He said that in the meantime it was essential for the UK’s productivity and growth to reduce the damaging impact of the Brexit deal struck by Boris Johnson “as best we possibly can”.
Can’t wait for all the exceptionalist bullshit the UK is going to come up with to say the rules that apply to everyone else shouldn’t apply to them.
Hopefully the EU won’t buy it and the UK will be required to join Schengen, adopt the euro, etc.
Joining Schengen would be really nice - the CTA is the main reason Ireland hasn’t joined Schengen, but if the UK has to join, then Ireland almost certainly would as well.
I’ll also take metric drinks measures (400ml is a reasonable amount of beer for one drink) and replacing Britain’s chunky electrical plugs with the more slender ones on the Continent (especially for unearthed electronic devices, the British plug is overkill).
If Jacques and Fritz demand that the Brits switch to driving on the right like Napoleon intended, that’s a fair cop, given all that has come before.
These would all be nice but - Ireland is in the EU and Ireland doesn’t do any of these (even metrification of drinks), and none of these are listed as reservations on the part of Ireland (which were only available to the founding members of the EU, of which Ireland is one).
So probably not required to join the EU, sadly.
Tell you what, I sure love knowing that more than 50% of our population apparently can’t see consequences past their noses.
Like expats living in continental Europe using Schengen Rules that voted for Brexit being surprised they had to leave afterwards. Like come on, how can one be that misinformed as to not see that coming??
The pandemic accelerated the outcome, but everything that’s happening with the economy now is what the remain camp said was gonna happen with Brexit.
Going back into the EU now isn’t gonna go down how many Brits think it will, cause we sure as shit won’t get any sweetheart deals - we’ll have to play by the EU rulebook.
“We know for a fact the public was lied to and manipulated, and that the result has been utterly destructive to the country. We understand that the cost of living crisis is a little rough on you poors, and that your already eroded humans rights are at massive risk (lol, as if they care), but please be patient, we just need another decade or so to save face and lick our politician wounds (and profiteer off of your misery) for just a little longer before we’d be willing to try and reverse this bullshit that is making your lives that much worse (we’re fine in our second homes though, not to worry!).”
Is this the same “10 year” scale that scientific breakthroughs are measured in?
Aah yes wait for the racist boomers to die so young-uns will outnumber them. A cunning plan!
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