Every person living in the UK should read and understand the following, written in easy-to-comprehend English on the EU's website. Note that it is essential one reads and fully understands the entire paragraph and try not to succumb, having read just the opening few words, to the British tendency to assume that these very basic rules of course apply only to "everyone else" but not to yourselves. Pay particular attention to the words "stable democracy" and "the rule of law", and then maybe even check how these are described in the actual Criteria (also available on the EU website). "Becoming a member of the EU is a complex procedure which does not happen overnight. Once an applicant country meets the conditions for membership, it must implement EU rules and regulations in all areas. Any country that satisfies the conditions for membership can apply. These conditions are known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’ and include a stable democracy and the rule of law, a functioning market economy and the acceptance of all EU legislation, including of the euro. A country wishing to join the EU submits a membership application to the Council, which asks the Commission to assess the applicant’s ability to meet the Copenhagen criteria. Based on the Commission's opinion, the Council then decides on a negotiation mandate. Negotiations are then formally opened on a subject-by-subject basis. Due to the huge volume of EU rules and regulations each candidate country must adopt as national law, the negotiations take time to complete. The candidates are supported financially, administratively and technically during this pre-accession period." A lot of work ahead of you as a country - and that's even before you get anywhere near negotiations to join. Better get cracking!
Leaving the eu was the worst decision ever made, I so hope we will rejoin, the government will never admit they made a mistake, I still cant believe some people still think it was a good idea , to leave our closest partners and trading block , it makes no sense, and I still can’t see any of those so called benefits .
Our closest partners don't make me laugh 😂, our only allies there are Portugal, the Netherlands and the Nordic country's. Anyway are closest allies are Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India and Hong Kong. Also if you seriously think people voted for Brexit for ecenomic reasons then your dilousional, we left as we saw that the EU was about to collapse and wanted out of that s****hole before they dragged us down with them. As soon as Macron is out, they'll be a far right French president who will destroy the EU, as big surprise people want to have an identity and not be one giant alganation of different cultures.
@@freddiemedley5580 People voted Leave because they wanted a better Britain. A better standard of living. But Brexit certainly has not delivered that. We can't fill out pockets with sovereignty. And the people will speak again come the next GE. The only Brexit benefit I can see is that it will destroy the Tories.
pasqualeamabile5672 Who made that democratic decision ? If you want to make all the decisions get elected to the post of PM. It will be available soon, I'm told. Even this "appalling" government have to be seen as democratic even if it has no intention of being so.
really? a right leaning govt in Netherlands who wants a Nexit, the Italian prime minster the Czechs, Hungarians, France is on fire with revolt and expelling immigrants, Norway doing the same, Germany moving to the right, you must be watching MSM.
Believe me we are not drifting alone the EU is virtually Bankrupt and they don’t like it when another country stands up to them that’s why they are treating Poland with contempt
8 years on. Has GB gone down the plug hole? GB will soon be exporting gas to Germany. And boy do the Germans need every source of gas they can get their hands on. A nice business deal by Britain with the EU. Let's see what happens to Gibraltar now Traitor Cameron wants Gibraltar fast tracked into the EU and under Spanish control.
Was speaking to my mother's neighbours yesterday, a retired couple. He is British, she is Greek. I'm pleased to say that they are staunchly pro-EU. He was telling me that on the night of the 23rd June 2016, just when it was announced that Leave had won, he said to his wife "Right, that's it. In the morning, we're packing up and moving to Greece". He meant it. They were both furious at the result and still are furious now. Tney didn't actually move to Greece, but if they are anything to judge by, then vast swathes of the country haven't forgiven.
@@paullarne Aw, bless you, you really need to learn that repeating something that's clearly nonsense, doesn't make it correct, it just makes it repeated nonsense.
@@paullarne ...and repeating old insults doesn't make you correct either. Meanwhile you've missed two opportunities to bring forth light to the brainwashed by presenting your case with evidence of the perfidy of the EU, the negatives to the UK of membership, and of course the tangible benefits being poured forth on the UK between 2016 and today as a result of leaving. Over to you.
If we rejoin things will immediately improve and the Leave traitors will say 'see? things were about to get better', throw another tantrum and cause another volte face. Better to continue letting them roll around in their own mess until public have emphatically decided. It's also better for the EU to have us out for longer because our politics are absolute cancer.
Given recent British behaviour, why would the rest of the EU nations want the U.K back. Why would they want to have to listen to the U.K. constantly moaning about why the rules every one else follows shouldn’t apply to the U.K. You’ve had your chance, but chose to follow clowns like Farage and Johnson et al over the cliff, you’ve got what you said you wanted, enjoy.
Why would anyone want yo join one of the most corrupt organisations in Europe? We are still waiting for Von Der Leyen to publish the conversations she had with the Vacvine company's, who we know marketed a dangerous no approved drug for profit. They are bringing in Digital ID, digital currency. You will do what you are told. They will control your money, force you to take drugs they dictate. Remember WEF most are students and activist. You will own nothing and be happy. They are bringing this about and you turn a blind eye. It'll never happen to you. Good luck with that. Watching Gert Wilders closely.
I agree with you on immigration. I am eastern european and I noticed so much hatred to us in UK 2015-2016. I felt bad and left for another country. This contributed to the nursing shortages. May be Indian nurse replaced me and brought her family. But I already had a house and son who is staying in UK now. What was the point of this? I noticed that there was a lot of envy towards Europeans. We had houses back home and we were not submissive and aftaid that will be kicked out. The feudal system in now established. people from poor country will be brought with slave like contracts. That is why is impotrant for the government to abolish human rights. It will affect british workers so much...
I migrated the other way, from the UK into the EU. Now I've met several people with similar stories who have left the UK because of the unpleasantness after Brexit; these are people with good jobs who could move easily and take their skills elsewhere.
All those Drs, nurses, architects etc in the dinghys lol. What is it now - £10million a day to hotel-house never mind pay benefits while locals are freezing & starving? Sweden have had to call in the army because of migrant gangs & Germany is going the same way.
I recall pre your visit the gangs of Polish people like you from Eastern Europe who had homes elsewhere who came and undercut British workers forcing down wages for people who had no choice but pay higher cost in the UK, while those gangs squeezed up in rooms at minimal cost and then returning home with pockets full of money. That will be part of the reason for hostilities.
Rule britania,britania rules the waves.....oh hold on that was over 100 years ago😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅europe doesnt really want them back,because it will always all be about britain and whats in it for them,shag everyone else
@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 The ruling class is indeed also responsible BUT we mustn't forget the overwhelming support for Brexit anywhere north of London. Them's a lot of votes and they are at least as responsible for Brexit's passing. When trumpe beast won, it was because the commoners voted for him and that should not be forgiven; and Brexit and trumpie weave the same brainless, mean-spirited cloth.
Many of those that voted for Brexit don't have the strength of character to admit that they were wrong! If it were the other way I would be first to stand up and admit I was wrong!
@@alexbain4983 i won’t admit that I was wrong because we weren’t the true fact is that you can’t accept that you LOST THE VOTE Brexit has been thwarted at every turn by the Elite who have been LINING THEIR POCKETS FOR YEARS
After what happened with the Greek prime minister, may be Greece will oppose with a veto for UK (when UK will apply to rejoin the EU) and will ask for the Marbles to come back in Greece ... 🤔🤔🤔
@dogglebird4430 kinky inclinations. It’s too early. Seriously. The Covid enquiry. Total joke and waste of time. Nobody’s asked either Boris Johnson’s wife or Matt Hancocks now partner to give evidence. They were government employees and eye witnesses. Further: it wasn’t just elderly people that died or suffered. Personally, the Covid won’t end until all those people involved are gone and that begs the real question: right we’ve had one outbreak now publish the exact plan for everyone, every aspect of our lives and occupation’s. They’ve had enough time to do that. And if that’s not published in details then we’re back to square one!
No ! You can't "Rejoin" you can only apply to "join" from scratch. Only if every other state agrees to your application, which they won't ! The majority of British citizens may want to be back in the EU, but the majority of European citizens are glad that you're not !
Yougov poll for August 2023 was 50 to 30. Not 62% you liar. Still can't get above that magic 52% number eh? Sample size was only a paltry 2101 votes. Come back when you have a survey of millions of voters. Like a referendum vote. lol. Bet you wished you had turned up to vote when it mattered.🤣😂 Tough, you lost. Now get over it.🤫🤭@@brianferguson7840
We might want to rejoin the EU but would they have us back? The French would probably veto the return of a country that caused so much trouble during the four decades of its membership
Has there been a public apology to the Greeks or for suggesting Macron might be a foe? And all the other 'incidents'. Britain does have a lot of humble pie to eat, and to learn how to be respectful to others, before these snubs and insults will be forgiven.
@@MrsGardiner we don’t need to apologise for anything and as for macron he is the one who dislikes Britain he just wants our money i really hope Le pen is voted IN
Michael you're saying there is no future for the UK outside EU. As a EU citizen i can say there will be no future inside EU for UK if they want to join with all exeptions and privileges as before. UK has to follow the same path as every new candidate member. So joining has to be with full unanimity. Good luck with the experience EU members had with UK before.
Yes indeed and just add to that the injustice of the vaccine roll out, where EU freely sent EU made vaccine to UK, before AZ was ready. After the EMA had approved AZ for EU use, Britain refused to share 'their' vaccine. As a result, your average EU citizen had to wait months longer to get vaccinated than your average Briton. This will not be forgotten and shows the real reason why selfish Britain is not a good fit as an EU member.
The UK's membership was only ever about making a profit from EU trade. And even now, those who want to return to the EU only want to do so for two reasons. To travel within the EU without bureaucracy and ... because of the economy, the economy and once again because of the economy. That is not a basis. Just because the UK is impoverished because deals with the EU are more expensive outside than inside is no reason to take the UK in again. The EU is not a tennis club where you can get in in 5 minutes and out in 5 minutes. Nobody wants the UK in its current MENTAL state in the EU either. Only a fraction knows how the EU is structured. How decisions are made etc. The EU has no use for a country like that. The dismantling of trade barriers does not justify the UK's membership once again. Barnier, as we have already discussed in an earlier video, only speaks for himself. He no longer has a role in EU-UK cooperation. Ms. vdL is a representative of the executive = EU Commission, which has no say in the question of whether a country should become a member or not. The Commission is only examining whether the UK would fulfil the Copenhagen criteria. With the impoverishment that has now begun, this will be very, very difficult anyway. The EU is only marginally involved with the UK. We have moved on. The disadvantages for the UK from Brexit would not disappear if the UK were to submit an application now. It's a matter of 10 to 15 years. The UK will be bankrupt by then. This will not stop the phase of gradual impoverishment. We in the EU have other things to do. The EU has begun a phase of reform after the UK has left. That will also take time. There is no time to deal with the UK. And after the terrible behavior towards the EU since 2016, no one wants to deal with the UK either.
I agree with you. But I have to say that I hope one day UK will be back in the EU. It will take time, because EU can't take the risk to admit a country (UK) which is not completly in favour of joining the EU. When I say that, I mean, the EU needs to be sure that all the political parties are in favour of the EU : Tories and Labour. Imagine the UK coming back in the EU and then 5 years later, another referendum happens because the Tories come back to power ... So full commitment is needed by political parties and the population. And no more exemptions and "exceptions" for UK
@@paullarneOnce again, this is wrong and shows that you Brits know nothing, absolutely nothing, about the EU. The principle of non-interference applies. The EU did not "vote" but complied with EU law.
@@paullarne So explain how could the EU have helped? Britain is a sovereign country and the EU does not intervene in internal debates. If the EU had done anything in this direction, I can already hear the Brexiters who would have been screaming. They accused the EU of stealing the country's sovereignty, so I imagine what they would have said if the EU had gotten involved
The UK remains very welcome to apply to join, and if this is for clear pragmatic reasons, so much the better. For those countries that were torn apart by the world wars, being a member has a strong ideological dimension. German boots were never on British soil (thankfully) and that is why British society has always been divided on the ideological side of the European "dream". Heath, Thatcher and Major always brought the UK closer to the EU on the grounds of pragmatic self interest, and the EU was fine with that. Cameron (the come back boy) made the fatal mistake to think that these benefits would be obvious and required no agitprop of the Farage variety.
U.K. is now on its new trajectory - it is not because it looks like a dead end that it should be reversed. Joining the EU is certainly a way to get growth, but it also means having similar values, having a proper democratic system, and embracing being European. As an EU citizen, I expect my country and the EU to scrutinise in depth U.K. reasons and commitment if it was ever to apply.
No written constitution, just a loose-leaf collection of centuries-old court judgements - that's ridiculous No majority voting system - that's ridiculous Only economics in the head as a reason for joining - that's ridiculous Shall I go on, I won't be finished by Christmas!
Uk has diffrent values to mainland europe. Remainers just want Your tomatoes & fresh veg they dont know these items are grown World wide. UK never realy fitted in & never will.😊
Basic European values are held by the vast majority, it is the "Ruling Classes" that have been steering the UK towards being the new USA.@@johnwhitcher4761
@@jonathanwetherell3609 you still have your freedom of movement no EU member stops anyone from going to that country if you want a Better Democracy change the EU they are corrupt to the core
Well, apparently the rest of Balkans can join and Ukraine as well. Plus Bulgaria and Romania are already in the EU, as is Greece and Cyprus. You would be hard pressed to 'out corrupt' these contries.
Living in the United States I know about a country with problems but I never imagined that England or Britain would leave the EU. It doesn't make any sense. I've been following British politics since I was in high school which is now been 50 years and I don't believe the things that are happening there you guys got demolished by War more than once if that's not an indication that you need to be in league and in lockstep with as much of the people around you as possible in every possible way I don't know what to tell you. After even 5 years of Tori rule I can't imagine why you would think it would be okay to be floundering around by yourself without the support of the countries around you it's just an island it's not a huge chunk of land you don't have the infrastructure to go without the support of other countries add to suggest otherwise is clearly as stupid as leaving the EU. But don't believe me do your own research for God's sake
@@culaterw41pr In the case of the speaker, I doubt it. British people who bang on about the war don't seem to like being reminded that the UK was one of many allies (and had a lot of Empire and European men supporting them)
Most of these laws did not exist when we joined. Their laws changed over time. It changed from a union of trade aspirations to a union of control. That was the time to dump it, and we did. @@bocaj.455
I've never been patriotic or loyal to any party or person but I feel my country that I grew up in is now gone thanks to greed and corruption everywhere and no one doing anything about it...😢 We need to regulate the media and take money out of politics. All problems solved, ALL your lives are better immediately!
The Unraveling Kingdom will just have to finish its unraveling outside the EU then. A failing national economy works against it ever getting back in, after all.
In my industry we talk about the Swiss cheese model of disasters. When you have slices of Swiss cheese lined up circumstances could conspire allow a light to shine through holes if they align. That’s when disaster strikes. All that is needed to move one slice to stop the disaster. This government is the perfect example, nobody interested in moving the cheese slices to prevent problems, every slice riddled with holes. Disaster was a certainty.
That's a lot of wishful thinking Michael at the end, you have made your decision with your eyes wide open, you as a people blame the EU for all your woes ,took little responsibility for your own failing. In the cold light of day the EU would be mad to let you back. As a country you simply have not learn.
Thank you Michael, this is my Christmas present - a little hope in all the darkness. We need to get back or bust to be frank. I am always uplifted by your messages, please keep doing what you can.
Michael, you completely forgot to mention Baberdook's amazing and truly awe-inspiring "trade deal" with Florida. The entire world must now be gazing at us with envy and wonderment at what she achieved. That apart, I'm not sure your optimism about the UK rejoining the EU sooner rather than later is grounded in reality. I'd jump at the chance if I could. But I have no political power. The essential problem is twofold. The EU is unlikely to open the door to us while there is still no consensus between the two leading parties that renewed membership of the EU is the right thing for us to do. Anybody who saw the screaming banshee Esther McVey on the BBC'S Question Time, extolling the virtues and benefits of Brexit, will know that she still speaks for a sizeable number of people in the country. The Tory Party is in any case still in the grip of this insane dogma. Never mind the Stalinist Starmer who does nothing but ape and echo everything the Tories do and say. But the second part of the problem is that the EU must want us back. Macron is already working hard to lure many of the financial services previously resident in London to Paris. We've already lost so much of what we once had to other European centres. Why would France and other countries simply hand it all back to us? They know that the UK has lost out but the EU has comparatively little to gain by welcoming the "troublemaker" of the past back into its fold.
The former problem (the UK population not being in favour of a return to the EU) is the bigger one. Once there is a two thirds majority for that in Britain (which should tranlate into europe-friendly politicians), the EU will no doubt be willing to let you back in - even the countries that Britain has insulted. It should be noted that you will have to accept Schengen and the Euro too.
yup - after 4 years of negotiations in which the uk could never articulate what it wanted - except that everything it did say sounded a lot like membership, with the eu asking if the uk was really sure - the etchasketch was wiped and now the eu can drive as hard a bargain as it likes @@qazatqazah
Great video thanks Michael, made me think re recruitment around the world, food shopping; my apples from Africa, mange tout from Peru etc etc now surely, can we now not do deals with our neighbours?. I’m sure CTPTT deal has zero tariffs but not zero transport costs and environmental impact, who’s to blame the consumers or…….turnips it is then !
You have no idea how much the British government and people are now disliked in the EU. You British act like joining the EU is totally in your power whether you are admitted or not.
Remember the EU is at it's core a project of reconciliation and peace, with trade as a tool. Ironically the UK never actually understood this of course. When it apples to rejoin the UK will certainly need to demonstrate a commitment to the EU's values, and not assume it's a trade bloc to replace the empire...
Labour are going to give the countries they're currencies back, except France. Who, because we don't like them, will be the only country stuck with The Euro. So that we can give them a heavy steady pounding (because France think that they can threaten us).
When we were a member of the EU we were a small country that was able to punch well above its weight; since leaving the EU, we are just a small country whose international standing is getting smaller and smaller all the time. It is inevitable that we will rejoin. The only question is, how soon?
if stupidity is rewarded and applauded and more corruption and more double crossing and rtipping people off is considered good business acumen then their the best in the world and a ghreat goverment and it is to be appluaded how great this goverment is and the most alarming this is that it seems to be that that is the case excewpt the world is laughing at us if ya got a high powered microphone and turned everything that made a noise in ya house off and pointed it at france ort eupoe its barelyh audible but there it is indeed the sound of hysterical laughter
3 ministers from same goverment went to COP 23 on different planes where the host country is going to pump more oil. My wife picked up a small pack of blueberries from supermarket the other day grown locally to save carbon .....all part of the TPPPPPTP ......from PERU.
Of course the UK has a future outside the EU. It would not be a bright future and the standard of living would be lower. On long sight, with a bit luck may be on the level of Argentina. But, for my little part as just an ordinary man...i would really like to welcome my neighbors back in our Union.
Thats not how EU works, if UK requests to become a membership candidate EU will grant this candidate status and UK can join as soon as they have achieved the EU standards. Which should be not a big problem since the been at EU standards before and havent changed much.
@@montgomerymcferryn1542 Correct. But the EU population doesn't want UK back and the elected politicians would lose their sit if they support UK to come back. People still remember how painful it was to have UK in the EU. Never again! UK will be blacklisted as Turkey is.
Nigel Farage was nothing but rude in the EU Parliament, I remember he and the Brexit party turned their backs on the EU Anthem, if I was from another Eu country I wouldn’t be in a rush to welcome the U.K back
My cousin, who works for the EU Parliament, said that the UK so pissed off the EU countries and its institutions that reentry won’t happen. Maybe if we promised to adopt the Euro?
That's what I think too. EU politicians are well-behaved and diplomatic but won't roll out a red carpet for the UK to return. The EU has time now, with Scotlands' independent movement, a possible Irish unification, and can focus on their own improvement.
However, the re-entry into the EU is not just a matter for the UK. many EU citizens don't even want the UK to return to the EU after all the theather. Who guarantees that no Thatcher will appear again and demand special conditions or that the Brexit politicians will be re-elected if the British once again something does not suit the EU and want to leave again? Most of the people I know from Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany don't want the UK to come back to the EU. At least they are very critical of it and have reservations. I think the British must first regain the trust of many EU citizens. In any case, the UK's accession to the EU is not a matter of course.
My caveat is that the ERG mutation may resurface after Labour has been in control for just one parliamentary term. So, why should the EU welcome back an excessively annoying ex-member? My suggestion for countering this natural reluctance is PR. Currently Starmer is refusing to accept the polling, and the conference vote, showing a majority for PR. Which majority keeps increasing. If England introduces PR (I stipulate England because Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have PR) the EU has no need to be wary of accepting the disUnited Kingdom back into the fold.
Well Michael i don't know how much more madness this country can take i just hope Starmer stops the brexit bluff when he gets power - see you next week
I think many politicians, including Tories, know that on a pragmatic level, rejoining means having a say in decisions that will affect life in the UK one way or another.
We voted to stay in but we accepted the vote and have tried to make if work. Our reason for staying was that we visited France every year and could see they were much better off than the UK - the road network, the farming the rail network etc and so we thought we would be better off in than out and able to cast a vote on things we did not like whilst in. What we have now is we feel we cannot vote for anything the government does not like and labeled as far right if we peacefully protest.
Oh, bless you! Your delightful tale reminded me my eldest son, aged 7, who, because it was Shepherds Pie for lunch and he’d expected something different with “ gardening peas” got his school satchel and teddy bear and took off down the front path. He slipped on a bit of ice and cut his knee. Looked at me through the window from which I was carefully watching him and came back for a “..big plaster, please, mum..” Thank you for the memory ❤️
Thanks again for a great video. If the UK doesn't rejoin the EU, then I certainly will rejoin the EU. My European identity, my rights, my freedoms, my future has been "trashed" by this illegal Brexit. I intend to sue!!!!
And who would you sue? The UK Government or individual politicians, that have sovereign immunity? The EU, which as a non-member, you have no standing to sue?
Well, Labour could make a good start sorting out the mess by stating that it is a mess. Pretending that Brexit can be made to work only prolongs the damage.
All of those things Mr Lambert talked about are understandable. And most are correct. But - even if the UK would join the EU - how on earth could anyone tell, that some populistic politicans and /or media moguls would not just start another Brexit, in the foreseeable future? I mean, if we know one thing about the UK's elrctorate, it's this: it is very much under the influence of populistic media. So, the question is not if the majority of the people wish to rejoin. But, if the population of the UK is ready to do so.
I have to challenge you on which PM caused the most damage to the UK.... I'm still of the view that Cameron is head and shoulders.....this country's dive into abyss is directly due to him.
Michael, as an Irishman with close ties to the uk I was deeply saddened by the 2016 referendum. The analogy of your son sums it up succinctly. But even today some of my English friends and colleagues seem to fall into two categories 1) those who still think it was worth it because the EU had too much control ???? 2) those in denial living in hope believing the tripe from tories about all the fantastic free trade deals with countries on the other side of the globe! Interestingly hardly any of the middle class aged people I know want to rejoin - they know only the younger generation will over time make this happen !
(Lazy re-post) A: it was the UK that chose to leave, B: the UK left in a very unpleasant manner, and C: UK government and most media continues to be quite unpleasant and negative towards the EU and all that it stands for. Why on earth would the EU want such a country back in? We have enough unreliable and meddlesome member states to deal with at the moment, there's no reason to add one more. Brexit is done, and the EU moved on. It's the UK that still struggles with the effects of Brexit, but guess what? That's a *domestic* problem. And not the EU's problem.
@@richcory7945 I'm fine with a less rabid UK joining somewhere in the future, when all terms and conditions are met. But for now, the UK is best kept at a safe distance.
I'm very sympathetic towards you Michael and many in Britain who want to return to the EU. The simply truth is it's highly unlikely to happen in the near future. 1. The next government will have to rebuild the countries infrastructure from schools, housing, health care transport, 2. Manufacturing is at an all time low and little chance of external investment to fuel this needed growth to get the economy going. 3. The retained EU bill will destroy many rights compatable with EU regulation and the next government will not have the time to repeal it. 4. The media in Britain needs to be reformed otherwise the drip drip anti EU propaganda will continue. 5. From day one a Labour government will be attacked from all sides and without the populations support they will be blamed for Brexit. 6. Even the most optimistic pro European thinks it will take a minimum of 20 years 7. Brussels will not consider any application until the voting system is reformed towards a PR vote. No more governments with 30% of the vote and 100% of the power. 8. Its unlikely all 27 members would agree to Britain joining. 9. The UK may not exist in its current form in 20 years.😮
@dogglebird4430 That depends upon who is benefiting the most out of Britain outside the EU. At present the Dutch, Irish, French, Germans, Pols and Spanish have the most to lose out of any prospect of Britain joining.
@dogglebird4430 And your entitled to your opinion but exporters and manufacturers, banking, transport, insurance, the hospitality industry, arts and music and many others rely upon trade and business with the EU may wish to have a return to the pre referendum arrangement in the future. I suspect they have highly paid lobbiests pushing for closer links
as a northerner, I resent the fact that Sunak thinks Esther McVey and Lee Anderson will appeal to me. He thinks we're all one-dimensional bigots he can throw red meat at, doesn't he?
Well in all fairness it worked for Boris, but then again he talks with a posh voice. I remember some northern working men quoted as saying about Boris, "he's a working class bloke just like us......" Hmmm.
God, I hope not. Britain doesn't add enough to be worth the pain in the ass. I am VERY much hoping for a United Ireland in the EU, and an independent Scotland. An independent Wales would be great as well, and leave the English to suck eggs dreaming of when they mattered. Failing that, I guess England in the EU under EXACTLY the same rules as Poland would at least be poetic.
@@paullarne Please do explain how a nation with no economic or political clout at joining could possibly negotiate such a benefit when Britain, with lots of both at the time, failed to do so? And WHY on earth would the EU want to do such a thing? Sounds like the kind of negotiation the current Tories like, self destructive ones.
The Netherlands wil not leave the EU. First the vote was about the mismanagement of the liberal right. Second we have the UK as example rapid becoming a 3rt world country.
The Netherlands is in many ways the hub of the EU. If that really happens it would be a disaster for Europe - not least for the Netherlands itself. What the election in NL also showed is Europe's problem (and you can include the UK here) with immigration. This is currently the low-hanging fruit for all groups on the right-wing fringe and is being milked mercilessly by these parties. And now we all know that these populists not only accept the division in society but also fuel it unscrupulously. If we don't get this problem under control in the EU in the short term, sooner or later we will have a situation like in the US (aka culture war) in almost every EU country.
@@ZygonesBzygones doesn't look like its going that way. But il make a prediction if he does make pm we (dutch) will have new elections next year or latest 2025
It was always a small minority who wanted to leave the EU, going back to the 70s when the UK joined. They fought hard to con people for decades and eventually it worked. But reality now shows these people for what they are.
I keep waitimg for one of these people who predict the UKs return to the EU to explain how and why the EU would let them back in. Mr Lambert pays lip service to this objection without seriously addressing it. Every year that passes means more businesses in the EU that are profiting from the UKs absence and correspondingly larger lobbys to prevent the UKs return. Just because increasingly large numbers of UK voters are waking up to how huge an own goal brexit was doesn't mean the EU is under any obligation to help the UK escape the consequences of their blunder.
I am as passionate a rejoiner as I was a passionate remainer. However I have two comments. Planes sometimes crash so maybe it would be risky for the PM, the Foreign secretary , and the King all to fly to the Middle East in one plane. But how risky in 2023 ? Much as I think we ought to start the process of rejoining as soon as we can I do not think it realistic to have full negotiations with the EU as long as there are significant numbers of anti-EU brexiters in any large political party which might form part of a goverment. It would be futile to negotiate rejoining if at the next election a government decided to reverse that policy. I don't think either side wish to negotiate fully in that case because they could not trust the UK to maintain any treaty agreements. Preliminary talks and draft proposals certianly , positive approiaches , yes, but full negotiuation almost certainly not until all significant brexiteers have left major politics. May that come soon. The public is moving away from Brexit but not enough people are positively in favour of rejoining yet either. Some still think we can manage out of the EU if we just soften or adjust relations a bit between us and the EU. . The battle has to continue though many are still either bored or reluctant to think about the question. So please keep up the good work Mr Lambert.
If you remember Cameron went to the EU and asked for a few small concessions and was told NO that was the arrogance of merkel and the unelected administration/dictatorship SHE merkel opened the floodgates for anyone to come to Europe and look at the consequences where is SHE now Enjoying her massive pension
Apparently, Sunak was peeved because the Greek PM met with Keir Starmer first instead of him. He is thin-skinned ... Ostensibly, I would say UK doesn't get to re-join, but instead will be a perpetual rule-taker of European rules & standards over which Britain had no say. However, I don't think GB will survive much longer outside the Single Market for even 1 or 2 more years. There are chronic medicine shortages across the British Isles. Then, there is Northern Ireland. I just don't see how you "square the circle" of the North within the Act of Union without moving closer and closer towards Ireland in the Single Market. I think the Tories made the same mistake Putin made with his invasion of Ukraine. They imagined a return to the days of Empire & lost imperial prestige, but that world no longer exists for very good reasons.
What a load of tripe no offense! You have shortages and inflation all over the EU inc the medical shortages antibiotics etc you mention are you unaware? €66 Billion budget shortfall whilst Eurozone is struggling inc the 'powerhouse' Germany with high energy costs. You mention Putin, what on earth are you watching for your news media etc? Have you not read the The Economist and TIME Magazine articles? The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is 43 (cut off for US army is 41) and women are on the frontline, Zaluzhny has admitted Ukraine is losing badly... unbelievable 😢
Hi Michael, So pleased that you have spent more time talking about the ravages of Brexit and the necessity of rejoining ASAP. European countries are our friends. For example the German Chancellor during his welcome speech to King Charles stated that Brexit was one of the sadest days in his life..I am sure that together we could be one of the greatest trading blocks in the world but we would also need to work with the Union and genuinely combine our knowledge and skills much better than before. I'm am Old Brit and have worked in and around Europe on many occasions and for the greatest part, by a long way, the Europeans are very nice people. Thanks again for your podcast.
Although I voted remain and would welcome a return to the EU, it is a strong probability that the EU will not trust us not to repeat the folly that is Brexit. What MUST change is an insistence that any future nation-changing referenda be subject to a SUPER-MAJORITY of, say, 70% to avoid such a marginal simple majority to swing such a vital yet suicidal result!
It should have been a 2/3 majority as in the 1975 period of the initial clarification that the UK stood by their decision. This binary vote of 1:1 was absolutely ridiculous. Look at the bloody mess it's caused, quite literally!!! Absolute devastation to public services and economic decline from the likes we've never seen before.
Not so sure we truly want you back from the continental side of the Channel, cos' the UK acted like a cocky troublemaker who couldn't admit any wrongdoing.
You need the Brits...just think of all that awful derivative pop and rock music you make in Europe....you would be lost without us! Seriously though, as a brit living in Germany I can assure you that there are millions of cocky troublemakers here, far right types, nazis and AfD lunatics...lets throw Germany out of the EU for their idiots !...or we can not blame whole countries for their right wing nutjobs and thick voters.
Why don’t you spell out the many many advantages that a rejoining of the UK would have for the EU? Probably because they are just phantasies. And we have enough problems with Hungary to allow another fascist state to join. Fortunately your PM has just ensured that also Greece will veto UK membership.
Well done Michael, thank you for continuing to speaking to this
Every person living in the UK should read and understand the following, written in easy-to-comprehend English on the EU's website. Note that it is essential one reads and fully understands the entire paragraph and try not to succumb, having read just the opening few words, to the British tendency to assume that these very basic rules of course apply only to "everyone else" but not to yourselves. Pay particular attention to the words "stable democracy" and "the rule of law", and then maybe even check how these are described in the actual Criteria (also available on the EU website).
"Becoming a member of the EU is a complex procedure which does not happen overnight. Once an applicant country meets the conditions for membership, it must implement EU rules and regulations in all areas.
Any country that satisfies the conditions for membership can apply. These conditions are known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’ and include a stable democracy and the rule of law, a functioning market economy and the acceptance of all EU legislation, including of the euro.
A country wishing to join the EU submits a membership application to the Council, which asks the Commission to assess the applicant’s ability to meet the Copenhagen criteria. Based on the Commission's opinion, the Council then decides on a negotiation mandate. Negotiations are then formally opened on a subject-by-subject basis.
Due to the huge volume of EU rules and regulations each candidate country must adopt as national law, the negotiations take time to complete. The candidates are supported financially, administratively and technically during this pre-accession period."
A lot of work ahead of you as a country - and that's even before you get anywhere near negotiations to join. Better get cracking!
Leaving the eu was the worst decision ever made, I so hope we will rejoin, the government will never admit they made a mistake, I still cant believe some people still think it was a good idea , to leave our closest partners and trading block , it makes no sense, and I still can’t see any of those so called benefits .
Our closest partners don't make me laugh 😂, our only allies there are Portugal, the Netherlands and the Nordic country's. Anyway are closest allies are Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India and Hong Kong.
Also if you seriously think people voted for Brexit for ecenomic reasons then your dilousional, we left as we saw that the EU was about to collapse and wanted out of that s****hole before they dragged us down with them. As soon as Macron is out, they'll be a far right French president who will destroy the EU, as big surprise people want to have an identity and not be one giant alganation of different cultures.
@@freddiemedley5580 People voted Leave because they wanted a better Britain. A better standard of living. But Brexit certainly has not delivered that. We can't fill out pockets with sovereignty. And the people will speak again come the next GE. The only Brexit benefit I can see is that it will destroy the Tories.
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pasqualeamabile5672 Who made that democratic decision ? If you want to make all the decisions get elected to the post of PM. It will be available soon, I'm told. Even this "appalling" government have to be seen as democratic even if it has no intention of being so.
I see the EU like a family holding tigh each other in the tempest, and the UK like a boat drifting alone in the night .....😢
It's not all roses and sunshine in the EU either, but political jousting is so much less damaging that cannonballs.
And the UK like the ex who thinks they can move back in the family home after they've completed their prison sentence for abuse.
really? a right leaning govt in Netherlands who wants a Nexit, the Italian prime minster the Czechs, Hungarians, France is on fire with revolt and expelling immigrants, Norway doing the same, Germany moving to the right, you must be watching MSM.
@@fintonmainz7845 what a strange comment!!
Believe me we are not drifting alone the EU is virtually Bankrupt and they don’t like it when another country stands up to them that’s why they are treating Poland with contempt
It was all about Farage and Johnson furthering their careers, never mind the country, and the gullible British voters fell for their lies.
Would be better to let the real hurt sink in first
Your right, I never realised that the British were so naive, how could they believe Johnson, he was anti brexit at first.
Gullible English voters you mean , ,,
8 years on. Has GB gone down the plug hole? GB will soon be exporting gas to Germany. And boy do the Germans need every source of gas they can get their hands on. A nice business deal by Britain with the EU. Let's see what happens to Gibraltar now Traitor Cameron wants Gibraltar fast tracked into the EU and under Spanish control.
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Not as naive as you are, if you believe that Johnson had any effect on Brexit voters.
Was speaking to my mother's neighbours yesterday, a retired couple. He is British, she is Greek. I'm pleased to say that they are staunchly pro-EU. He was telling me that on the night of the 23rd June 2016, just when it was announced that Leave had won, he said to his wife "Right, that's it. In the morning, we're packing up and moving to Greece". He meant it. They were both furious at the result and still are furious now. Tney didn't actually move to Greece, but if they are anything to judge by, then vast swathes of the country haven't forgiven.
@@paullarne If any of that were true, I'd agree with you.
@@paullarne Aw, bless you, you really need to learn that repeating something that's clearly nonsense, doesn't make it correct, it just makes it repeated nonsense.
@@paullarne ...and repeating old insults doesn't make you correct either.
Meanwhile you've missed two opportunities to bring forth light to the brainwashed by presenting your case with evidence of the perfidy of the EU, the negatives to the UK of membership, and of course the tangible benefits being poured forth on the UK between 2016 and today as a result of leaving. Over to you.
Why move to Greece it’s BANKRUPT
Did anyone else notice that King Charles went to the COP meeting wearing a tie made of Greek flags ?😂😂
I was about to comment the same thing. The Queen used to Troll with her hats & pins.
Micheal it was about Tax Avoidance for the mega rich and they sold it to the hard off thinking 🤔
If we rejoin things will immediately improve and the Leave traitors will say 'see? things were about to get better', throw another tantrum and cause another volte face. Better to continue letting them roll around in their own mess until public have emphatically decided. It's also better for the EU to have us out for longer because our politics are absolute cancer.
Wise words.
Given recent British behaviour, why would the rest of the EU nations want the U.K back. Why would they want to have to listen to the U.K. constantly moaning about why the rules every one else follows shouldn’t apply to the U.K. You’ve had your chance, but chose to follow clowns like Farage and Johnson et al over the cliff, you’ve got what you said you wanted, enjoy.
Agreed. I think the UK needs to experience life outside the EU for a few decades before being allowed back in, or we'll just see a repeat.
Why would anyone want yo join one of the most corrupt organisations in Europe? We are still waiting for Von Der Leyen to publish the conversations she had with the Vacvine company's, who we know marketed a dangerous no approved drug for profit. They are bringing in Digital ID, digital currency. You will do what you are told. They will control your money, force you to take drugs they dictate. Remember WEF most are students and activist. You will own nothing and be happy. They are bringing this about and you turn a blind eye. It'll never happen to you. Good luck with that. Watching Gert Wilders closely.
@@Korschtal at least 10 decades
@@fintonmainz7845 I was thinking a generation, perhaps.
@@DaiElsanas you mention corruption when will baroness Mone repay the thirty million pounds?
Forget Elgin, this country's lost its marbles. Informative video one again Michael. 👍
Well said Michael. 😊
I agree with you on immigration. I am eastern european and I noticed so much hatred to us in UK 2015-2016. I felt bad and left for another country. This contributed to the nursing shortages. May be Indian nurse replaced me and brought her family. But I already had a house and son who is staying in UK now. What was the point of this? I noticed that there was a lot of envy towards Europeans. We had houses back home and we were not submissive and aftaid that will be kicked out. The feudal system in now established. people from poor country will be brought with slave like contracts. That is why is impotrant for the government to abolish human rights. It will affect british workers so much...
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I've never heard that from anyone from the continent at all, not one person.
I migrated the other way, from the UK into the EU. Now I've met several people with similar stories who have left the UK because of the unpleasantness after Brexit; these are people with good jobs who could move easily and take their skills elsewhere.
All those Drs, nurses, architects etc in the dinghys lol. What is it now - £10million a day to hotel-house never mind pay benefits while locals are freezing & starving? Sweden have had to call in the army because of migrant gangs & Germany is going the same way.
I recall pre your visit the gangs of Polish people like you from Eastern Europe who had homes elsewhere who came and undercut British workers forcing down wages for people who had no choice but pay higher cost in the UK, while those gangs squeezed up in rooms at minimal cost and then returning home with pockets full of money.
That will be part of the reason for hostilities.
Rejoining is a no-brainer - however, I do not think the UK society has the strength to overcome such a massive loss of face.
Not so much the society, but the ruling class. They'd have to admit that they screwed up big time, and that's just not what they've been taught!
Rule britania,britania rules the waves.....oh hold on that was over 100 years ago😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅europe doesnt really want them back,because it will always all be about britain and whats in it for them,shag everyone else
@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 The ruling class is indeed also responsible BUT we mustn't forget the overwhelming support for Brexit anywhere north of London. Them's a lot of votes and they are at least as responsible for Brexit's passing. When trumpe beast won, it was because the commoners voted for him and that should not be forgiven; and Brexit and trumpie weave the same brainless, mean-spirited cloth.
Many of those that voted for Brexit don't have the strength of character to admit that they were wrong! If it were the other way I would be first to stand up and admit I was wrong!
@@alexbain4983 i won’t admit that I was wrong because we weren’t the true fact is that you can’t accept that you LOST THE VOTE Brexit has been thwarted at every turn by the Elite who have been LINING THEIR POCKETS FOR YEARS
Thanks Michael brilliant as always.
Thank you Philip 😊
After what happened with the Greek prime minister, may be Greece will oppose with a veto for UK (when UK will apply to rejoin the EU) and will ask for the Marbles to come back in Greece ... 🤔🤔🤔
I don't think it's maybe and what about Spain and Gibraltar and all those British Possessions tax havens?
@@maxharbig1167 Also this you're right
There should be a lot of people in handcuffs.
Where’s the justice?!
@dogglebird4430 kinky inclinations. It’s too early.
Seriously. The Covid enquiry. Total joke and waste of time.
Nobody’s asked either Boris Johnson’s wife or Matt Hancocks now partner to give evidence. They were government employees and eye witnesses.
Further: it wasn’t just elderly people that died or suffered.
Personally, the Covid won’t end until all those people involved are gone and that begs the real question: right we’ve had one outbreak now publish the exact plan for everyone, every aspect of our lives and occupation’s.
They’ve had enough time to do that.
And if that’s not published in details then we’re back to square one!
Luckily, I'm a dual national with an EU country, so I haven't lost my freedom of movement.
No ! You can't "Rejoin" you can only apply to "join" from scratch. Only if every other state agrees to your application, which they won't ! The majority of British citizens may want to be back in the EU, but the majority of European citizens are glad that you're not !
The majority of British citizens wants to rejoin the EU?
Really?🙄
It's close, but yes, leaving out undecided / don't know, it's about 50/50 in the polls.@@baldrickscunningplan6154
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Last yougov poll 62% which is more than half so I think that's most.🤨
Yougov poll for August 2023 was 50 to 30. Not 62% you liar. Still can't get above that magic 52% number eh?
Sample size was only a paltry 2101 votes. Come back when you have a survey of millions of voters. Like a referendum vote. lol.
Bet you wished you had turned up to vote when it mattered.🤣😂
Tough, you lost. Now get over it.🤫🤭@@brianferguson7840
We might want to rejoin the EU but would they have us back? The French would probably veto the return of a country that caused so much trouble during the four decades of its membership
I very much doubt that the Greeks would want us back. Mr. Sunak as a proud Brexiteer is burning bridges. 😢
Also many of us know EU citizens who returned to their home country after poor treatment in Brexit Britain.
Has there been a public apology to the Greeks or for suggesting Macron might be a foe? And all the other 'incidents'. Britain does have a lot of humble pie to eat, and to learn how to be respectful to others, before these snubs and insults will be forgiven.
The answer is NO.
The brazen arrogance of Lambert assuming that Britain would ever be allowed to join the EU is pathetic.
@@MrsGardiner we don’t need to apologise for anything and as for macron he is the one who dislikes Britain he just wants our money i really hope Le pen is voted IN
Michael you're saying there is no future for the UK outside EU. As a EU citizen i can say there will be no future inside EU for UK if they want to join with all exeptions and privileges as before. UK has to follow the same path as every new candidate member. So joining has to be with full unanimity. Good luck with the experience EU members had with UK before.
You're right. We threw away the good hard-fought for deal we had. It'll be difficult now to get that back. Massive blunder.
Yes indeed and just add to that the injustice of the vaccine roll out, where EU freely sent EU made vaccine to UK, before AZ was ready. After the EMA had approved AZ for EU use, Britain refused to share 'their' vaccine. As a result, your average EU citizen had to wait months longer to get vaccinated than your average Briton. This will not be forgotten and shows the real reason why selfish Britain is not a good fit as an EU member.
If the UK keeps procrastinating then we in Scotland will make our own way.
@@rogermullan6736 From the river (Clyde) to the (North) Sea
The UK's membership was only ever about making a profit from EU trade. And even now, those who want to return to the EU only want to do so for two reasons. To travel within the EU without bureaucracy and ... because of the economy, the economy and once again because of the economy.
That is not a basis.
Just because the UK is impoverished because deals with the EU are more expensive outside than inside is no reason to take the UK in again.
The EU is not a tennis club where you can get in in 5 minutes and out in 5 minutes.
Nobody wants the UK in its current MENTAL state in the EU either. Only a fraction knows how the EU is structured. How decisions are made etc. The EU has no use for a country like that. The dismantling of trade barriers does not justify the UK's membership once again.
Barnier, as we have already discussed in an earlier video, only speaks for himself. He no longer has a role in EU-UK cooperation. Ms. vdL is a representative of the executive = EU Commission, which has no say in the question of whether a country should become a member or not. The Commission is only examining whether the UK would fulfil the Copenhagen criteria. With the impoverishment that has now begun, this will be very, very difficult anyway.
The EU is only marginally involved with the UK. We have moved on.
The disadvantages for the UK from Brexit would not disappear if the UK were to submit an application now. It's a matter of 10 to 15 years. The UK will be bankrupt by then. This will not stop the phase of gradual impoverishment.
We in the EU have other things to do. The EU has begun a phase of reform after the UK has left. That will also take time. There is no time to deal with the UK. And after the terrible behavior towards the EU since 2016, no one wants to deal with the UK either.
I agree with you. But I have to say that I hope one day UK will be back in the EU. It will take time, because EU can't take the risk to admit a country (UK) which is not completly in favour of joining the EU. When I say that, I mean, the EU needs to be sure that all the political parties are in favour of the EU : Tories and Labour. Imagine the UK coming back in the EU and then 5 years later, another referendum happens because the Tories come back to power ... So full commitment is needed by political parties and the population. And no more exemptions and "exceptions" for UK
Very well said. Thank you!
@@paullarneOnce again, this is wrong and shows that you Brits know nothing, absolutely nothing, about the EU. The principle of non-interference applies. The EU did not "vote" but complied with EU law.
@@paullarne So explain how could the EU have helped? Britain is a sovereign country and the EU does not intervene in internal debates. If the EU had done anything in this direction, I can already hear the Brexiters who would have been screaming. They accused the EU of stealing the country's sovereignty, so I imagine what they would have said if the EU had gotten involved
The UK remains very welcome to apply to join, and if this is for clear pragmatic reasons, so much the better.
For those countries that were torn apart by the world wars, being a member has a strong ideological dimension. German boots were never on British soil (thankfully) and that is why British society has always been divided on the ideological side of the European "dream".
Heath, Thatcher and Major always brought the UK closer to the EU on the grounds of pragmatic self interest, and the EU was fine with that. Cameron (the come back boy) made the fatal mistake to think that these benefits would be obvious and required no agitprop of the Farage variety.
U.K. is now on its new trajectory - it is not because it looks like a dead end that it should be reversed.
Joining the EU is certainly a way to get growth, but it also means having similar values, having a proper democratic system, and embracing being European.
As an EU citizen, I expect my country and the EU to scrutinise in depth U.K. reasons and commitment if it was ever to apply.
As a former EU Citizen I want those rights and freedoms back, especially a proper democratic system.
No written constitution, just a loose-leaf collection of centuries-old court judgements - that's ridiculous
No majority voting system - that's ridiculous
Only economics in the head as a reason for joining - that's ridiculous
Shall I go on, I won't be finished by Christmas!
Uk has diffrent values to mainland europe. Remainers just want
Your tomatoes & fresh veg they dont know these items are grown
World wide. UK never realy fitted in & never will.😊
Basic European values are held by the vast majority, it is the "Ruling Classes" that have been steering the UK towards being the new USA.@@johnwhitcher4761
@@jonathanwetherell3609 you still have your freedom of movement no EU member stops anyone from going to that country if you want a Better Democracy change the EU they are corrupt to the core
I think it would be difficult for the UK to rejoin as there are strict anti-corruption conditions for countries to meet before acceptance into EU
Once the Tory filth are out of power, the corruption will reduce quite naturally.
Yes, and if the FPTP election system passes the democracy requirement in the Copenhagen criteria is also questionable.
Well, apparently the rest of Balkans can join and Ukraine as well. Plus Bulgaria and Romania are already in the EU, as is Greece and Cyprus. You would be hard pressed to 'out corrupt' these contries.
@@getyoursupervisor8519 As we can see daily, UK manages to out-corrupt all these countries - and the EU has learned from past mistakes…
bof, Italy and Greece are in...
You talk such common sense Michael. A breath of fresh air in this chaotic country!
Thank you Mr Davey 😊
Sunak:" you pathetic little man!!"😅😅😅😅
Just look at the crumbling ,boarded up, derelict high streets across the country, that's your Brexit for you....
Not to mention the roads full of pot holes.
Nothing! Nothing bad could be in any way related to Brexit.@dogglebird4430
Brexit is not to blame for the boarded up shops it’s the way Everyone is buying/ shopping online Fact
My children were very angry when we left the EU now they are adults they want back in, as do every single one their friends.
Living in the United States I know about a country with problems but I never imagined that England or Britain would leave the EU. It doesn't make any sense. I've been following British politics since I was in high school which is now been 50 years and I don't believe the things that are happening there you guys got demolished by War more than once if that's not an indication that you need to be in league and in lockstep with as much of the people around you as possible in every possible way I don't know what to tell you. After even 5 years of Tori rule I can't imagine why you would think it would be okay to be floundering around by yourself without the support of the countries around you it's just an island it's not a huge chunk of land you don't have the infrastructure to go without the support of other countries add to suggest otherwise is clearly as stupid as leaving the EU. But don't believe me do your own research for God's sake
Research? Five minutes of thinking will do the job if you are not an entitled deluded jingoism drunk. See the problem?
Unfortunately the people who like to talk about "we won the war" failed to learn from it.
Europe moved on, and Britain stayed behind, sadly.
@@Korschtal Does your word we include the USSR?
@@culaterw41pr In the case of the speaker, I doubt it. British people who bang on about the war don't seem to like being reminded that the UK was one of many allies (and had a lot of Empire and European men supporting them)
The problem with rejoining EU is that the old differences won´t go away. UK will always want to go their own way, even within EU.
What's wrong with going your own way?
@@baldrickscunningplan6154 Nothing, but when you join a union you abide by their laws.
Most of these laws did not exist when we joined. Their laws changed over time. It changed from a union of trade aspirations to a union of control. That was the time to dump it, and we did. @@bocaj.455
I've never been patriotic or loyal to any party or person but I feel my country that I grew up in is now gone thanks to greed and corruption everywhere and no one doing anything about it...😢
We need to regulate the media and take money out of politics. All problems solved, ALL your lives are better immediately!
Totally agree 👍
You are getting better and stronger in your advocacy for a return to the European Union. Keep it up. Well done. ❤❤
Thank you William 😊
Some trools and headbangers on your platform micheal,love the videos by the way, 💪💪💪💯
Thanks @amcc5887 - lots of material for an 'idiot's quotes' video 😁
@MichaelLambert1 , absolutely micheal was thinking same,however they are the headbangers who voted brexit, so not surprised 🤷♂️🙄
I sure hope you are right, Mr Lambert! Keep hope alive! 😊
Well said Michael!
Thank you Max 😊
Thank you Michael, agree with all of that.
Your four year old son had more nous than the Brexiteers. He realised he didn't have a plan.
Thank you so much Michael i can't say i enjoyed it but as always very interesting and informative..
Sending you best wishes ❤️
Thanks 😊
The Unraveling Kingdom will just have to finish its unraveling outside the EU then. A failing national economy works against it ever getting back in, after all.
Keep up your excellent work Michael 👏 👏👏
In my industry we talk about the Swiss cheese model of disasters. When you have slices of Swiss cheese lined up circumstances could conspire allow a light to shine through holes if they align. That’s when disaster strikes. All that is needed to move one slice to stop the disaster. This government is the perfect example, nobody interested in moving the cheese slices to prevent problems, every slice riddled with holes. Disaster was a certainty.
Never, never stop doing this, Michael!
I am an immigrant myself and I think you are not a racist but a man of good sense. Keep it up
Thank you 😊
Michael very well said, I totally agree
Thanks Tony 😊
That's a lot of wishful thinking Michael at the end, you have made your decision with your eyes wide open, you as a people blame the EU for all your woes ,took little responsibility for your own failing. In the cold light of day the EU would be mad to let you back. As a country you simply have not learn.
Thank you Michael, this is my Christmas present - a little hope in all the darkness. We need to get back or bust to be frank. I am always uplifted by your messages, please keep doing what you can.
Thanks Michael 😊
Michael, you completely forgot to mention Baberdook's amazing and truly awe-inspiring "trade deal" with Florida. The entire world must now be gazing at us with envy and wonderment at what she achieved.
That apart, I'm not sure your optimism about the UK rejoining the EU sooner rather than later is grounded in reality. I'd jump at the chance if I could. But I have no political power. The essential problem is twofold. The EU is unlikely to open the door to us while there is still no consensus between the two leading parties that renewed membership of the EU is the right thing for us to do. Anybody who saw the screaming banshee Esther McVey on the BBC'S Question Time, extolling the virtues and benefits of Brexit, will know that she still speaks for a sizeable number of people in the country. The Tory Party is in any case still in the grip of this insane dogma. Never mind the Stalinist Starmer who does nothing but ape and echo everything the Tories do and say. But the second part of the problem is that the EU must want us back. Macron is already working hard to lure many of the financial services previously resident in London to Paris. We've already lost so much of what we once had to other European centres. Why would France and other countries simply hand it all back to us? They know that the UK has lost out but the EU has comparatively little to gain by welcoming the "troublemaker" of the past back into its fold.
The former problem (the UK population not being in favour of a return to the EU) is the bigger one.
Once there is a two thirds majority for that in Britain (which should tranlate into europe-friendly politicians), the EU will no doubt be willing to let you back in - even the countries that Britain has insulted.
It should be noted that you will have to accept Schengen and the Euro too.
yup - after 4 years of negotiations in which the uk could never articulate what it wanted - except that everything it did say sounded a lot like membership, with the eu asking if the uk was really sure - the etchasketch was wiped and now the eu can drive as hard a bargain as it likes @@qazatqazah
Great video thanks Michael, made me think re recruitment around the world, food shopping; my apples from Africa, mange tout from Peru etc etc now surely, can we now not do deals with our neighbours?. I’m sure CTPTT deal has zero tariffs but not zero transport costs and environmental impact, who’s to blame the consumers or…….turnips it is then !
You have no idea how much the British government and people are now disliked in the EU. You British act like joining the EU is totally in your power whether you are admitted or not.
It would give the EU to rub the UK nose in it .
You have no idea how long that feeling will last. And how much trade heals all wounds.
Remember the EU is at it's core a project of reconciliation and peace, with trade as a tool. Ironically the UK never actually understood this of course.
When it apples to rejoin the UK will certainly need to demonstrate a commitment to the EU's values, and not assume it's a trade bloc to replace the empire...
So very well said Michael...................... thank you.
Thank you Leslie 😊
No way. Once out you are out. The EU do not need a trouble maker. The continent as a whole are doing very well. Don't need UK anymore. Thank you
tell that to their economies, Germany has experienced one of the worst manufacturing years since unification
Labour are going to give the countries they're currencies back, except France. Who, because we don't like them, will be the only country stuck with The Euro. So that we can give them a heavy steady pounding (because France think that they can threaten us).
@@Nevilledpsn We are doing alright. Unlike the UK.
@@Harry-tb8yono we’re not unless you’re not watching or on benefits
@@Nevilledpsn On benefits? I am not like you.
When we were a member of the EU we were a small country that was able to punch well above its weight; since leaving the EU, we are just a small country whose international standing is getting smaller and smaller all the time. It is inevitable that we will rejoin. The only question is, how soon?
Oh shut up sniffling and grow up
Thank you Michael, another good talk.
Thank you Michael 😊
You sir are the furthest thing from being a racist , you speak only truth and make perfect sense , keep up the fantastic work 👍
Thank you Pete 😊
Who said he was a racist?
Why make such a non comment?
@@baldrickscunningplan6154 You haven't even bothered to watch the video.
Fair play they're great, We should be so happy to have such a fantastic government leading us into the abyss 😢.
if stupidity is rewarded and applauded and more corruption and more double crossing and rtipping people off is considered good business acumen then their the best in the world and a ghreat goverment and it is to be appluaded how great this goverment is and the most alarming this is that it seems to be that that is the case excewpt the world is laughing at us if ya got a high powered microphone and turned everything that made a noise in ya house off and pointed it at france ort eupoe its barelyh audible but there it is indeed the sound of hysterical laughter
who knows we might get lucky and russia takes pity on our miserable asses and goes for an all out attack first strike and puts us out of our misery
3 ministers from same goverment went to COP 23 on different planes where the host country is going to pump more oil. My wife picked up a small pack of blueberries from supermarket the other day grown locally to save carbon .....all part of the TPPPPPTP ......from PERU.
Sounds about right -I voted with my feet years ago
The only marbles this guy should be looking for are his own
Of course the UK has a future outside the EU. It would not be a bright future and the standard of living would be lower. On long sight, with a bit luck may be on the level of Argentina. But, for my little part as just an ordinary man...i would really like to welcome my neighbors back in our Union.
You might and even your country might but would all the other 26?
EU should first vote if they want the UK back... they would be stupid to vote yes.
Thats not how EU works, if UK requests to become a membership candidate EU will grant this candidate status and UK can join as soon as they have achieved the EU standards. Which should be not a big problem since the been at EU standards before and havent changed much.
@@montgomerymcferryn1542 Correct. But the EU population doesn't want UK back and the elected politicians would lose their sit if they support UK to come back. People still remember how painful it was to have UK in the EU. Never again! UK will be blacklisted as Turkey is.
Nigel Farage was nothing but rude in the EU Parliament, I remember he and the Brexit party turned their backs on the EU Anthem, if I was from another Eu country I wouldn’t be in a rush to welcome the U.K back
@@montgomerymcferryn1542Not according to article 49 TEU, Member states must agree unanimously, I don’t think it is as easy as waltzing back in.
@@arjanhulsebos Well I don't know anyone in the EU who wants UK back... Only the Erasmus program is missed, but that's not a big loss.
My cousin, who works for the EU Parliament, said that the UK so pissed off the EU countries and its institutions that reentry won’t happen.
Maybe if we promised to adopt the Euro?
Red herring. We don't want you.
That's what I think too. EU politicians are well-behaved and diplomatic but won't roll out a red carpet for the UK to return. The EU has time now, with Scotlands' independent movement, a possible Irish unification, and can focus on their own improvement.
Not quickly anyway. A decade away minimum.
@@paulkoval9138 10 decades minimum
@@fintonmainz7845 Please explain your reasoning. Or are you just exaggerating for political reasons?
However, the re-entry into the EU is not just a matter for the UK. many EU citizens don't even want the UK to return to the EU after all the theather. Who guarantees that no Thatcher will appear again and demand special conditions or that the Brexit politicians will be re-elected if the British once again something does not suit the EU and want to leave again?
Most of the people I know from Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany don't want the UK to come back to the EU. At least they are very critical of it and have reservations. I think the British must first regain the trust of many EU citizens. In any case, the UK's accession to the EU is not a matter of course.
We DONT WANT TO BE BACK IN THE EU have now REALISED THAT THE BRITISH CASH COW HAS LEFT AND ARE VIRTUALLY BANKRUPT
My caveat is that the ERG mutation may resurface after Labour has been in control for just one parliamentary term. So, why should the EU welcome back an excessively annoying ex-member?
My suggestion for countering this natural reluctance is PR. Currently Starmer is refusing to accept the polling, and the conference vote, showing a majority for PR. Which majority keeps increasing.
If England introduces PR (I stipulate England because Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have PR) the EU has no need to be wary of accepting the disUnited Kingdom back into the fold.
Well Michael i don't know how much more madness this country can take i just hope Starmer stops the brexit bluff when he gets power - see you next week
Uk rejoin no way … the EU politically is much better off without the uk , they d never get them all to agree
Thanks Michael. I think your videos should be shown to our idiot politicians. Well said and Thanks. Looking forward to your next video.
I think many politicians, including Tories, know that on a pragmatic level, rejoining means having a say in decisions that will affect life in the UK one way or another.
Thank you Colin 😊
Perfect synopsis Michael,keep up telling the truth to the the English people and change this crazy mindset forced by these Tory posh twits,
@DaveLongcock Go to Reform then. At least it will split the righty vote.
@DaveLongcock Is that because Sunak is just another pointless populist or is it more of a tonal thing?
With the lose of all our human rights that has to include rishi so
so cancel his bank accounts and pension and house him on the prison ship .
We voted to stay in but we accepted the vote and have tried to make if work. Our reason for staying was that we visited France every year and could see they were much better off than the UK - the road network, the farming the rail network etc and so we thought we would be better off in than out and able to cast a vote on things we did not like whilst in. What we have now is we feel we cannot vote for anything the government does not like and labeled as far right if we peacefully protest.
Oh, bless you! Your delightful tale reminded me my eldest son, aged 7, who, because it was Shepherds Pie for lunch and he’d expected something different with “ gardening peas” got his school satchel and teddy bear and took off down the front path. He slipped on a bit of ice and cut his knee. Looked at me through the window from which I was carefully watching him and came back for a “..big plaster, please, mum..” Thank you for the memory ❤️
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Thanks again for a great video. If the UK doesn't rejoin the EU, then I certainly will rejoin the EU. My European identity, my rights, my freedoms, my future has been "trashed" by this illegal Brexit. I intend to sue!!!!
Which court would accept your 'case'?
You are hilarious
@@LzyD2112 Thank goodness someone see the bright side of this miserable situation 🤑
@@uweinhamburg It would be a civil court. A case for damages. Naturally, I will need a good lawyer, solicitor, barrister. Who'd like to help?
And who would you sue? The UK Government or individual politicians, that have sovereign immunity? The EU, which as a non-member, you have no standing to sue?
I'd feel sorry for Labour having to sort out the huge mess that the Tories have made.
And the Tories try to mess up so much during their remaining time that it will take even more time.
Well Jeremy was a Brexiteer...
They won't sort it they will carry on the same way
Well, Labour could make a good start sorting out the mess by stating that it is a mess.
Pretending that Brexit can be made to work only prolongs the damage.
@@JohnSmall314 Remind us G7 leader in 2022?
I can’t believe you’ve been called racist for stating the obvious 11:22
Just shows what a waste these last 23 years have been.
All of those things Mr Lambert talked about are understandable. And most are correct.
But - even if the UK would join the EU - how on earth could anyone tell, that some populistic politicans and /or media moguls would not just start another Brexit, in the foreseeable future?
I mean, if we know one thing about the UK's elrctorate, it's this: it is very much under the influence of populistic media.
So, the question is not if the majority of the people wish to rejoin. But, if the population of the UK is ready to do so.
I would rather that question be asked now, rather than just shrug our shoulders and say, "Oh well, we have left, let's just continue living in hell."
@jackdubz4247... true
I have to challenge you on which PM caused the most damage to the UK.... I'm still of the view that Cameron is head and shoulders.....this country's dive into abyss is directly due to him.
Don't know why the Tories were so eager to have him back again!! 🙄
Thatcher! Her destruction is still wreaking havoc on our society and economy. Crap services and homelessness are her legacy!
Britain rejoining the EU. If ONLY. For those of us like myself who voted to remain I fear this can only be a dream.
And I agree 💯% with you Mr Lambert 👍👍👍. Thanks very much 😊
Michael, as an Irishman with close ties to the uk I was deeply saddened by the 2016 referendum. The analogy of your son sums it up succinctly. But even today some of my English friends and colleagues seem to fall into two categories 1) those who still think it was worth it because the EU had too much control ???? 2) those in denial living in hope believing the tripe from tories about all the fantastic free trade deals with countries on the other side of the globe! Interestingly hardly any of the middle class aged people I know want to rejoin - they know only the younger generation will over time make this happen !
Thank you.
(Lazy re-post) A: it was the UK that chose to leave, B: the UK left in a very unpleasant manner, and C: UK government and most media continues to be quite unpleasant and negative towards the EU and all that it stands for. Why on earth would the EU want such a country back in? We have enough unreliable and meddlesome member states to deal with at the moment, there's no reason to add one more. Brexit is done, and the EU moved on. It's the UK that still struggles with the effects of Brexit, but guess what? That's a *domestic* problem. And not the EU's problem.
I hope you are right. I don't want to rejoin and you don't want us to rejoin either, so it is a win win situation for both of us.
@@richcory7945 I'm fine with a less rabid UK joining somewhere in the future, when all terms and conditions are met. But for now, the UK is best kept at a safe distance.
Thanks Michael I used to buy a lot from UK online retailers to Ireland but not anymore sadly
The comparison of the 2 NZ deals is hilarious.
I'm very sympathetic towards you Michael and many in Britain who want to return to the EU. The simply truth is it's highly unlikely to happen in the near future.
1. The next government will have to rebuild the countries infrastructure from schools, housing, health care transport,
2. Manufacturing is at an all time low and little chance of external investment to fuel this needed growth to get the economy going.
3. The retained EU bill will destroy many rights compatable with EU regulation and the next government will not have the time to repeal it.
4. The media in Britain needs to be reformed otherwise the drip drip anti EU propaganda will continue.
5. From day one a Labour government will be attacked from all sides and without the populations support they will be blamed for Brexit.
6. Even the most optimistic pro European thinks it will take a minimum of 20 years
7. Brussels will not consider any application until the voting system is reformed towards a PR vote. No more governments with 30% of the vote and 100% of the power.
8. Its unlikely all 27 members would agree to Britain joining.
9. The UK may not exist in its current form in 20 years.😮
@dogglebird4430 That depends upon who is benefiting the most out of Britain outside the EU. At present the Dutch, Irish, French, Germans, Pols and Spanish have the most to lose out of any prospect of Britain joining.
@dogglebird4430I have very little respect for those incapable of revising their position on something, despite all evidence showing they're wrong.
@dogglebird4430 And your entitled to your opinion but exporters and manufacturers, banking, transport, insurance, the hospitality industry, arts and music and many others rely upon trade and business with the EU may wish to have a return to the pre referendum arrangement in the future. I suspect they have highly paid lobbiests pushing for closer links
@dogglebird4430 The TCA will only be reviewed in 2026. There is no appartite in Brussels to amend any of the current arrangements.
_The evidence is now clear that Brexit supporters were right all along_@dogglebird4430 evidence? this is delusionville...
I hope marbles go back..just to confirm that U.K.has lost its marbles..
as a northerner, I resent the fact that Sunak thinks Esther McVey and Lee Anderson will appeal to me.
He thinks we're all one-dimensional bigots he can throw red meat at, doesn't he?
Well in all fairness it worked for Boris, but then again he talks with a posh voice. I remember some northern working men quoted as saying about Boris, "he's a working class bloke just like us......" Hmmm.
God, I hope not. Britain doesn't add enough to be worth the pain in the ass. I am VERY much hoping for a United Ireland in the EU, and an independent Scotland. An independent Wales would be great as well, and leave the English to suck eggs dreaming of when they mattered. Failing that, I guess England in the EU under EXACTLY the same rules as Poland would at least be poetic.
@@paullarne Please do explain how a nation with no economic or political clout at joining could possibly negotiate such a benefit when Britain, with lots of both at the time, failed to do so? And WHY on earth would the EU want to do such a thing? Sounds like the kind of negotiation the current Tories like, self destructive ones.
You gotta hand it to these brexiteers - they really do know how to pick a cherry out of a shitstorm...@@gordonprice695
The Netherlands wil not leave the EU. First the vote was about the mismanagement of the liberal right.
Second we have the UK as example rapid becoming a 3rt world country.
The Netherlands is in many ways the hub of the EU. If that really happens it would be a disaster for Europe - not least for the Netherlands itself.
What the election in NL also showed is Europe's problem (and you can include the UK here) with immigration. This is currently the low-hanging fruit for all groups on the right-wing fringe and is being milked mercilessly by these parties. And now we all know that these populists not only accept the division in society but also fuel it unscrupulously.
If we don't get this problem under control in the EU in the short term, sooner or later we will have a situation like in the US (aka culture war) in almost every EU country.
@@arjanhulsebos You're welcome, neighbour. ;-)
Already is!
well, you just elected a neofascist pm, that is, if a pvv _formateur_ can be found who is not in fact a criminal...
@@ZygonesBzygones doesn't look like its going that way. But il make a prediction if he does make pm we (dutch) will have new elections next year or latest 2025
It was always a small minority who wanted to leave the EU, going back to the 70s when the UK joined. They fought hard to con people for decades and eventually it worked. But reality now shows these people for what they are.
I keep waitimg for one of these people who predict the UKs return to the EU to explain how and why the EU would let them back in. Mr Lambert pays lip service to this objection without seriously addressing it. Every year that passes means more businesses in the EU that are profiting from the UKs absence and correspondingly larger lobbys to prevent the UKs return.
Just because increasingly large numbers of UK voters are waking up to how huge an own goal brexit was doesn't mean the EU is under any obligation to help the UK escape the consequences of their blunder.
I am as passionate a rejoiner as I was a passionate remainer. However I have two comments. Planes sometimes crash so maybe it would be risky for the PM, the Foreign secretary , and the King all to fly to the Middle East in one plane. But how risky in 2023 ? Much as I think we ought to start the process of rejoining as soon as we can I do not think it realistic to have full negotiations with the EU as long as there are significant numbers of anti-EU brexiters in any large political party which might form part of a goverment. It would be futile to negotiate rejoining if at the next election a government decided to reverse that policy. I don't think either side wish to negotiate fully in that case because they could not trust the UK to maintain any treaty agreements. Preliminary talks and draft proposals certianly , positive approiaches , yes, but full negotiuation almost certainly not until all significant brexiteers have left major politics. May that come soon. The public is moving away from Brexit but not enough people are positively in favour of rejoining yet either. Some still think we can manage out of the EU if we just soften or adjust relations a bit between us and the EU. . The battle has to continue though many are still either bored or reluctant to think about the question. So please keep up the good work Mr Lambert.
If you remember Cameron went to the EU and asked for a few small concessions and was told NO that was the arrogance of merkel and the unelected administration/dictatorship SHE merkel opened the floodgates for anyone to come to Europe and look at the consequences where is SHE now Enjoying her massive pension
Apparently, Sunak was peeved because the Greek PM met with Keir Starmer first instead of him. He is thin-skinned ...
Ostensibly, I would say UK doesn't get to re-join, but instead will be a perpetual rule-taker of European rules & standards over which Britain had no say. However, I don't think GB will survive much longer outside the Single Market for even 1 or 2 more years. There are chronic medicine shortages across the British Isles. Then, there is Northern Ireland. I just don't see how you "square the circle" of the North within the Act of Union without moving closer and closer towards Ireland in the Single Market.
I think the Tories made the same mistake Putin made with his invasion of Ukraine. They imagined a return to the days of Empire & lost imperial prestige, but that world no longer exists for very good reasons.
What a load of tripe no offense! You have shortages and inflation all over the EU inc the medical shortages antibiotics etc you mention are you unaware? €66 Billion budget shortfall whilst Eurozone is struggling inc the 'powerhouse' Germany with high energy costs.
You mention Putin, what on earth are you watching for your news media etc? Have you not read the The Economist and TIME Magazine articles? The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is 43 (cut off for US army is 41) and women are on the frontline, Zaluzhny has admitted Ukraine is losing badly... unbelievable 😢
It’s a matter for the EU to decide who they will admit to their union. The UK may apply, but the chances for that to happen are quite slim.
Good we DONT WANT TO RE JOIN
Hi Michael, So pleased that you have spent more time talking about the ravages of Brexit and the necessity of rejoining ASAP. European countries are our friends. For example the German Chancellor during his welcome speech to King Charles stated that Brexit was one of the sadest days in his life..I am sure that together we could be one of the greatest trading blocks in the world but we would also need to work with the Union and genuinely combine our knowledge and skills much better than before. I'm am Old Brit and have worked in and around Europe on many occasions and for the greatest part, by a long way, the Europeans are very nice people. Thanks again for your podcast.
Don't insult little girls. He threw a tantrum like a little boy who was given everything...
Although I voted remain and would welcome a return to the EU, it is a strong probability that the EU will not trust us not to repeat the folly that is Brexit. What MUST change is an insistence that any future nation-changing referenda be subject to a SUPER-MAJORITY of, say, 70% to avoid such a marginal simple majority to swing such a vital yet suicidal result!
You knew the rules before the vote and you accepted them. A simple majority rule was fine with you, when you thought you were going to win.
The EU for a brief period viewed Brexit as an existential threat to the union iyself. It will not run that risk again. Once bitten twice shy.
True, The UK will never again allow a foreign entity to interfere in our country. Once bitten, twice shy.@@maxharbig1167
It should have been a 2/3 majority as in the 1975 period of the initial clarification that the UK stood by their decision. This binary vote of 1:1 was absolutely ridiculous. Look at the bloody mess it's caused, quite literally!!! Absolute devastation to public services and economic decline from the likes we've never seen before.
Not so sure we truly want you back from the continental side of the Channel, cos' the UK acted like a cocky troublemaker who couldn't admit any wrongdoing.
You need the Brits...just think of all that awful derivative pop and rock music you make in Europe....you would be lost without us! Seriously though, as a brit living in Germany I can assure you that there are millions of cocky troublemakers here, far right types, nazis and AfD lunatics...lets throw Germany out of the EU for their idiots !...or we can not blame whole countries for their right wing nutjobs and thick voters.
I'm 20, my generation want to be in the EU
Of course you do. Anyone of any generation with any sense does too.
Then fight for it!
We really don’t my generation don’t care for politics and support for rejoining is declining in my generation
@@thomasbootham2707 So what makes you such an expert? All the polling suggests otherwise.
@@tancreddehauteville764 even Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart admitted that support for rejoining the eu among young voters has declined 😂
your analogy of the little boy leaving with his case is so true
Why don’t you spell out the many many advantages that a rejoining of the UK would have for the EU? Probably because they are just phantasies. And we have enough problems with Hungary to allow another fascist state to join. Fortunately your PM has just ensured that also Greece will veto UK membership.