I am a strong supporter of the EU, and won’t sign this. This country is too xenophobic, fractious, reactionary, and delusionally self-important to let them back into the union when it’s still reeling from the damage the UK caused just a few years ago.
If the UK is serious about rejoining, it will first have to stop treating EU membership like a glorified trade agreement and stepping stone to national power and influence. The EU needs community members and partners, not self-aggrandising parasites.
Good luck getting this past the Labour government. They are firmly rooted to remaining (excuse the pun) outside the EU. This is even before you attempt to get it past Conservative opposition or fringe party Reform nutters.
If the party in power isn’t going to champion this then it’s an instant no go.
…let alone the rest of the EU. They’d be crazy to accept a UK petition for membership right now.
Labour are dedicated to the democratic vote, which is arguably the “right” thing to do, but not necessarily the best thing to do.
TBH I hope the EU rejects them if they do apply.
Why? Half the country voted to remain. It’s not our fault the other half are fucking morons. Make us adopt you euro, I don’t give a fuck
Why? It’s a win/win for all the same reasons the UK should have never left.
The EU definitely wouldn’t let us back in, it was hard enough for us to get in the first time.
As a British citizen, I hope that they are accepted, without any of the special concessions Thatcher handbagged out of Delors, and with the proviso that they adopt the Euro and enter the Schengen zone.
