Labour's defeatists are out in force today, following Saint Keir's latest affirmation that #VoteLabourGetBrexit is true.
1: It is open to the UK to apply to #RejoinEU any time it likes. Nothing prevents KS campaigning on that.
2: The EU has a fixed interest in getting UK back.
1: It is open to the UK to apply to #RejoinEU any time it likes. Nothing prevents KS campaigning on that.
2: The EU has a fixed interest in getting UK back.
It would represent an historical defeat of Euroscepticism and a 14% expansion of their market.
3: Politics is about leadership. With the consequences of Brexit so real now, it is feasible to argue for Rejoin more effectively than pre-2019.
4: Membership of EFTA precludes
3: Politics is about leadership. With the consequences of Brexit so real now, it is feasible to argue for Rejoin more effectively than pre-2019.
4: Membership of EFTA precludes
membership of customs union - it's not allowed per EFTA treaty. EFTA unlikely to admit UK on basis that it wants to leave again to join EU. Not an easy sell.
5: If you can sell SM to voters, you have sold something less beneficial than EU membership. EU is easier because it
5: If you can sell SM to voters, you have sold something less beneficial than EU membership. EU is easier because it
brings more benefits and only slightly more cost. Your opponents will say, SM = rule taking, FoM & fees without a vote or veto. They'd be right. EU brings all the programmes, CU and structural funds, plus right of initiative, votes and vetos.
6: The route to rejoin is via
6: The route to rejoin is via
presenting EU as an economic necessity, not a lefty value choice, then developing policies to reconcile voters to it by sharing benefits more widely and addressing leaver concerns more constructively than Brexit has done. Eg, federalism to bring power closer to voters.
7: The longer we stay out, the harder rejoin becomes. Divergence grows deeper roots, those businesses that survive will do so because they are adaptive to a low-regulation context, and fewer voters will remember or have experience of the benefits. Currently rejoin is a live
issue for many voters, and it's for leaders to build that. In 10-20 years that is less likely to be the case. Society moves on, and we will, like it or no.
Isn't it curious how Labour's bovine supporters have shifted from
Isn't it curious how Labour's bovine supporters have shifted from
"he hasn't said that" to "he doesn't mean that" to "he's right to say that" to "he has no choice to do anything else"? I've even seen one today claiming that KS can't offer rejoin because the UK has to wait to be invited!
As people say on here, "FFS".
If you want to find out
As people say on here, "FFS".
If you want to find out
more about how the EU accession process really works, take a look at my blog. If not, please don't make asinine comments on the issue!
Likewise, if you want Brexit, vote Labour. If you don't, please don't vote for them!
You're just sealing the lid.
patreon.com/posts/48393168
Likewise, if you want Brexit, vote Labour. If you don't, please don't vote for them!
You're just sealing the lid.
patreon.com/posts/48393168
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