SingaporeClarets wrote:Is it correct to refer to labour offering a Brexit deal , this tarting up what is being offered is what caused this mess in the first place because the referendum was always supposed to be about remain or no-deal Brexit.
We are being offered the following by voting for Julie:
- Remain in the EU as an EEC member with voting rights on the regulations applied
- Leave the EU but remain an EEC member with no voting rights on the regulations applied
This in itself starts a debate on whether the current deal where we can decide the regulations applied to us or labours deal where we can't is better than either a no deal Brexit or remaining.
Out of choosing between no deal Brexit, the current deal, remain and labours deal, I would say that labour's deal is the worst option of the lot.
This just shows how nonsensical and pointless this failed project has always been.
We start from the position of wanting a clean break from the EU. Leave with no deal. But the consequences of that are so severe that no sane government would ever do it. It's the demented option.
So then we start to move towards a position of leaving with some sort of deal in an orderly fashion. But the more these deals and options are scrutinised, it becomes clear that all of these options are worse than our current membership.
So then we move towards a position of looking at the softest possible Brexit. Single market access, freedom of movement, customs union, ECJ oversight etc.
And the question then quickly becomes: 'What's the point in leaving?'
And the answer is, there isn't one. There never was any point.
Strip away all the politics and emotion and full EU membership has always been the best thing for the UK by a country mile.
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