Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among options the government could look at - telling the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused “more harm than good”.

  • bertlewirth@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    jfc. Everyone was like “we wanna stay!” and they didn’t listen. Now they’ve learnt that the EU was actually beneficial, and they wanna go back. What a colossal waste of billions of pounds.

  • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    And the UK would have to say goodbye to the £. I do wonder how the change will be taken by the general public.

    • thesdev@feddit.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      Eeeh Sweden is still using crowns (and it doesn’t have an exemption like Denmark does).

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        2 days ago

        Because they made a deal when they joined, same with Denmark. Difference between them is that the Danish Crown is tied to the Euro, which the Swedish is not.

        Anyone who wants to join the EU now will have to convert to the Euro.

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          1 day ago

          Nope that’s incorrect, Sweden is obligated to join Euro but they just don’t.

          • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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            1 day ago

            Half incorrect 🤪 you’re right about Sweden, I’m right about Denmark. Thanks for correcting me!

    • gian
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      2 days ago

      Oh, they can. After following the same path every other country that want to join.
      And after giving up to all their previous privileges…

    • thesdev@feddit.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      EU would be more than happy to have them back. Macron and Sanchez said as much this afternoon.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        But not under the old rules and exceptions. This is why it will never happen, UK exceptionalism is as bad as the Unites States.

      • Moneyball@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        It goes both ways, but obviously the UK needs the EU more than the other way around. It would be very arrogant to think otherwise; just pull the stats.