A further 58 per cent indicated it was a proposal worth exploring further

  • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Honestly i find it funny. Lets add australia and New Zeeland too! Britain leaves the union “to have trade deals with australia” then australia joins the EU. Would be the funniest shit ever

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      I think you give too much credit to the morons who voted for economic suicide. They didn’t vote to have deals with Australia, they all thought we were so big and important that the EU would bend over backwards to give us a favourable trade deal even though every single expert on the subject disagreed. The Australia and Canada deals came up only after we shot ourselves in the head.

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      2 months ago

      Well, we’re already only 20km away from France, south of Newfoundland. And share a little land border with Greenland.

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      2 months ago

      The year is 2098, Earth has finally found peace and united under one flag, except for England, who is sticking to its Brexit plans.

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      2 months ago

      Realistically though, if it did happen, it would make it much easier for the UK to get back into the EU.

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          Nothing like how it would make it easier legally or something. I just think that Canada shares close cultural, historic and monarchy ties with the UK, and has a very good relationship with them. I think already Canadians would be tapping up Brits to better understand how the EU works and how to get things done. And, if the UK really wanted to get back in, Canada would support that and try to make it happen.

          Culturally, the UK is already more similar in values to the EU than Canada is. If they’re willing to accept Canada as a member, there really wouldn’t be a reason not to take the UK back.

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    2 months ago

    Canada is not geographically eligible to join the EU by definition. The founding treaties would need to be rewritten and re-signed by all parties, which does not seem feasible short-term. The way more likely route is more trade agreements and such, which would indeed be good for everyone

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      2 months ago

      Fortunately, in the post-truth world we no longer have to be limited by the meanings of words or historical precedent. We can simply redefine geography whenever it suits us, others are already doing so with impunity. If the Gulf of Mexico can become the Gulf of America and South America can become the United Colonies of America, then why can’t Canada become Europe? Nobody gives a fuck anymore. This isn’t about getting marked correctly on an assignment, this is about survival in the face of the collapse of world order and building a fortress around social democracy before it’s divided and conquered.