It is time to reconsider Britain's exit from the EU, which has lead to a multitude of social, diplomatic and economic problems.
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Britain has chosen to more or less cut itself off from the nations of the EU. It is no longer easy for young Britons to go to EU member states to work and broaden their horizons, equally is it difficult for EU youngsters to come to Britain. A British person who marries an EU citizen no longer has the full rights to have their partner join them without a visa, and the British citizen must earn quite a lot of money to have their partner join them. EU citizens conversely have family rights and a Briton who marries an EU citizen has the right to live in the EU member state with their partner.
Immigration has been a real problem for Britain, many British citizens voted for Brexit in the false belief that it would reduce immigration. This was not promised by the Brexiteers who only promised that Britain would have complete and independent control of its borders after Brexit. Britain did retain control of its borders but immigration increased no end. The reasons were quite simple; when freedom of movement of labour was abolished many Europeans left the country and replacements had to be found. Britain did this by attracting immigrant labour from mainly the poorer countries of Asia. The Asians were a different cohort of people, they wanted to bring their families with them, many of them borrowed money from task masters to afford to come to the UK; few of them could not afford to go back to their countries of origin if they fell out of work and lost their visa-rights of residence. In contrast to this young Europeans wanted to get away from their families and could easily return to their home countries. Immigration has taken off to replace the European workers and to supply the labour market with workers to do jobs that Britons do not want to do. What many Brexiteers voted for regarding immigration was unachievable: they were duped. I do not have a problem with Asian people migrating to Britain or the EU provided that they are able to make an economic contribution, which most of them do, or they are joining their families who are already here. I believe that genuine asylum seekers should also be allowed to migrate, as this is a humane value that all Europeans should support.
Diplomatically, leaving the EU has been very problematic for the UK. The US is now distancing itself from the whole of Europe, and it is no longer prepared to provide Europeans with military support. The UK and EU countries must stand up for themselves. The remaining support from the US is conditional upon European countries paying much more for their defence. Britain has been forced to co-operate with both France and Germany to maintain a credible defence against Russian militarism. Britain has been forced to sign a treaty with France to jointly use nuclear weapons as a threat to Russia. Britain has is also been forced into signing a mutual defence pact with Germany. Britain voted for Brexit to obtain absolute sovereignty- so much for that.
Leaving the EU has created economic problems for both the UK and the EU, but more for Britain. Our economy has become laggard and we now face stagflation.
Most Britons recognise that Brexit has not achieve any realistic benefits for our nation; and we cannot go it alone so easily. About 54% of our population now want to re-join the Union but on the same terms as before we left.
The people of France, Germany and Spain, amongst others, want us to return to the EU, as it would benefit them too, but on new terms which would probably be unacceptable to most British people
There is a solution and that is to re-join the single market and customs union, Britain has a big enough economy to hold economic sway in both instituions and we could negotiate to have British judges on the ECJ. I do n not believe this is the perfect solution as being a full member of the EU would have substantial extra benefits, especially from using the euro and being a member of Schengen. However, I support this proposal as a start.
It is time, now, for a debate to re-join either the EU or the single market and customs union. Remain politicians now need to poke their heads above the parapet and explain the truth to the British people about the social, diplomatic and economic benefits of getting much closer to Europe. The hare-brained schemes and spurious economic arguments of the Brexiteers are easily debunked. It is time for a change. The British people deserve better and so do our European friends.
