Are We Heading Towards Another Referendum?

[renegadefm]

I'm no political expert, but read between the lines, does Labour want us to re-join the EU?

And could it lead towards another referendum?

 

And hypothetically how do we think such a vote now would go? 

[jno]

they don't and we won't (though I suspect the answer would be different if there was another one) but it does no harm to work on tariff deals.

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[Buenchico]

All of the recent polls suggest that the majority of voters would choose to rejoin the EU:
https://www.whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/should-the-united-kingdom-join-the-european-union-or-stay-out-of-the-european-union/

I suspect that most politicians, irrespective of their party allegiances, know that the UK will eventually rejoin.  However very few see it as politically expedient to push too hard in that direction at the moment.

[johnny.5]

what rejion and have all those boat people crossing over agai.....

[Old_Geezer]

It is far far too soon to hold another referendum. The EU hasn't even accepted the situation yet.

 

As for any possible result, surely the only way we'd be foolish enough to throw away our well fought regained sovereignty, and become nothing but a local region once more, is if all the illegal immigrants got a vote and decided it was another good way to further destroy the nation and to get easier access from here to the EU.

 

If any party was likely to encourage that, then from our experience of parties trying to ruin everything rather than improve things, Labour would be most likely, Conservative would prefer to say a lot and not achieve much while following WEF instructions, while Reform are at least likely to have a lot more common sense.

 

But hopefully they all see that this rejoining would be a major block to them getting power again. All who still wanted this country to be something again would ignore their differences and vote for whoever seemed trustworthy to undo such an appalling error, and that would leave those who have no pride in their nation to split their votes among the other options.

 

The trouble is that generally speaking, those in politics these days do not seem to have learnt the skills of governing a country, in addition they don't instinctively have such skill, and I assume that political courses and degrees are failing to instruct properly, as it's difficult to come up with another cause of our present inability to rule disaster.

[davebro3]

they could try it - if they don't mind starting a civil war!

[Untitled]

most people think brexit was a mistake. 

unfortunately any attempt to rejoin would just create more wasteful years of political turmoil and infighting during which nothing important would get done. that is exactly what happened last time. i simply think the country has too many other problems that are too important to go through all that rubbish again. 

[naomi24]

//Most people think Brexit was a mistake//

 

Most people where?  I don't know anyone who voted Leave and regrets it.  Not one.

[Clone]

Most people in my local voted for Brexit.

The same people also voted for Labour.

Guess which decision they regret?

[gulliver1]

Can't wait for it ...bring it on Mr Starmer, bring it on...

[drmorgans]

 

Didn't the Red Wall (disenchanted Labour supporters) vote Brexit, then vote Tory which they regretted, hence Labour's stunning 2024 electoral win.

 

[nicebloke1]

KS is so clever, we will wake up one morning and find we've rejoined. All been done on the quiet and all of us completely hoodwinked. <:▪︎)

[ToraToraTora]

untitled: "most people think brexit was a mistake. " - on what do you base that rather sweeping statment? ....even if it was a mistake we cannot rejoin, the preconditions would be so harsh that even the remoaners would baulk at it.

[ToraToraTora]

I don't know what circles untitled moves in but I have not met anyone who regrets voting to leave. I have met many remoaners who have accepted the result with good grace and don't go on about it like a broken record.

[jackthehat]

1. No.

2. No.

3. No.

4. Stay out.

[ToraToraTora]

"Are We Heading Towards Another Referendum?" - Well Labour have ruled that out, so quite possibly, I hope not though.

[naomi24]

Nicebloke, //KS is so clever, we will wake up one morning and find we've rejoined.//

 

If he does that, 'Clever' isn't a word I would choose to describe it.   Let's try despicable, two-faced and most of all dishonest.  Nothing admirable about any of that.

[davebro3]

//Didn't the Red Wall (disenchanted Labour supporters) vote Brexit, then vote Tory which they regretted, hence Labour's stunning 2024 electoral win.//

Not really - the labour vote overall has stayed pretty consistent. It was the drop in the Tory vote that delivered Starmer's win.

[naomi24]

Dave, I think drmorgans is talking about the 2019 election when Labour voters deserted in favour of Boris.

[nicebloke1]

Still that bitter taste in the mouth because of the GE then. :○)

[ToraToraTora]

10:07...yep, Starmer got fewer votes than Corbyn in 2019 and he got hammered. The Labour majority is wide but very shallow.