It seems odd that a democratic protest in the UK against the direction the country is taking, which is of great interest around the world, should not be considered worthy of a mention on UK TV news bulletins.
With no Brexit Benefits apparent and with changing demographics playing a natural part, the move back to the EU seems inexorable. “It’s going to happen anyway, so why delay?” as Professor A C Grayling said in his speech at the march.
Is it?
I voted remain and whilst I think most would agree it’s not going great I’m not sure there’s that much interest in rejoining right now.
There’s a big difference between thinking it’s going poorly and actively wanting to bring Brexit back in a similar sort of way to how it was between 2016 and 2020.
Not to mention that the idea that we rejoin the EU and suddenly everything goes back to being good again (because 2010 - 2015 was a lark for all of us right) seems utterly farcical to most.
We ain’t rejoining. We should probably be thinking about repairing old bonds and moving closer to the wider EU community, but I don’t even see anyone making it a part of their manifesto that we think about rejoining, heck even the Lib Dems seemed to have accepted that’s not on the table right now.
It’s not going to happen anytime soon, but it’s still worth talking about now. I really think that, short of an implosion of the EU, we will inevitably rejoin.
That may be very far into the future, but there’s no reason to not sow the seeds now. It promotes us building relationships with the EU as well, which is something we desperately need, as opposed to the “scrap EU regulations for the sake of it” approach.
I think we’ll see a significantly more pragmatic approach once the Tories are gone. I’d expect Labour and the Libs to be significantly more open to both healing our damaged relationships, and forging ahead with whatever comes next. The current lot seem to have wedded themselves to the idea that it’s ‘Us Vs Them’ for the betterment of, well themselves.
Agreed. I think we should be investing our time and effort into trying to make the best of the situation, rather than constantly moaning that we lost. I voted remain, but even I can see that we’re better off as a nation trying to heal the divide and move forward than dwelling in the past.