• IbnLemmy
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    7 months ago

    Personally voted against Brexit, but let’s leave it now. This in and out is going to drag us down. Need to focus on other things.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It’s true that the UK wouldn’t get as good of a deal going back in, but did we need a special deal to benefit from membership? I’m not convinced.

      • Syldon
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        7 months ago

        We got a good deal to make up for the failings that the Maastricht treaty dealt the UK. To be the Leader of the EU you had to be a member of the Euro and also a member of the Schengen area. This left the UK at a huge disadvantage. We would not be allowed back into the EU unless we accepted both those conditions. This would mean we are not at a disadvantage anymore. We would be joining as equal members. We could even see a UK official in charge of the EU.