Re: A perfect demonstration of eccentric British understatement
the rejoin movement to repair the damage.
Without particularly revealing my own thoughts on the matter I think it would take more than a few old codgers moving on to convince most Brits that rejoining the EU 20 or 30 years after leaving it is a good idea. We would have to pay full fees - without Thatcher's 'rebate' - have significantly less clout in EU institutions than we do at present and likely as not be required to accept other things for which we currently have exemptions such as certain parts of agricultural policy and the Euro. Companies that have relocated during the hiatus will not be in any particular rush to return.
And that doesn't consider that whatever trade deals we have been able to make unilaterally will have to be discarded, which could easily sour relationships with important trading partners such as China, New Zealand, Australia and the US.
In other words rejoining would not return us to the position we were in before 2016 - we would be much weaker and have less autonomy.
Mind you, if going it alone has even half of the downsides some people are predicting, maybe we will be so desperate by then for a bit of help that we will admit defeat and return with tail between legs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
