Division in UK probably worse now than in run-up to Brexit, says Kim Leadbeater
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@Stevenheywood/116756234543537364
@Stevenheywood hits the nail on the head:
'The damage wrought by Brexit wasn't in the break, it was in the boorish manner of the break'!
And that is why we now have some difficulties in our relations with the EU!
One of the things that should be most resented by the younger generation is how the #brexit crowd stole the ability for young people to travel to Europe, make connections, etc.
Oh, and I remember the person overseeing that particular part of the Brexit change bragged about how excellently things were going in stripping young people of rights they had for years and years.
I think of all the lost friends and loves, the businesses that never started up, the jobs that were never created...
As Timothy Garton Ash argues, if the British really do want to rejoin the European Union then they need to first actually understand what the EU is & does;
unlike last time, this time membership will not be a special affair in which we get to ignore aspects of the EU as we see fit; to rejoin we have to actually demonstrate why we should be members (again), and for our current political class that is going to be a bit of a challenge.
#EU #Brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/15/britain-rejoin-european-union-needs-to-understand-it-uk
As we pass the 10 year anniversary of Brexit & rejoining rises up the agenda, Jean-Claude Juncker (former president of the European Commission) tells the FT:
'I don’t think [rejoining] is possible. Because all of us, we are wounded to some extent by this . . . historic step the British have taken...
A majority of European governments would cold-shoulder this, because the British are very close to the US, whereas the US is not very popular for the time being inside the [EU]'.
In Britain, four Palestine Action activists have been sentenced as terrorists over their involvement in a 2024 protest and raid on a factory operated by one of Israel’s largest arms manufacturers, Elbit. This is the first time in Britain a judge has issued terrorism sentencing enhancements on people who were not actually convicted of terrorism. In May, the four activists were found guilty of smashing up Elbit military equipment. Their prison sentences range from four to over seven years. They must also legally register to a law enforcement terrorist surveillance system for 15 years following their release from prison. Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori told Novara Media in response, “This is the first case, and therefore the test case, for trying to convict activists as terrorists, using a manipulated court process.”
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