For a lame-duck Government (and political party, honestly) this is quite a fascinating move, because this will pretty much be repealed immediately once Labour are gone – you’d have thought Labour would want to commit more Parliamentary time to things that are a little more settled than…well, perhaps the *most* controversial aspect of UK policy…I can only assume
As far as I can tell, this is basically a stealth move towards the Norwegian model of EU membership i.e. membership of the single market but not the customs union (or Schengen, in our case) – the fact that Labour are doing something like this like it’s just another international treaty and not something politically onerous that flies in the face of the biggest participation of UK democracy of all time should tell you everything
downbarton on
lol. Next election will be a landslide.
At least Corbyn was honest
SongsOfTheDyingEarth on
Great news. We really need to move back towards the EU. Not only is it what the people want the state of geopolitics means we need to embrace our allies. We can probably leverage that to get concessions as well.
Intelligent-Rough635 on
So obviously GBNews isn’t affiliated with the KGB. The fact you did not pick up on that proves my intent to mock 🤣
BronxOh on
This is good news, signing defence contracts with Palantir- bad news.
pajamakitten on
We need the EU. Russia has proven that peace in Europe is nonsense and America are looking towards China as the big threat, so they will not be coming to our rescue any time soon. Purely from a defence perspective, we need to stop focusing on the EU’s imperfections and focus on what they can offer us that we cannot do alone.
Visa5e on
Imagine if you landed in the UK today with no prior memory, and someone said ‘Should this country, with a mercantile tradition and a services based economy, become a leading power in a free trade bloc with 300 million consumers that’s 22 miles away?’
Who in their right mind would say no?
And as for the sovereignty argument, nothing diminishes sovereignty as much as impoverishment.
xhable on
With a worrying lack of trust in NATO at the moment, this seems like a very wise move.
IWindyI on
Welcome back guys! Can you leave Starmer at home though please?
DoveHopeDownwrdSlope on
Good luck with the move Billy, let us know if you need a hand
TomTomXD1234 on
UK, the only country to spend hundreds of million on campaigns and programmes to move away from the EU and then a few years later try and do everything to get back in….wild
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For a lame-duck Government (and political party, honestly) this is quite a fascinating move, because this will pretty much be repealed immediately once Labour are gone – you’d have thought Labour would want to commit more Parliamentary time to things that are a little more settled than…well, perhaps the *most* controversial aspect of UK policy…I can only assume
As far as I can tell, this is basically a stealth move towards the Norwegian model of EU membership i.e. membership of the single market but not the customs union (or Schengen, in our case) – the fact that Labour are doing something like this like it’s just another international treaty and not something politically onerous that flies in the face of the biggest participation of UK democracy of all time should tell you everything
lol. Next election will be a landslide.
At least Corbyn was honest
Great news. We really need to move back towards the EU. Not only is it what the people want the state of geopolitics means we need to embrace our allies. We can probably leverage that to get concessions as well.
So obviously GBNews isn’t affiliated with the KGB. The fact you did not pick up on that proves my intent to mock 🤣
This is good news, signing defence contracts with Palantir- bad news.
We need the EU. Russia has proven that peace in Europe is nonsense and America are looking towards China as the big threat, so they will not be coming to our rescue any time soon. Purely from a defence perspective, we need to stop focusing on the EU’s imperfections and focus on what they can offer us that we cannot do alone.
Imagine if you landed in the UK today with no prior memory, and someone said ‘Should this country, with a mercantile tradition and a services based economy, become a leading power in a free trade bloc with 300 million consumers that’s 22 miles away?’
Who in their right mind would say no?
And as for the sovereignty argument, nothing diminishes sovereignty as much as impoverishment.
With a worrying lack of trust in NATO at the moment, this seems like a very wise move.
Welcome back guys! Can you leave Starmer at home though please?
Good luck with the move Billy, let us know if you need a hand
UK, the only country to spend hundreds of million on campaigns and programmes to move away from the EU and then a few years later try and do everything to get back in….wild