How do you see rejoining the EU happening? Would it not need a UKIP style party to gain enough support to rejoin? Surely the Libdems promising to take UK back into EU is the only route.
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Under FPTP, a Lib Dem/Green coalition is the most plausible. I did note Labour were shifty about SM & CU, not ruling it out outright. If they were to offer that in their next manefesto...
sep 13, 2025, 8:07 am • 2 0 • view
That would put the cat among the pigeons
sep 13, 2025, 1:22 pm • 1 0 • view
Farage's "why can't we be like Norway" is the most likely scenario. Unless, ironically, Farage becomes PM.
sep 13, 2025, 2:17 pm • 1 0 • view
That's easy: Farage is against almost ALL of Norway's policies, domestic and foreign. Like accepting EU's 4 freedoms (including movement), Schengen, and being a ’rule taker’ with no vote in Brussels.
sep 13, 2025, 7:08 pm • 1 0 • view
I know, hence ...
sep 13, 2025, 7:12 pm • 2 0 • view
That sounds like a shift in attitude?
sep 13, 2025, 8:09 am • 1 0 • view
One can hope. I'm done with English exceptionalism, SM & CU without a say for a generation is fine with me. We need a generation with no personal memory of Empire.
sep 13, 2025, 8:14 am • 4 1 • view
Agreed. The politics of a nation with a failing economy are too scary to worry about 'having a say'.
sep 13, 2025, 8:16 am • 2 0 • view