UK will rejoin EU in future, says Tony Blair
UK will rejoin EU in future, says Tony Blair
Comments come as Deltapoll publishes survey showing an increase in support for going back into the bloc
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39The pound is not just a currency, it’s a symbol of British sovereignty and independence. Will the UK be willing to trade the queen’s face on their banknotes for Euro symbols?
11You're assuming we still even use cash at that point. I only have physical cash in my pocket once in a blue moon these days. I rarely even get my card out since contactless on phones came in. Therefore I prepose a compromise that Google wallet is updated to show a picture of Charles giving the thumbs up while playing the opening bars of Rule Britannia as it's new payment confirmation.
7It'll be the King's face by then.
3I mean Sweden joined in the 90s and still has their krona
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I swear this guy comes out of the woodwork every two to three months, says something unhelpful to the wider Labour movement and then goes into hiding once again.
Look, what he did with Government in the 90s? Huge...but maybe it's time Tony got put out to pasture.
31Not anytime soon. Brexiters still blame the gov for not doing it right.
They still think 3 years of failing to negotiate a decent deal. Was the fault of to loud remainers encoraging the EU that we would quit if they were tough on us. Unfortunately any attempt to rejoin will face the same lies and bull the referendum did.
Any willingness the EU shows to allow even minimal acceptance of our previous benefits. Will encourage them to fight for the same bull they wanted before. All the advantages non of the costs.
16We could have had EFTA, but after the referendum the media only focussed on the extremists from both sides. The Leavers who wanted to leave absolutely everything, and the Remainers who just cried about the result and demanded a second referendum.
Meanwhile the sensible majority, who were somewhere in the middle of those two extremes didn't get a look in. So we ended up with a bit of nothing.
3That, unfortunately, is how both sides want it. Those pro EU and those anti, neither want to compromise. The papers simply provide them with kindling.
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No. Says EU.
14Guy Vesthoven regulary makes public statements about us being welcome back any time.
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Having to adopt the Euro might put paid to that idea.
11Zero chance they rejoin without being granted the same exceptions they had previously, and equally zero chance of the EU allowing that to happen. Ya done fucked yourselves, UK.
10Never wanted the exceptions to begin with, that was David Cameron's thing.
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Sure mate, on our terms. None of that half in half out bullshit. You really shat the bed with this bullshit and will have to pay, severely.
9This is how I expect negotiations to go. We will be expected to be a full member. It is in the EU rules that all members must move towards being in the Euro and the Schengen area. There are no limitations set on how fast you move towards that, but it is there in the terms of membership. Poland being the slowest, I think. So there will be a commitment from the get go to be part of those. I would not be surprised if the EU demand a referendum to show just how much the UK wants to join. Remembering it was a referendum that drove us out of there.
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Can tony blair just please fuck off.
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