For Brexiters, the relationship was always one of force. They wanted to be able to establish individual relationships with smaller countries and bully them for special deals, which is something we still see today in UKG attempts to go round Brussels.
They overestimated their power, of course.
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They overestimated their power, of course.
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The question is, can UK pols escape their home environment of their owndysfunctional union to get beyond thah?
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So how did you get on?
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In case you haven’t noticed I grew up in the 1970’s
My most fun memory of Belgium was a portly bar owner dancing with a long string of raw pork sausages behind his bar. Quite surreal, and straight-outta-Bruegel.
Germany has had more difficult periods - eg Scholz - but good
I know, I know, but it's a stretch... 😆
Doesn't help that I generally have problems remembering names, and matching names to faces (aphantasia, probably).
Shocking behaviour…
As to the UKs internal make up that’s none of our business and any EU interference in that decision could be seen as a hostile act ….
Scotland already has a fair amount of autonomy
"You do know that if all the Scots that voted for Brexit … hadn’t … then there would have been no Brexit "
Following the recent UK elections Starmer might feel that drawing closer to the EU would poke a hornet’s nest and further encourage people to vote Reform. This imo, would be a mistake.
(I got all the Belgians except the tennis players and the guy in the tux.)
One trick phoneys
Sometimes you have to just be brave and chance that “ Hail Mary” pass to the wing…
In this case, more Social Democrat type policies ( like “ taxing the rich “, perhaps?) which will show Reform up for what it is.
But this minority 'Jonny Forriner' attitude was exploited by Brexit's original plotters to bring their own conspiracy into being.
They planted it in well-rotted Farridge compost, and used BBC, Torygraph and Mail to germinate and spread it.