I had just about steeled myself to vote labour then came Starmers latest pro brexit announcement. I just cannot vote for a party that is a brexiteer party
I do sympathise with TJ and he has obviously thought long and hard and done his research. I don’t agree with the outcome.
On the failure of Labour to push rejoining the EU as a priority: I was skeptical that the EU was interested in hearing any more bullshit from the UK about this. They’re much more interested in Serbia, Macedonia, Ukraine and even Armenia – getting them in the bloc makes EU members safer and unlocks infrastructure opportunities. Those countries have also spent decades working towards integration.
Recognising that isn’t being pro-Brexit. Jean-Claude Juncker is not a Brexiteer. In the last couple of days:
ON BREXIT: “When you leave a boat, you can’t get back on the same boat,” says the man who — with Michel Barnier — led the EU’s side of Brexit talks. Never? “In a century or two, yes,” he said, eyes sparkling mischievously behind his glasses. He notes that no British political party fighting today’s election wants to rejoin the EU (with Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer — who is widely expected to be the U.K.’s next PM — saying the country would not rejoin the EU’s single market in his lifetime). Britain is “currently discovering the consequences of its vote, and the consequences correspond exactly to what we told them they’d be,” Juncker says.
https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/juncker-says-uk-can-rejoin-eu-in-a-century-or-two/
