If it turns out to be a bag of [Poor language removed] then the country can vote to rejoin. No doubt the EU would yet again extract an enormous price from us, but they would take us back. Why anyone would want to be part of something that treats such a close ally and friend like a piece of crap is for them to judge.....
This is completely true, although we'd join far poorer after years in the economic wilderness and with a deal which is immeasurably worse than our current one. I think it's an incredibly viable position to heavily critique the EU's push for further political and monetary convergence whilst acknowledging our own power with vetos and the realisation that if you want to be a Global Britain, it's simply imperative to be part of a trading bloc in a globalised world which will only become increasingly interconnected. Opting to 'stand alone' at this point would simply result in us offering to take a step down from the top table, and relinquish the soft power accumulated in the world of diplomacy since the post-war consensus era.
When it comes to the critique of their negotiating, would you concede that maybe having such attack dogs on our side when negotiating trade deals may be a huge positive, allowing the EU to obtain massively favourable terms with other nations around the globe in comparison to what David Frost may be able to achieve?
I think we can all agree that the country has punched above its weight and that the country's
"wealth is for the benefit of the few while many of the UK live in abject poverty". But the criticism should lie firmly at the door of Westminster here rather than Brussels, for it is neoliberal establishment politics which has left us with such an unequal society whilst free trade (through EU membership) with our neighbours has undoubtedly enriched us.
