Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU
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https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-19/over-80-of-16-...
The next G.E. will be interesting if this comes up as a policy for any party.
The next G.E. will be interesting if this comes up as a policy for any party.
Skodillac said:
You'll have heard of the third biggest party in the Commons, the LibDems? It's pretty much their policy already, with a few interim steps to take before full re-join.
Well, it's not surprising. The Lib Dems can't be bothering themselves with such things as running the country if (God forbid) they ever got into power. Much better to farm it off to the EU bureaucratss1962a said:
The next G.E. will be interesting if this comes up as a policy for any party.
Labour is still terrified of saying it fully out loud, though the people who'd be most narked by this are all dead or will never vote for them again anyway. I expect any non psycho fascist government will slowly ease towards it, and the EU will nudge the odd door open so everyone can still pretend the status quo remains.
king arthur said:
Labour are trying to float the idea of rejoining the customs union. But surely this would mean tearing up any trade deals we have with the rest of the world? Whilst rejoining the single market without the CU would not?
Haven't they already said it's not a goer because of the other deals? Not that they seem to have achieved very much. I expect within the coming years we'll see less trade friction, some sort of youth movement, more dedicated defence cooperation and not a vast amount beyond that.
It must just be a coincidence that we have this thread running concurrently which highlights that large chunks of this age group have no idea how the real world actually works - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
And anyone taking this age groups views seriously just looks desperate and unhinged
And anyone taking this age groups views seriously just looks desperate and unhinged
Timothy Bucktu said:
Skodillac said:
You'll have heard of the third biggest party in the Commons, the LibDems? It's pretty much their policy already, with a few interim steps to take before full re-join.
Well, it's not surprising. The Lib Dems can't be bothering themselves with such things as running the country if (God forbid) they ever got into power. Much better to farm it off to the EU bureaucratsThe UK were in the EU before. Setting and following the regulations.
The Euro-sceptics told us that once free of the EU-regulations, life would be better. We'd "take back control" and enter a golden age.
And enough people believed that lie, and we exited.
What those people didn't really think about was that to sell into the EU single market, our businesses still needed to follow those regulations. And because we became an external party, we also had a bunch more regulations to follow to sell to them.
So rather than getting more control, we got less.
The UK is economically and diplomatically weaker, all thanks to the Brexit con men and the boomers who believed their false promises.
z4RRSchris said:
youth movement is the easy win, mirrors agreements we have in place already with other countries and will solve the shortage of cheap labour we have in hospitality etc.
i dont think many will care if kids from the EU come to work.
Seems we have plenty of local youth unemployment to clear first, and given they're all due the same level of NMW the imports won't be any cheaper. i dont think many will care if kids from the EU come to work.
Some of the EU was very keen on the idea as it exported their local youth unemployment but now we've caught up we dont need them.
Leon R said:
MrBogSmith said:
Ashfordian said:
And anyone taking this age groups views seriously just looks desperate and unhinged
How about the more general polling about Brexit regret? Seems unlikely.
Ashfordian said:
Rivenink said:
The UK is economically and diplomatically weaker all thanks to the Brexit con men and the boomers who believed their false promises.
Still spouting the same old claptrap 10 years after the referendum took place. This did not and has not happened!See the Brexit thread for details or have a look at the work from the OBR, BoE and everyone else.
bloomen said:
king arthur said:
Labour are trying to float the idea of rejoining the customs union. But surely this would mean tearing up any trade deals we have with the rest of the world? Whilst rejoining the single market without the CU would not?
Haven't they already said it's not a goer because of the other deals? Not that they seem to have achieved very much. I expect within the coming years we'll see less trade friction, some sort of youth movement, more dedicated defence cooperation and not a vast amount beyond that.
Thing is, it wouldn't change anything at the border in terms of inspections...
It's hilarious, and frankly horrifically saddening, that even after a decade people are still willing to put forward sincerely held and absolute opinions whilst demonstrating they still have absolutely zero clue what they're talking about. And they're certainly not people aged 18-24.
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