Emeritus Prof Christopher May1d ago

Early indications are that Keir Starmer will announce an as yet un-named bill in the King's Speech (in May) that will underpin the (re)alignment with a range of EU laws thereby making more concrete the emerging strategy of re-engaging with EU regulations sector by sector.

However, it is unlikely that this will still the accusation(s) from Europe that the UK still seeks to cherry-pick the advantages of the EU, while avoiding a range of collective commitments.

#EU #politics #Brexit
h/t FT

Show threadWalrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿21h ago

@ChrisMayLA6

They're right.

It's the same old cherry picking.

We should #RejoinEU as normal members, with the same deal as the others. We'd still be miles better off than the current mess.

Show threadPatrick Hadfield21h ago

@ChrisMayLA6 @Walrus the best deal was the one we had before Brexit!

Leaving the EU was the most stupid decision possible.

Show threadUkeleleEric20h ago
@patrickhadfield @ChrisMayLA6 @Walrus I always thought that we should have not been in the EU in 1974, and then there would have been two roughly-equal sized blocks in Europe, the EU and EFTA, which would have worked better for all. As it was, by not leaving then, we made it so that, over time, the only sensible thing for other European countries, especially the former Soviet bloc countries, to do was to try to get into the EU, or, at the very least, come to a formal agreement, like Norway did.
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May18h ago

@UkeleleEric @patrickhadfield @Walrus

Hmmmm.... of course the UK was one of the key architects of the expansion of the EU, on the (wreckers) logic that a wider EU would not be able to become deeper (ion coordination terms) - so because the UK wanted to keep the EU relatively weak it argues & pushed for widening!

Show threadAngharadHafod
@ChrisMayLA6 @UkeleleEric @patrickhadfield @Walrus hmm. I'm not doubting this, because it's easy to believe. But I'm genuinely interested in reading any sources you might be able to suggest which mention this being the reason for Britain supporting expansion of the EU.
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Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May16h ago

@AngharadHafod @UkeleleEric @patrickhadfield @Walrus

I've not got anything to hand, but two decades ago this was an accepted analysis of the UK's role in the EU, and certainly the I taught UK-EU relations as part of the introduction to International Relations course, I must have a good source... but its a long time ago & cannot now recall what it was - apologies