It is *quite* funny that Britain is once again talking about Brexit and rejoining the EU. Don't get me wrong - I am in favour of it - but it's not like we didn't behave appallingly at the EU Christmas party, embarrassing ourselves and everybody else and then loudly proclaiming we're leaving before being sick on the hosts, tripping over and smashing face first into the door, taking a decade to find our way out only to realise we'd soiled ourselves, didn't know where we were, were hungry and didn't have any money and now we're at the window peering in shouting that we might consider coming back into the party if you're lucky, whilst the other guests look on, horrified, as they move to surreptitiously deadbolt the door.
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@TheBreadmonkey spot on. The attitude around rejoining is English exceptionalism, they are not even considering if the EU will let them rejoin
The EU is not a golf club, you cant leave and rejoin whenever it suits
At a guess, the devolved nations will join before England, especially if Farage has his way and delays rejoining. Ironic really as one way to delay Welsh, Scottish independence, and Irish reunification would be to rejoin the EU
But England will not have the same deal as before
@TheBreadmonkey absolutely nailed it.
@TheBreadmonkey Lets give consideration less to our living (collective or individual) guilt and give more space to those who perhaps became of age since the last decision and get a chance at whats best: democracy (free politics), capitalism (free trade), and liberty (personal - including religious - liberty).
@TheBreadmonkey omg LOL like the EU is ever gonna let them back in
@TheBreadmonkey Toot O' the Day, right here.
ROFLMAO perfect! Look, we're definitely going to have to have a small talk with HR and have some structured mediation with our former colleagues if we are going to be able to work together in future.
@TheBreadmonkey At least y'all realize what happened. I saw Farage at an old rally here and my heart sunk to my stomach. Seriously, I'm so glad the light of day is shining on your country.
You spoke my mind. But more eloquently than I could
@TheBreadmonkey As a Swiss person I can promise you that no matter how arrogant toward the EU you are, the EU will always maintain a constructive stance.
This is an interesting example of why Paul Krugman's blog posts are so much better
Paul would offer a *specific concrete example of how the UK behaved toward the EU
but Ben doesn't offer any actual examples, just uses language tht mightt be called interenet rant
@TheBreadmonkey As much as I'd like to see a reversal, we have to accept that it's not going to be a simple case of rolling back, and moving on.
The pound or the blue passport.
They'll have to give up at least one to be let back in. Maybe both, but at least one.
@TheBreadmonkey Also: Ireland wants custody of the kid.
That's a pretty good summary. It'll probably take a decade or two until a sufficient threshold is reached for re-joining.
From my perspective as a German exhausted by the wasteful "I'm leaving now!!!" drama, imposed on us for several years: there's no point in trying to re-join, as long as there is still a "debate" in the UK. Once maybe 80% are in favor of it, the rest of the EU might gain trust again. If British attempts at cherry-picking from EU rules doesn't start again, that is.
However, I'd welcome Scotland as an independent country, any time.
