Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Polls show majority want to rejoin EU...but James O'Brien 'isn't feeling it' | LBC" video.

If we rejoined, we would have to pay a price. Financially, and in terms of public humiliation. The terms will be deliberately punitive. But, more importantly, we have people on both sides of this debate wasting our time and energy now. We NEED to turn our eyes, ears and energies to the future and start seeking whatever benefits we can muster toward what we can achieve from our independent position. We do need to align our regulations and seek the benefits that other prosperous European countries have managed, by accepting reality as it is. Nothing we say or do now will change what currently is. And those who want us to return need to give Europe a reason to want us back by prospering and holding high the torch of Democracy. We must progress instead of fighting over things we cannot change. The best possible way we will even get the option is to prosper from where we are, and that too applies to both sides of the argument, so let’s just GET ON WITH IT!
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If we rejoined, we would have to pay a price. Financially, and in terms of public humiliation. The terms will be deliberately punitive. But, more importantly, we have people on both sides of this debate wasting our time and energy now. We NEED to turn our eyes, ears and energies to the future and start seeking whatever benefits we can muster toward what we can achieve from our independent position. We do need to align our regulations and seek the benefits that other prosperous European countries have managed, by accepting reality as it is. Nothing we say or do will change what currently is. And those who want us to return need to give Europe a reason to want us back by prospering and holding high the torch of Democracy. We must progress instead of fighting over things we cannot change. The best possible way we will get the option is to prosper from where we are, and that too applies to both sides of the argument, so let’s just GET ON WITH IT!
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@Harry-tb8yo : Every country has unique conditions, suited to its individual demography, economy, industry, government model and needs. The fact that you didn’t know that says a lot about what we won’t miss and your personal ignorance makes you far less qualified than I.
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@wengelder9256 : No. The terms are not, “known,” as there is no existing legal formula or precedent for such a case. We could not simply join as though we were a knew partner, with zero history. The EU would naturally seek safeguards against the possibility of further massive disruptions. Plus, Britain remains one of the largest economies on Earth, certainly in the top 10 (currently, though that is far from a stable state of affairs) and the EU took a huge financial hit from our leaving. Several scientific, trade and development programs have been ended as a direct result of our withdrawal, along with all that cash to prop it up. Assurances would be a necessary part of any deal. And all that assumes that we could surmount the hurdle of other countries vetoing our rejoining. The French famously blocked our very first attempt at joining what was known as The Common Market back in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s (I can’t recall the exact year off the top of my head) and they will have reflected that they were vindicated by recent events. They won’t, I assure you, simply require a legally binding undertaking not to have any further referendums for a generation or two. They will have demands, regarding trade, Rn’D projects, with the potential insistence on restoring funding for certain special military or science projects that were trashed before. These things are never simple. And the simplicity of simply withdrawing has lead to complications for both sides of that discussion, both in Europe and domestically. All that to say, no. You’re simply wrong about that. Do a little more reading on policy, perhaps?
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