Agreed. I think we should be investing our time and effort into trying to make the best of the situation, rather than constantly moaning that we lost. I voted remain, but even I can see that we’re better off as a nation trying to heal the divide and move forward than dwelling in the past.
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Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Is it?
I voted remain and whilst I think most would agree it’s not going great I’m not sure there’s that much interest in rejoining right now.
There’s a big difference between thinking it’s going poorly and actively wanting to bring Brexit back in a similar sort of way to how it was between 2016 and 2020.
Not to mention that the idea that we rejoin the EU and suddenly everything goes back to being good again (because 2010 - 2015 was a lark for all of us right) seems utterly farcical to most.
We ain’t rejoining. We should probably be thinking about repairing old bonds and moving closer to the wider EU community, but I don’t even see anyone making it a part of their manifesto that we think about rejoining, heck even the Lib Dems seemed to have accepted that’s not on the table right now.
YungOnions@lemm.ee 11 months ago
li10@feddit.uk 11 months ago
It’s not going to happen anytime soon, but it’s still worth talking about now. I really think that, short of an implosion of the EU, we will inevitably rejoin.
That may be very far into the future, but there’s no reason to not sow the seeds now. It promotes us building relationships with the EU, which is something we desperately need, as opposed to the “scrap EU regulations for the sake of it” approach.
Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I think we’ll see a significantly more pragmatic approach once the Tories are gone. I’d expect Labour and the Libs to be significantly more open to both healing our damaged relationships, and forging ahead with whatever comes next. The current lot seem to have wedded themselves to the idea that it’s ‘Us Vs Them’ for the betterment of, well themselves.