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There should be more options, like Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom. Or Scotland making a bid to join the EU.
by seren 8y ago
There should be more options, like Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom.
Or Scotland making a bid to join the EU.
- arethuza 8y agoThere were a few ideas like "Scotdon" leaving the UK and staying in the EU: https://www.change.org/p/the-48-of-people-with-brains-who-voted-to-stay-in-the-eu-scotdon-a-new-country-entering-the-eu https://www.change.org/p/the-48-of-people-with-brains-who-vo...
- arethuza 8y agoOr a "Greater Scotland": https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/01/scotland-vote-yes-scottish-independence https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/01/scotla...
- anne_veling 8y agoGood one. Yeah so many more options as I was programming it... Like the EU giving up on their "colony" Northern Ireland. Or France or the NL exiting the EU too...
- siquick 8y agoKeep adding the options, this is great!
- feintruled 8y agoHave you seen this? https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-pick-your-own-brexit/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-pick-your-own-brexit...
- anne_veling 8y agoOoh like it, did not see that one yet :)
- pjc50 8y agoNorthern Ireland is a colony of the UK if it is anything at all.
- pjc50 8y ago> Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact". > Scotland making a bid to join the EU There are persistent rumours that people on the UK side are trying to avoid having any kind of double-no-border situation that would work for NI be also applicable for Scotland. Because during the referendum all sorts of claims about the need for a hard border were made, often by the same people who claim there doesn't now need to be a hard border in Ireland.
- 7000skeletons 8y agoThe SNP aren't going to be willing to make such an overt bid to join the EU as an independent state any time soon, even if they manage to achieve the latter, given that a sizeable minority of their supporters actually supported Brexit.
- hanoz 8y ago>> Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom > Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact". Maybe, but Ireland also leaving the EU would be a good and not entirely unpopular solution.
- ben_w 8y agoThat would take a minimum of two years, so it still wouldn’t work at this point, even if it were not for the fact that recent opinion polls say 92% of RoI wants to stay in the EU: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_Republ...
- pjc50 8y agoThere was a little appetite for this after the financial crisis, but after this fiasco there is none at all. Especially not to make it easy for the Brits.
- cuboidGoat 8y ago>a good and not entirely unpopular solution Where and for whom?
- gadders 8y agoThey'd have to join the Euro as well. I think that's pre-condition for joining the EU.
- pjc50 8y agoCountries are required to meet the convergence criteria before joining the Euro. It can't be automatic on joining the EU.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoThe EU is brilliant at fudging decisions like that, I'm not expecting Poland to join the Euro zone any time soon.
- cuboidGoat 8y agolike Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom. Or Arthur rising and reinstating Camelot in England's hour of need. Or Nessie being discovered, then rampaging south to destroy London in a Gozilla inspired attack, wiping out the entirety of the Square Mile. Or the entire human population suddenly realising that the borders were only in their heads all along and finally living together in peace and harmony.