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...)

We are already closely aligned we can't get much closer.
Look at the coalition of the willing !
It was led by us and yet came to nothing because in such huge number no one can agree anything.
We are right up there in support for Ukraine which in turn protects Europe !
How much closer does anyone think we need to be and can get ?

The bataclan attack , open borders , the spectre of old war guns being used for nefarious purposes SAT on an EU burocrates desk until hundreds were slaugtered by them and the president said swaying and shaking..." Our borders are closed " whilst the perps merrily made their way to Belgium .

What a joke. The sheer number of violent crims who came over and murdered people. Set up gangs the endless people slavery ,human slavery found men with special needs locked in caravans working for gang masters the car washes washing money etc.
But yeah !! Not having to queue at air ports is great and it's brilliant our DC could go to Europe without a pesky 8 pound charge !

The sheer disparity of wealth between countries and the leaky Comms !.sir Richard dearlove said we are as strong intelligence wise as our weakest caravan and when we are in a chain with.hungrey and Romania that isn't very strong.
Putins dream
And that's all without mentioning the sheer waste of money ! The fraud ...the black hole of corruption.

Of course it's hard to keep tabs on the European meps but weren't some Found with millions from being paid off by Putin ?
Why anyone wants another layer of government that's distant and removed is beyond me..

Look at France now ! Look at German papers what are they worried about. The whole of the EU has the same issues we do
Why do people think we have our issues because of Brexit. We have our issues because they are global .

The EU should be begging to have us back we are simply not in the same league as all the countries there. Only peers are France and Germany.

And finally ...go to tony benn ..
Whose got the power / why / for whose benefit /how can we remove it etc

Please people please wake up !

Wow.

You might want to understand currency and how it impacts on what your country can do in terms of investment and infrastructure.

Thank you for answering my questions

Agreed. Very scary post.

Many people seem to genuinely believe the only difference between the UK using the GBP or EUR is the colour and pictures on the notes.

I agree with some of it that especially what Tony Benn said - he was a strong Eurosceptic and no doubt would have voted leave for similar reasons to me. I don't agree that we are in a bigger league with France and Germany - those 3 countries are on the way down with massive debt, immigration problems (France in particular), unwillingness to cut welfare. We address around 25th GDP per capita in the world and falling (despite many British people's falsely believing we are one of the highest countries) and shortly to be overtaken by the Eastern European countries who are doing much better than us. I can see them wanting to leave once they are net contributors like we were and also France once Marine Le Pen takes over.

The EU would be very unlikely to let the UK, with its terrible economy and - complicated - constitutional and tax arrangements join as it is. Of the current candidates Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Moldova and Albania are at the head of the queue and have put a lot of work in, and indications are that Ukraine will be fast tracked if a peace agreement happens.

The EU could, and probably should, join the European Economic Area.

btw, there is no mechanism to 're-join'. It will be a case of applying to join.

Yes it is very concerning.

Putin wanted a fractured EU. Makes his plan easier

No FOM brought ponces into the uk

That should have read 'the UK could and probably should'. This is why I never criticise anyone else's typos.

I think you’re right regarding money. This summer for first time ever, I didn’t bother charging any money for my European travels. I had a few Euros from a previous visit so I took those - and brought most back.

It was an emotive issue back in the day, every farmer’s field had a Keep The Pound banner. I thought at the time, we’d probably have moved to single currency if it had been called “pound” or “crown”but Euro was a step too far.

It seems less of a thing now but aside from that emotional response, does it make economic sense? And obviously, it shouldn’t, nominally the pound is worth more.

And yet, across Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy and more the Euro simply goes further for living, dining, household and travel.

I find it astounding that hot dry countries can produce cheaper food than us. What’s pushing prices up? The supermarkets? Or are the farmers missing their EU subsidies per chance?

No it’s not about changing money or using a card.

I find it astounding that hot dry countries can produce cheaper food than us. What’s pushing prices up? The supermarkets? Or are the farmers missing their EU subsidies per chance?

This thread is the thread that just keeps giving in terms of not understanding finance and financial policy.

Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU | European Union | The Guardian

But we seem to have freedom of movement anyway. In reality, it's pretty easy to get into the UK. You don't have to come over on a boat, you can just come in on a fake student visa, or do a course and then never leave.

Since Brexit, my home town has been transformed by immigration. The countryside is being destroyed around me and replaced with housing estates. And the majority of people who've moved onto those new estates were born outside Europe.

My English-British identity is dead anyway. Mass immigration has completely changed Britain. I no longer feel any sense of shared history or shared culture. Not only have we had a new identity IMPOSED on us, we're constantly told to be ashamed of the one it has replaced. Every national hero, from Churchill to Shakespeare, is now suspect, and it's controversial even to fly our national flag. It's a dead country. An "island of strangers," as two-tier Keir put it. Personally, I couldn't give a sht whether we re-join or not, because I couldn't give a sht about modern Britain. Any sense of tribal identity is long gone.

It's a chat forum and I've leaned a lot on mn on vararious topics.
None of us are experts here and we don't know who anyone is.

This isn't a university forum with professors it's a chat for mums so yes on many issues people will have less knowlege and /or have different interests and personal reasons for looking at something through a particular lens.

Although Macron will be gone soon.

I think macron has a bloody cheek to be honest ! The utter deveststing riots that are happening and he has the time to start pontificating about Brexit. Having said that he will be desperate for our money.

Macron, even Macron and Sachez, cannot speak for the EU. Nor can Ursula von der Leyen with her solo run invitation to Canada.

Yep that debt pile and awful scenes coming out of France. There’s an EU nostalgia around all this.

But I am not expecting anyone to be an expert. Far from it.

We do all (well most of us) have mortgages and debts though at some point in our lives. And if we don't have that we almost certainly will have a pension or an investment portfolio.

And I think we all understand the concept of the national minimum wage on some level too.

These are all things which are daily and every day.

It's not a university thing only accessible to professors and making out like it is, is simply daft.

Personally I don't think we are taught enough about personal finance and income at schools and this has major real world consequences precisely because people have a level of understanding below what they need.

Currency isnt real and is only important when you go on holiday, doesn't really tally with the cost of your shopping basket going up and the costs of applying for a loan.

Couldn’t agree more. If the French can give up the Franc and the Germans the Deutschmark then why couldn’t we relinquish the pound?
It's not as if our politicians haven’t played around with the currency before. Guineas are now only used in very specific circumstances (for racehorse sales?) and of course it was changed drastically in 1971 when we ditched LSD in favour of decimalisation.
We’d get used to the Euro in time, especially children and young people, and also especially as we old dinosaurs die off.

I don’t think this is understood by many at all.