Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
petition.parliament.uk
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, that the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.
    • hokori616@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      True, it is very unlikely that this will directly lead to anything. However, it might at least force Labour to clarify where they stand. Tories and Reform are against rejoining. LibDem, SNP, Plaid, and Greens are for rejoining. And Labour are officially against rejoning… right now, but it was still definitely a mistake to leave in the first place and they would undo it if they could. This debate would hopefully start Labour on a path to step down from the fence.

      • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Seems possible it could open the door to other possibilities too. Like sure they probably aren’t going to rejoin any time soon but strengthening collaboration with the EU is possible without full membership.

    • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      There’s such a prevailing vibe that the EU would want us back too… What if they don’t?

      I mean, after events of this week, it’s probably more likely, but even then they’d be well within their rights to tell us to sod off.

      • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Even during early phases of Brexis the EU was open to the UK rejoining - in an official manner.

        I don’t see why that would have changed. If the UK wants to rejoin, it can apply, and the join process will start. It’s simple, really.

    • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
      1·
      2 days ago

      Yeah… The petition directly goes against the government’s manifesto, so I seriously doubt this’ll do very much