• @DrCake@lemmy.world
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    146 months ago

    He can agree with the referendum and say we won’t join whilst he’s leader. But to say lifetime is a long fucking time

    • The Snark Urge
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      46 months ago

      Basically this. If it’s a Ming vase strategy that’s one thing, but this is overcommitting to the bit, if so.

    • @frazorth@feddit.uk
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      36 months ago

      Because you’ll also need to convince the other members of the EU that we aren’t going to come in, shit in the corner and then fuck off again?

      Yes it’s a long time, but we have burnt so many fucking bridges.

    • Twig
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      -16 months ago

      It’s almost as if he needs to say these things to get elected.

      • The Snark Urge
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        96 months ago

        I don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?

        • Twig
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          -26 months ago

          Because it’d be political suicide to go back on it.