@ChrisMayLA6

Well, if the prodigal son returns to the fold, and rejoin, he will be welcomed, but things change, and it is very likely some changes in the EU will not agree with British sensibilities. And you will have to pass through the adhesion process for first time, which you may not like much.

We have always knew the UK has its issues, as everyone else does, and some of them are very, let's say, whimsical; Brexit was a surprise, but, for better or worse, the British never were boring. We are very used to it.

Of course, the UK doesn't need to fully rejoin, as many other countries never have done. Your choice.

In fact, in many ways, you never left. There is no way to understand the UK without Europe or Europe without the UK. Too much history and geography.