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You sound like a vengeful parent. “Not getting to” is some fantasy of yours, in reality the UK is a sovereign nation and will do what it pleases and if the EU

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  If the UK wants to join the EU again, their power in the deal will be substantially less than it was the first time around. Back then, they were a founding member; this time around, they'd be joining an already extant, powerful entity they've already pissed off once on the issue. UK-EU negotiations now would be a very different power dynamic than they would've been in 1992. Yes, they can, as a sovereign nation, continue to exist outside the EU. If they want to rejoin, though, they're probably going to have to make concessions. (The parent analogy is, perhaps, apter than you imagined. If you leave home at 18 by saying "fuck you, I hate you, I won't ever live under your rules again!" they may not necessarily let you come back a few years later with the same no-rent policy you previously had.)