As always @nialloconghaile.bsky.social you speak common sense. UK establishment continues to be incapable of seeing things beyond a UK perspective of want UK wants.
It remains basic stuff: if you want the club benefits - and UK does: it *needs* them - join the bloody club ...like everybody else does

It would have been a hard sell before the referendum. But the queueing since then really does annoy honest Britons because it just highlight what they've lost and how they've gained nothing from Brexit.

..and reflect on the lessons we can take forward in the Government's 2025 trade strategy in the face of potential future shocks!

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Is exceptionalism a polite word for arrogance. Brexit people I spoke to didn't know or care about details. They were OK to kick out EU, FOM migrants, and accept facile stmts that it would fix everything. There was an implicit belief that UK was better and EU would bend over to give any deal wanted

People voted the way they voted.

The important thing is, that bold expansive relationship might be available *now*. That's what people need to start working on, not imagining that Brexit was imposed on the UK and. so excusing the electorate.

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Let's be honest and work together to a brighter European future.

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Well that statement says it all about our current political system. Works well for them but not for the country imo