Recent polls show 57% of Britons think leaving the EU was wrong and nearly half support a referendum on rejoining. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has stated that a second referendum on EU membership is an option as the government considers deeper relations ahead of the 2026 UK-EU summit.
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Should the UK expand regional airports before building a third runway at Heathrow?
Infrastructure · 53 votes · 21h 31m left
Should 20 mph become the default speed limit on roads through towns and villages in England?
Transport · 54 votes · 21h 31m left
Should the UK stop buying US diesel in response to threats of US export bans and look for alternative supplies?
Energy · 51 votes · 21h 31m left
Should the law prevent the Prime Minister from publicly labelling defendants in ways that risk prejudicing their trial?
Justice · 53 votes · 21h 31m left
Should all online political content show who funded or sponsored it, with creators required to disclose this?
Governance · 55 votes · 21h 31m left
Should politicians face criminal charges for deliberately lying to the public on matters of significant public concern?
Governance · 54 votes · 21h 31m left
Is the UK heading in the wrong direction and needs major policy changes?
Governance · 53 votes · 21h 31m left
9 Opinions
No, there is no case for a third referendum on EEC/EU membership, not least as when it is explained that rejoin means joining the Euro, joining Schengen, accepting full free movement, no rebate on £30bn+ membership fee, accepting substantially more “refugees”, ending the UK life sciences industry, restarting live animal exports and imports of fur, a ban on Burnham’s zero VAT rate for energy, scrapping all trade deals, subjecting UK to EU Charter of Fundamental Rights etc etc
Speaking as a "Remainer", we simply cannot go through this again. Our pre-2016 deal is off the table and any referendum ignores the basic reality that Brussels is not waiting with open arms to welcome us back on those long lost terms we used to have. Rejoining under Article 49 means committing to the single currency and Schengen borders. The moment those terms are clear, the campaign collapses.
It's actually a third referendum - we voted to remain back in the 70's. For good or ill that decision sealed our fate and our economy was set to be just part of a multi country system. We should never have been offered a vote on an impractical, unworkable option, and it seems daft to repeat the error. Lets just rejoin without a vote.
We should absolutely hold one but there's not a chance they're letting us rejoin on the terms we left having, so probably best just as a meter of public opinion and a compass for future policymaking
It is to early, 10 years since the last vote and 6 years since we left. It was 1 in generation choice, let's give it another 20-25 years and see how it's going.
If the decision to leave the EU can be made by referendum, then so should the decision to rejoin it. Even if you're against rejoining, why be against another vote — unless you know that Brexit was a poor choice and that you'd lose? 😉
I have a feeling the next general election is going to be a rerun of the Brexit referendum.