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Time to emigrate from the U.K. to a more enlightened country. What countries would you go to as an English expat for a better life? Where can you change a useless English citizenship for another?
I guess you won't? So maybe it isn't useless?
Ignorant.
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Labour were decimated in the last election. I don't suspect they'll be in power with a mandate to rejoin the EU. Btw, things aren't as split down party lines as they may seem. Half the Tory party are Europhiles, and I know many of my Labour friends are anti-EU in a libertarian small government sense.
Agree. I personally think Labour blew it, big time. But: the lies that got us out of the EU were pretty unstoppable. Selling an out message on the back of sensationalist, shock messages was an easy PR hit. We'll see. Personally, I'll always feel and be European. I reckon we'll be back.
Is it really that big of a deal? Was it worth years of discussion and one upmanship from both sides of the debate. It’s a bit annoying, but the UK could emerge stronger or weaker from the whole situation. One thing’s for sure, I wish we spent the last 4 years preparing for a 2020 scenario instead.
If they decide to rejoin at some point, perhaps the EU could demand elimination of the pound.
No more unelected religious leaders in Parliament, no more unelected upper house at all, and a replacement for FPTP for the Commons.
However, I don't think the Copenhagen Criteria are this specific.
There is now a bunch more red tape involved involved in buying or selling goods or services to other European counties. It’s harder and more expensive to move for work or education, both to and from the UK. The UK now has a customs border inside it’s own territory (which is fairly mad in itself). We end up trapped in the wake of the EU with far less influence on what that environment looks like.
It’s not the end of the world, but it’s hard to find many positive opportunities that arise from it.
Didn't this happen 31st of January 2020 ? That's what wikipedia says.
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Might not be all bad if we get CANZUK out of it. Here's hoping.
Except the ex-colonies want nothing to do with the UK. We can smell the fear and desperation. There is nothing in it for us. We aren't going to bail out the UK or take the influx of economic refugees.
That's a wild exaggeration. The UK is a tremendous export market for the US, we want everything to do with them, there is a lot in it for us ($700 billion per decade in purchased goods). Plus we have a rough split on trade, one of the few major nations we don't have a large trade deficit with.
The British import more US goods than the Germans do, and nearly as much as the Japanese do, with a far smaller economy.
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Looks like you're right. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55502781 > The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT
It was the same when the transition period started, guess it shows where the balance stood