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For the first time since we left, a major regional newspaper is asking its readers if they think we should rejoin. They cite the trade wars under a Trump presidency that will hit Britain hard. I’ve always been of the opinion it was a huge mistake.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-opinion/your-say-should-britain-rejoin-9694330
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Me too Jojoe 👍
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.In December 2020, the UK/USA signed an agreement on various goods, continuing trading terms from previous European Union–United States agreements. The Biden administration however made, that the US would not further talks about a potential FTA, due to British threats against ratifying the Northern Ireland Protocol which would violate international law and could threaten the Good Friday Agreement. The Biden administration was perhaps the worst US president for the UK to deal with, because of his so called Irish roots.
No one know’s what a Trump presidancy would do and to say and to say he would start a trade war with the UK, is just guessing to say the least. The UK’s larges’t export partner for a long time has ben the US, as the UK’s largest trading partner in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2024 accounting for 17.6% of
total UK trade or £188.2 billion worth of goods exported. UK imports from the US accounted for £116.1 billion. For the UK. The US is the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment for British firms, external, as a single country. However, depending on what is being measured, the EU as a whole in 2018 closely met the US for FDI. So its worth remembering the US is a major trade and investment partner for the UK and has been for many years and was also stated by Trump in 2018, although the UK/US does not have a FTA.As the EU is and is planing on bringing more poorer european countries into its fold, richer countries such has France and Germany will bare the brunt, with Germany’s economy is allready in trouble along with the almost certain collapse of its governing coalition, which is starting to fuel the far right. France is also in a financial mess, with public debt reaching 110 per cent of GDP and the current government ran a budget deficit of 5.5 per cent last year, a party full of would plunge France into a period of prolonged instability, which has the potential to become a EU problem. To rejoin now, would be complete madness and cost us dear. The EU is also increase in far right leaders, the recent exit polls showed that far-right parties were set to win around 150 of the parliament’s 720 seats, which will likely make it harder for mainstream parties to form majorities needed to pass laws.
UK joined Horizon Europe under a new bespoke deal under the Tories, We are in NATO, the EU and the UK have concluded a Security of Information Agreement. The Agreement will allow the EU and the UK to exchange classified information, applying strong guarantees. The UK also signed bilateral security and defence co-operation agreements with many of its European partners including Germany (2018 and 2021), Italy (2021 and 2023), Poland (2018 and 2022), the Netherlands (2017), and the three Baltic states (2021). The The UK also signed bilateral security and defence co-operation agreements with many of its European partners including Germany (2018 and 2021), Italy (2021 and 2023), Poland (2018 and 2022), the Netherlands (2017), and the three Baltic states (2021). The is a founding member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, which remainers argued we’d loose are seat.
Sorry guys my answer is no, I don’t want to rejoin.
Given the punitive measures the EU meted out to the UK since leaving, there is no reason to rejoin the sinking ship.
The extreme right wing stance of Poland, Turkey, and Czekoslovakia to the treaty of Rome just shows how the tail is wagging the dog.
Not surprising the EU hit the UK hard was to deter other countries from leaving the Union.
The UK. Was the EU,S 2nd biggest net contributor after Germany.
It remains to be seen whether Germany can weather the financial burden of the 20 other countries draining the coffers. The four PIGS, still have not reigned in their spending 10 years on.
Only the threat of Russian expansion has there been any form of cohesion amongst the states.
The EU is a leaky dangerous ship.
I think the reason Cornwall live are asking the question is due to the fall in tourism numbers over the last couple of years.
A lot of businesses that depend on tourism are struggling. Only this week two major attractions Flambards theme park and Dairlyland closed down.
We were there in June and October and it was deserted, never seen it so quiet in June. You used to see loads of German, Swiss, Austrian and Netherlands plates on motorhomes, whilst you still see them they’re just not in the same numbers.
I suspect that in the next few yrs it will become much clearer why leaving the EU Membership imo was such a great move
I also suspect the EU will soon loose its swagger and instead be forced to limp along as I do
According to long-term forecasts for 2026–2027, the euro is projected to embark on a downward trajectory.
(BRUSSELS — The year 2026 could be a defining moment for the European economy.
The double blow of the introduction of reformed EU spending rules and the European Commission turning off the money taps may leave a black hole in the budgets of highly indebted countries, notably France and Italy — potentially just months before both countries face crucial elections.
“There is a risk that if we don’t invest enough then we are back in the lost decade of the 2010s,” said Nils Redeker from the Jacques Delors Institute think tank.}
As always time will tell but I suspect the EU have dark political days ahead
I take the Cornish article with a pinch of salt even though Blairs puppet Slippery Flip Flop Starmer would love us to rejoin
A Cornish remainer will need to shout very loud if they are to be heard in London
I think the reason Cornwall live are asking the question is due to the fall in tourism numbers over the last couple of years. A lot of businesses that depend on tourism are struggling. Only this week two major attractions Flambards theme park and Dairlyland closed down. We were there in June and October and it was deserted, never seen it so quiet in June. You used to see loads of German, Swiss, Austrian and Netherlands plates on motorhomes, whilst you still see them they’re just not in the same numbers.
I can only think Covid and its many variants along with individuals financies are playing a part. Unlike the EU, EU citizens do not need to apply for a visit visa before travelling to the UK as they can request entry into the UK at one of its borders.
The The decision to close Dairyland its owners said was attributed to lasting challenges created by Covid and increases in operating costs which resulted in significant financial losses. Whils’t Flambards cited similar reasons, it also said declining visitor numbers was also a factor. Dingles fairground museum also closed down around the same time. Shame really.
I just hope this thread remains friendly whils’t appreciating different views 🙂
Leaving the EU isn’t the reason Cornwall’s tourism industry is struggling but it certainly hasn’t helped.
The prices for accommodation in Cornwall this year were crazy. I follow a used caravan dealer on YouTube and he’s always taking about dealers going bust. A lot of people are saying the increase in pitch prices is to blame for the motorhome and caravan industry failing.The EU should have just stayed as a trading block. Once it became a political union too it’s fate was sealed. The countries asking for entry are only doing so because they see endless subsidies and grants available but someone has to pay for it and currently that is Germany and France. The only reason we are constantly being asked back is so that the UK can share the burden. It’s certainly not because they want their buddy back in the club as we all know that most of the EU have a great dislike (I was actually going to put detest) of the UK, as they constantly demonstrate at every turn.
Not only that, but now the US have a different administration we could actually find not being in the EU to our advantage, as Trump certainly isn’t as anti British as Biden was and the EU are not exactly his biggest fans.
The EU is a broken experiment, far too big and unwieldly, rife with corruption, deception and duplicity. It’s only a matter of time before it breaks up so I just can’t see why anyone would want to join, never mind re-join, especially as we would lose any of the concessions we had the first time around.
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