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The Labour party has won over 400 seats (out of 650) in the 2024 UK General Elections, and Keir Starmer is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. The Conservatives, in power for the last fourteen years, have suffered a rout, losing over two-thirds of their seats. The SNP has collapsed in Scotland, mostly to Labour, and the Liberal Democrats have gained over sixty seats.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do you convince the EU to let us back in?

We'll need a couple of Labour terms before they'll answer the phone.

[โ€“] UnfortunateShort 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

EU demands are the easy part. It's rather obvious what they would be. Something along the lines of: 'The UK can rejoin at any time, but without all the special treatment it has been receiving.'

Try to convince the people that's good. Will another referendum still be in favour of rejoining, if you have to accept the Euro, new immigration laws, maybe the metric system and other standards?

I have some doubts there.