Saturday, 14 December 2024

Rob Groves: Could This Be the End of Brexit as We Know It?

Dec 14, 2024 | Donald Trump’s re-election is already having a massive impact all over the world, and post-Brexit Britain faces a moment of reckoning when Napoleon Bona-spur’s America First philosophy is implemented by way of trade tariffs and foreign policy. And within the UK, the Brexit tide had already turned, just weeks after that fateful advisory referendum in 2016. But now, the public mood has shifted even FURTHER, with a clear majority now wanting European freedom of movement back, now they’ve seen Brexit do the exact OPPOSITE of what it said on the tin, by INCREASING immigration into the UK.

The Labour government is struggling to put forward a coherent policy on Brexit, and questions about rejoining the EU loom, even coming from previously pro-Brexit voices. Can it be that the UK is ready to attempt to end its self-imposed cultural exile and to try to undo the trade sanctions 52% of its electorate voted to impose on themselves?