I didn’t follow the Brexit negotiations closely. But since these decisions were difficult, perhaps they could have held a referendum to clarify what type of Brexit people wanted. But maybe the Tories decided they had already been burnt by a referendum at that point.
I think you’re right about EU countries pooling their sovereignty, that makes sense. Britain was a participant in the EU decision making processes. We were the joint 3rd biggest segment of the European parliament (tied with Italy, which is a bit odd because their population is a few million fewer than the UK’s population, but oh well).
But since these decisions were difficult, perhaps they could have held a referendum to clarify what type of Brexit people wanted.
Asking the people what they want while government and parliament are having wild delusions about what they can actually have makes zero sense, though.
Also the UK had one of the best EU membership deals with tons of exceptions. (Of which Cameron was demanding more on a weekly basis in his insane PR stunt of “negotiating a better deal”) Those exceptions aren’t going to come back on a rejoin.
Yeah true, if Britain joins the EU again the terms will probably be worse, which just makes Britain rejoining even more unlikely for the foreseeable future.
I didn’t follow the Brexit negotiations closely. But since these decisions were difficult, perhaps they could have held a referendum to clarify what type of Brexit people wanted. But maybe the Tories decided they had already been burnt by a referendum at that point.
I think you’re right about EU countries pooling their sovereignty, that makes sense. Britain was a participant in the EU decision making processes. We were the joint 3rd biggest segment of the European parliament (tied with Italy, which is a bit odd because their population is a few million fewer than the UK’s population, but oh well).
Asking the people what they want while government and parliament are having wild delusions about what they can actually have makes zero sense, though.
Also the UK had one of the best EU membership deals with tons of exceptions. (Of which Cameron was demanding more on a weekly basis in his insane PR stunt of “negotiating a better deal”) Those exceptions aren’t going to come back on a rejoin.
Yeah true, if Britain joins the EU again the terms will probably be worse, which just makes Britain rejoining even more unlikely for the foreseeable future.