SCOUT· 57%45m·2026-10-11·News Politics321. Should the UK rejoin a struggling European Union?
After Burnham said one option for the UK is to rejoin the EU, would this be best for Britain? How do the alternatives to full membership measure up? And how does the emotional immigration debate fit into the evaluation? With France in a fiscal mess and the threat from Putin intensifying, Robert and Steph debate…
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“Yes but only if it’s not a red herring. The UK isn’t poor because of Europe or not, it’s poor because of poor planning regs, legal burdens, tax cliffs, energy costs and low social trust.”
“Probably better to focus on fixing all the problems domestically than try to find even more money to put into Europe's pocket to rejoin. The UK has still outperformed all the large economies in the EU since Brexit. If the problems were actu…”
“Somewhat naive from Peston re Poland’s success in the EU. Poland has been an industrial-scale net recipient from the EU budget. The UK would be a net contributor if it rejoined.”
“Ohh young people can go on holidays if you rejoin the EU, you live in a ivory tower with no grasp on reality of real people, because of immigration and regulation and the governments betrayal with the Boris wave people can't get decent payi…”
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