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Originally Posted by Pierre
Purely out if interest, what are your current hopes Andrew?
Given what is done is done, it is extremely unlikely In the next decade, even the next 30 years that a decision on returning would even be entertained let alone ever happen.
Is it your hope that the U.K. fails? Because that won’t happen, at the worst case there may be the odd issue over the odd thing, but the U.K. will continue to be just fine some things may be better and some may be worse.
If you spend the next 30+ years hoping for the worst, that’ll be a very sad existence.
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I've always said that I don't see the UK rejoining anytime soon. Brexit is like a slow puncture, the country will underperform economically compared to how it could have done and ditto its global political influence will be less. There's certainly evidence for the former in terms of the highly paid City jobs that have left London. No one's pretending that we'll become poor - just not as rich as we could have been. That wealth translates into lower taxes or more investment in public services like hospitals and police.
What will happen is the country will gradually return to a closer relationship with the EU. The economics of trade make this inevitable. Eventually, it will tip over into full membership.
The tragedy of Brexit is the opportunity cost as it distracts from the key issues that the country faces - economic disparity between the regions of the UK, low productivity and facing up to the global challenge of global warming.
Fool yourself not, discussions with the EU will continue as we've seen with Northern Ireland and fishing. There won't be an end point when Brexit is "done".