RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 6 months agoBritain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmerwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.org
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkBritain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmerwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 6 months agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.org
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoIt’s almost as if he needs to say these things to get elected.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoI don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoBecause it’d be political suicide to go back on it.
It’s almost as if he needs to say these things to get elected.
I don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?
Because it’d be political suicide to go back on it.