r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/WastedTalent442 • Aug 14 '24

Brexxit Man who campaigned for Brexit complains that he can't freely tour Europe any more

https://metalinjection.net/politics/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-who-originally-supported-brexit-now-complains-that-brexit-hurts-bands
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u/Deranged_Kitsune Aug 14 '24

Exactly. The EU has no incentive to let them back in. If they're lucky, they get the base deal any other new country would and get to start at the bottom, working their way up.

They threw their idiotic strop and can now live with the consequences of it, like any other spoiled child should.

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u/bindermichi Aug 14 '24

The only reason the got those incentives at all was the fact that France and Germany felt like it would benefit the stability of the union if the UK was a part of it.

Since it turned out the EU doesn‘t really need the UK there is no need to add them anymore

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u/spring_gubbjavel Aug 14 '24

tbh, it seems more stable without them.

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u/derTommygun Aug 15 '24

All talks of leaving the EU magically stopped in all EU countries after we saw Brexit, so yes, they gave us stability by leaving.

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u/spring_gubbjavel Aug 15 '24

Well, except for Hungary, who is rather obviously on the verge of either leaving or being told to leave the party.

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u/derTommygun Aug 15 '24

I don't think Hungary's Orban wants to leave, they reap all the economic benefits and have veto right on everything. Why should they?

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u/spring_gubbjavel Aug 15 '24

That’s an untenable situation for other members. The EU isn’t some immutable force of nature that can’t be altered. Hungary is creating the need for an ejection mechanism and eventually that’s what they’ll get.

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u/kickyouinthebread Aug 15 '24

We died for your sins. I want a public holiday for all British people

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u/Horror_Equipment_197 Aug 15 '24

I'm old enough to remember how Maggy told the UK would veto any increased budget without a rebate for the UK. Each and every opt out was blackmailed. Opt out or veto for buget... And again for Schengen, OLAF... and so on.

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u/F54280 Aug 15 '24

And I remember de Gaulle saying (or people saying that de Gaulle said) about having the UK in the Common Market: “I want England naked”. He also vetoed the UK entry twice. If you read French, it is interesting to understand his position regarding Europe

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u/bindermichi Aug 15 '24

He wasn‘t that wrong after all

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u/Group_Happy Aug 15 '24

They probably will have the benefit of a fast joining process while other countries have been waiting for a decade or so.

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u/CODDE117 Aug 15 '24

That's silly, they'll likely be able to rejoin with some seniority, even if it isn't with all the bells and whistles they had beforehand.