RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 5 months agoBritain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmerwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldeurope
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBritain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmerwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldeurope
minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoHe can agree with the referendum and say we won’t join whilst he’s leader. But to say lifetime is a long fucking time
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s almost as if he needs to say these things to get elected.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoBecause it’d be political suicide to go back on it.
He can agree with the referendum and say we won’t join whilst he’s leader. But to say lifetime is a long fucking time
It’s almost as if he needs to say these things to get elected.
I don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?
Because it’d be political suicide to go back on it.