Yeah. Happy to have them back but no more special treatment please and some provisions against flip flopping.
They had iirc the sweetest deal out of all the member countries, with rebates and exceptions to half the rules and obligations. But they still went out against all common sense, that should not be rewarded.
They’re not getting the concessions Thatcher handbagged out of Delors. They join the EU on equal terms with other members. If they would prefer to stand proudly alone with their delusions of imperial grandeur and get pushed around by everyone else and eventually turned into a hollowed-out kleptostate run from Beijing, Riyadh, Mar-a-Lago and a dozen tax havens, then they can’t be helped. (Though if Scotland and Wales make a break for it, they should be welcomed into the EU on the standard terms.)
Thats the plan. Last i saw there were calls for a clause that would fine them an enormous sum if they left again in the first few years. They called it the “farage clause”
EU better have them make some serious concessions. Can’t reward stupidity or it’ll keep happening.
Yeah. Happy to have them back but no more special treatment please and some provisions against flip flopping.
They had iirc the sweetest deal out of all the member countries, with rebates and exceptions to half the rules and obligations. But they still went out against all common sense, that should not be rewarded.
They’re not getting the concessions Thatcher handbagged out of Delors. They join the EU on equal terms with other members. If they would prefer to stand proudly alone with their delusions of imperial grandeur and get pushed around by everyone else and eventually turned into a hollowed-out kleptostate run from Beijing, Riyadh, Mar-a-Lago and a dozen tax havens, then they can’t be helped. (Though if Scotland and Wales make a break for it, they should be welcomed into the EU on the standard terms.)
Thats the plan. Last i saw there were calls for a clause that would fine them an enormous sum if they left again in the first few years. They called it the “farage clause”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/11/draft-farage-clause-eu-if-reform-uk-wins-election