THE BBC has been asked to explain why it has not reported on a large-scale anti-Brexit rally in the centre of London …
Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster, but I feel like it’s time to rebrand the cause. The battle is over and the war is lost. There is no point to being anti-Brexit because the Brexit happened. You can’t stop it without a tardis (or a Delorean, for my fellow Americans). Rejoining the EU will require an entirely new set of applications and negotiations. Somebody should come up with a new brand and some catchy slogans. Brexit was a brilliant piece of marketing, for example.
Like Breunion but better than that.
As an EU citizen, I’m very conflicted about the UK just rejoining the European Union.
Your administration made the weird decision to lean on a marginal difference on a referendum, and left with a whole lot of fuss and customised paperwork. Who’s to say you won’t do it again?
While I do like a stronger Union, the UK will likely try to get back the position they had before (with all kinds of exceptions), but the only way the UK should be allowed to rejoin (in my opinion), should be with a full commitment, not just “we’re sort of joining but also not”.
Didn’t the EU say that if we were to rejoin, the UK would have to adopt the Euro and all the other shit that the rest of the EU got when they joined. I don’t think we’re really in a position to dig our feet in and demand exceptions that we threw in the EU’s face when we left.
Right. If the UK tries to rejoin they’re going to get no favors from the rest of the EU, as an example to other member states that you can’t just play hokey pokey with a continental union. The UK will be miffed as a response. It’ll potentially take decades for a deal to work out for the UK to rejoin the EU, if that’s even its form at that point.
As a Brit, I fully support the idea that we should rejoin with full commitment. No way do I want a repeat performance where we can be taken out by a minority of gullible idiots.
This is an entirely reasonable position. The (narrow) majority of the UK voting public has the relationship inverted; they think the EU needs them far more than they need the EU.
There’s no way to come to a reasonable lasting outcome in negotiations.
Much like it makes all the sense in the world for the rest of NATO not to trust the US any more.
Yeah, I’m just saying they need a new slant, a rallying cry. Rejoin just doesn’t have that same catchy feel to it.
Sorry could you put that on the side of a bus please?
I read you’re comment as you saying they should be pro-rejoin instead of anti-brexit.
Essentially, yes, but it’s more branding than belief. I’m sure the people in the protests understand the difference, but the news media is calling them anti-Brexit, as though you can oppose leaving after you’ve left.
Brenter?
Brea culpa.
That’s good!
I like Bunion
Hmmmm… it does roll off the tongue, but leaves a sour taste.
Brunion?
Sounds like a version of the classic film The Fly but with an onion instead of a fly.
Bru(h)nion
Brepair
BR-Back
I like Breunion a lot, for what it’s worth.
I can’t wait for brentrance or maybe brenetration?
Brexit 2: Brentrance
The mascot can be a guy named Brent
Electric Brigaloo?
I for one am shocked that a state run media organization is biased in favor of the establishment. Shocked!
wow British state owned media is acting on behalf of the state? craaaazy
Things do not look good on the inside too. The world is changing dramatically right now and if hypothetically the brits were to rejoin, I doubt that this would have a significant impact. Last five years have been crazy for all people of Europe. I would argue that this has been the case for the last 13 years. Financial policies that led the EU in a downward spiral and the UK out of EU
Is there any good, current article listing the economical consequences of brexit for the UK?
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/impact-brexit-uk-economy-reviewing-evidence
This is a fairly recent article.
thenational.scot having a pop at the BBC? Who would have thought.
Sounds like a legitimate pop, is that ok?
