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.
Labour are dedicated to the democratic vote, which is arguably the “right” thing to do, but not necessarily the best thing to do.
…let alone the rest of the EU. They’d be crazy to accept a UK petition for membership right now.
Why’s do you think it would be crazy to accept the UK back in?
We never should have left of course but right now I don’t think we’re ready yet to be an EU member in good standing. Not while people are listening to fuherage here, not while right-wing extremism is on the rise elsewhere in Europe.
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.
it will first have to stop treating EU membership like a glorified trade agreement
What do you think the EEC was?
Long replaced by the EU?
Nothing from the EEC survived into the EU then? In your opinion. None of the trade agreement or treaties or policies. When it morphed into the EU all that was dropped and replaced by general cooperation amongst member states I suppose?
These petitions are utterly pointless. Has there ever been a case where something has changed due to one of these petitions?
Also, the government responded to this back in November:
The Government was elected on a manifesto that made clear there will be no return to EU membership. However, we are determined to reset the UK-EU relationship, putting it on a more solid footing.
And honestly they are correct. Any attempt to rejoin now. Especially based on a partition with well under the 16m voters figure. Is only going to result in more anti EU bull and a growth in ukip like supporters.
The UK as a whole needs to accepthow fucking stupid leaving was. And rather will not happen untill we see the huge support wi originally had for joining.
Below that we will just repeatedly have people feeling forced one way or the other constantly refusing to partake in the spirit of the EU.
EEA is the best we will get and even that will be a fight for some time.
TBH I hope the EU rejects them if they do apply.
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.
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.
