Would you vote to re-join the EU in another referendum?

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Simple question. If there is another referendum to re-join the EU, will you be voting to re-join?

This isn't to have a go at anyone who supported Brexit, or who supported Remain, it's just a quick straw poll. Thank you.

If anyone is wondering, (or cares!) I think I will vote to re-join. (I won't say at this point what I voted for last time...)

Absolutely yes to rejoin. I’m still raging about the decision that should never have been put to “the people”
For freedom of movement and for the future of my YA children.

Democracy is not set in stone. It’s not one decision made that must stand forevermore.

@Nothavingagoodvalentinesday ,

I kind of felt the same about the referenda on the Euro and those on the various EU treaties. Every time a nation said no, they were asked again within months, until they gave the ‘right’ answer. That was wrong and undemocratic.

However, I think it is different in this instance. We honoured the vote and we have seen how it worked out over 10 years (not well). I think it is reasonable to reassess after a decade.

However, I would rather just rejoin the single market anyway, which was what was called ‘soft Brexit’ when it was discussed back then. It gives us all the economic advantages and freedom of movement.

I do think that circumstances change over time and there is a balance between being harangued to make the ‘right’ choice and situations evolving over time.

Overall, I find it curious that anyone would seriously consider joining the EU. Subjecting yourself to the legal framework of a technocratic organisation in a foreign country, run by people you can’t vote out, putting them in charge of your financial, technology, telecoms sectors, environmental policy and many others besides, would be an odd decision to say the least. Unless, that is, that EU membership has such astounding benefits that it makes it all worthwhile. But we were members for 47 years and we know it doesn’t.

How about comparing the cost of rejoining with the cost of not rejoining?

It’s the only safe thing to do from both an economic and defensive perspective.
I haven’t found or been shown any benefits of Brexit at all.
With an aggressive Russia and Trump’s USA we’re too small to go it alone. We need to be in Europe.

Exactly this. Otherwise what’s the point of regular elections.

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Absolutely, yes. As a small group of isolated islands, cutting ourselves off from our nearest friends and neighbours in the world’s largest and most successful trading bloc was never going to end well.

As a particularly forthright woman once said - No, No, No ! Why on earth any right thinking woman in this country would wish to get back into bed with that shower of unelected, devious charlatans beats me. I’d rather queue for hours at passport control than give up our freedom in order to slip through the EU channel. But speaking of channels - I suppose re-joining would solve the ‘boats’ problem. Then we and our daughters could all sleep safely in our beds .. eh ?

Nope

For those wishing to rejoin the EU - what does "rejoin" look like exactly?

Because the UK will never be offered the extremely advantageous deal it originally had. And how can you wish to rejoin the EU without any indication of exactly what that would look like (euro, migration sharing etc etc)?

I think it’s £1m per day cost to join the EU versus £250m per day gain in tax revenues if an EU member.

The UK is already subjected to all those rules in all those sectors as the EU is its biggest and more powerful trading partner. The problem is when you’re not in the EU and you are a teeny tiny island you’re just a rule taker (sheep) instead of a rule maker (shepherd).

100%
I was a reluctant Remainer because I’d preferred it if question wasn’t asked. It seemed ludicrous after the pain of the credit crunch and “austerity”.

But I had to vote and sure as hell wasn’t voting with Farage.

it wasn’t explained at all well by Remainers.

I hope we can avoid another referendum on some technicality. I hope there’s some clever lawyers on it

We’ve got to be A LOT nicer this time round and stop making out Leavers are all thick racists. Most weren’t, although there were some nasty bastards. We must demand clarity from Burnham if we’re asked to vote again.

Don't let them kid you @Washingupdone
We shall still be limited to the same rules unless we join the Schengen Area and the Euro.
The EU is driving a very hard bargain.

"I hope we can avoid another referendum on some technicality. I hope there’s some clever lawyers on it"

Scary

Yes but I voted to stay in the 1st place.

Would they have us back though? We would be quite the laughing stock crawling back with our tail between our legs

Of course they will. Keir's attempts at getting closer to the EU all ended up in the EUs favour and not ours. Which is fair enough but don't lets kid ourselves that coming crawling back is going to be anything other than a shake down and humiliation for us at the EUs hands. They need to make it look as horrendous as possible to deter others from leaving and then unbelievably trying to get back in only 10 years later.

I'm embarrassed for us.

After the referendum many, many people were shocked at the result. Some had voted leave as a wake-up call to the government regarding our borders. Now of course our borders are a joke as it seems anyone can come in.

They weren't much better when we were in the EU. That's just a myth.

Many EU countries are still having their own border issues anyway.

Pfftt. No we won’t. Other EU countries not in Schengen, like Ireland, have the free movement.

To the 20% that have voted No, what makes you not want to rejoin? How do you feel you’ve benefited from Brexit?

It will be less humiliating than Brexit was.
There is gravitas that comes from admitting an error.

Don’t you blame them, the UK had such a great deal. There were so many lies from the Sun and ilk with the rich who didn’t want the EU looking into their untaxed incomes.

There’s a fair few posts covering the currency issue.