Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "The EU has invited the UK back in. Should we accept? | LBC debate" video.

  1. The EU wouldn't let us back in so soon, it's crazy to think they would lol. The UK could rejoin but let's be honest with ourselves, it's a long and bumpy road ahead, it will likely take at least two decades before we can join, and even then, the EU will have to see a major shift from the public, the media and political parties across the UK in how they see the EU project. We should also remember that if the UK wants to rejoin the EU, there will be no op-outs, if the UK shows signs of asking for any, then it will clearly show to the EU and its members that we are not ready to join, my point being that the EU will want to see a sizeable change in how the UK views the EU project, and that is going to take time. So let's forget rejoining the EU because that isn't going to happen any time soon, but what we can do in the UK is create closer relations with the EU and its members, maybe join the single market and custom union, that would solve a lot of the economic problems Brexit is doing on the UK, it would also solve the Irish boarder issue and our poor trade deals around the world as the EU ones will replace them. If we in the UK shows real signs that we want to join, then there's a fair chance the EU and its members will soften there tone to us joining, but they are going to want to see real commitment from the UK in wanting to rejoin, that basically rules out the current Conservative lot, it also rules out the current Labour lot that's likely to win the next election, so we could be talking at least a decade before there's any real discussion in the UK of rejoining, and it's after that when the real hard work begins, because there won't be any op-outs on things like the Euro or Schengen zone, and many in the UK need to understand that if we were to rejoin, we would be rejoining a different EU with no op-outs and all treaties, including new ones that happen over the coming decades.
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