Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "European Experts: \"How Brexit STRENGTHENS The EU\"" video.

  1. It's not really that surprising, from an outside perspective, it's a lot easier to see things clearly, in the UK, too many Brits got too emotional on Brexit and it clouded their judgement. Also, we should remember that the UK has a very hostile media against the EU for decades that have been bashing the EU, clarity wasn't going to be the Brits strong point with that kind of messaging for so many decades.
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  2.  @pygmalion1963  That's true, but would it have been that much different if Labour were in charge? The Labour leader is already playing games with the British public by trying to keep all sides happy to win the next election, we don't know what his views are on the EU or wanting to rejoin or not, because he's playing politics with the British people by saying what he thinks all sides want to hear. That alone is a clear message from the UK that they are a long way away from rejoining, by Labour playing politics or being fearful of the Brexiteers, it sends a powerful message to the EU that the UK isn't ready to rejoin.
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  3. I think the real problem in the UK is that the pro EU camp have given the Eurosceptic camp too much of a free hand to spread their lies about the EU for decades. If all the British people are hearing from a lot of the media and governments over the decades is constant EU bashing, eventually that was going to translate into people thinking it's true, and because of how long that's been going on, it won't be easy to convinced them otherwise. So as much as I want to blame the Eurosceptics in the UK for the mess, the pro EU camp shares a lot of the blame for being too silence over the decades on showing the benefits of EU membership and countering the lies from the Eurosceptic, we give the Eurosceptics a free hand and they ran with it, and now we see the results. Do I think the UK will rejoin the EU? Yes, as for when, realistically, I don't see it happening for at least 2 or 3 decades, unless there's a major shift in public, media and government support on the EU project across the board in the UK, that's unlikely to happen any time soon, it's also unlikely that the EU and a few EU members will let us in any time soon. The best the UK can do is create closer relations with the EU and its members, maybe if Labour wins power, and who knows, maybe we could rejoin the single market and custom union, that might be possible in a decade, and that would resolve a lot of the problems Brexit is doing, but it would also mean the UK gets the benefits of EU membership but without any voting rights, honestly, that might be the price the UK has to pay if the UK is serious about wanting to join the EU in full, sooner rather than later, being that if we were in the single market and custom market, it would send a clear message to the EU that we are serious about wanting to rejoin, and it might speed up the process of rejoining. But personally, I don't think it will happen for many decades, you've got the Conservative party that are too deep in on Brexit that they can't change their tune on that, then you've got a Labour leader that seems scared to even mention anything in favour of rejoining the EU, all that is saying to the EU is that the UK isn't ready to join any time soon when you've got the Labour leader so fearful of the Brexiteers, and the irony is, the Labour leader might be doing more damage to our chances of rejoining then the Conservatives are, at least with the Tories, we know where they stand, whereas Labour are trying to appease all sides, that's a powerful message he's sending to the EU that the UK is a long way from ready to rejoin and that the UK is too divided. On the other hand, Brexit has actually been good for the EU, it's been like a proof of concept on why not to leave the EU, a now, no EU countries want to leave the union, even the ones with more radical elements have changed their tunes on not wanting to leave the EU, Brexit has led by example of why not to follow them, it's just unfortunate that the Brits are the ones that are paying the high price for it, but the UK has been one of the most hostile EU members for decades now so it was always likely going to be the UK that pays the high price.
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