twitter.com/marinapurkiss/status/1656890241851047936?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ
Brexit: Poll suggests just 9% of Britons think decision to leave European Union more of a success than failure https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1660764127772459009
OMG! Had only read half the article when I posted but this final paragraph is fucking amazing: "At the moment, things like wine, they're governed by 400 pages of regulations. We think a lot of that can be stripped away and make sure that, frankly, this should produce potentially up to 50p off the cost of a bottle of wine." OH! In a year or two wine will theoretically be fifty cents cheaper?!? NEVERMIND! I take all my apprehensions back. TOTALLY worth it!!!
Sunak and Biden announce Atlantic Declaration - both countries vow to work together on supply chain integrity, AI, heath, defense, mineral, and Biden is going to try to get UK firms to be declared domestic producers for critical defense needs. It is not however the Tories promised trade deal, and there's no indication one is forthcoming. Still, we are seeing the Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US in an ever closer defense and technology orbit. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/09/bid...ic-declaration-pledging-agreements-on-ai.html
“Without a shred of doubt, leaving the EU has exposed the brainlessness, the utter emptiness and the cluelessness of UK leaders... especially the corrupt, confused and the much-despised Tory politicians. Yes, Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster.” https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/mirror-readers-brand-brexit-failure-30354087
Now watch him be ostracised and marginalised. The DUP are in full "under siege" mode at the moment, reality be damned.
What's next? Moving the UK capitol from London to New Delhi and merging with the Indian Parliament, with Sunak taking on a Senior Advisory Role to Modi? And letting the Royal Family alone just for the sake of not stirring up too much controversy (and it'd be a quaint addition to the Indian zeitgeist)?
Just one in 10 believe leaving the EU has helped their personal financial situation, against 35% who say it has been bad for their finances, while just 9% say it has been good for the NHS, against 47% who say it has had a negative effect. Ominously for prime minister Rishi Sunak, who backed Brexit and claimed it would be economically beneficial, only 7% of people think it has helped keep down prices in UK shops, against 63% who think Brexit has been a factor in fuelling inflation and the cost of living crisis. The poll suggests that seven and a half years on from the referendum the British public now regards Brexit as a failure. Just 22% of voters believe it has been good for the UK in general. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/30/britons-brexit-bad-uk-poll-eu-finances-nhs So what’s the timeline? How long until talking about rejoining the EU is permissible? How long until it becomes part of a party platform? How long until the UK asks to rejoin? How long until it has rejoined?
When? Don’t know. But, it won’t happen on anything other than the same terms as any other applicant. To start, that means adopting the Euro.
I think they will lose most of Thatcher’s carve outs but the pound I think is too much. Especially as there are seven non-Eurozone EU nations.
If I were among the EU powers that be that would be non-negotiable. It’s only one carve out, but it’s most powerful symbol of UK “sovereignty”. Time will tell which of us is right.
Even today FF and his dream mom MTG still look at Brexit and think that would work out really well if our laziest welfare states of poor white trash did it to screw over the liberals who pay all of their fucking bills because they hate woke. I keep thinking we should find some way to do a fake brexit thing for the right so every time they complain we can kick them out of the house like the basement dwelling children they are and let them come crawling back to the people who pay the bills and establish the comforts of life.
The UK could rejoin the EEA and be in the free trade area without joining the EU-proper. That's more likely but it's not happening any time soon.
