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UK must rejoin EU, warns Clegg, claiming bloc is on brink of collapse (www.independent.co.uk)
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Clegg said:

My own view... is that the United Kingdom will have to sort of architect a sort of rapprochement, or re-entry into the European Union in one shape or form

Do you agree with him?

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[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Clearly UK should rejoin but the EU is not in any way on a "brink of collapse".

He claims EU went worse since Brexshit and the UK must rejoin to somehow "save" the EU which is a ridiculous claim. British exceptionalism at its finest.

[-] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure if he's claiming that Brexit is the reason for EU troubles, but I dunno because I haven't listened to the full interview (which is here, but I think you need to be in the UK to listen to it)

Maybe he's referring to the political troubles in Germany and France - the governments of both countries have collapsed recently

[-] wkk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

French gov didn't collapse, just got a stupid president that needs to stop messing with democracy

[-] msage@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

When will the British exceptionalism stop? What needs to happen?

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