Most of the country wants it but the politicians don’t want to give the far right any excuses.
What we’re seeing is closer and closer alignment until we end up as a defacto member of the common market, but without a say over the rules.
If we end up rejoining it will probably take more than a decade and it will be under the default rules, just because the EU can’t be bothered to deal with British exceptionalism again.
Most of the country wants it but the politicians don’t want to give the far right any excuses.
What we’re seeing is closer and closer alignment until we end up as a defacto member of the common market, but without a say over the rules.
If we end up rejoining it will probably take more than a decade and it will be under the default rules, just because the EU can’t be bothered to deal with British exceptionalism again.