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by graeme 2766 days ago
Once the UK is out, it's not so easy to get back in on the same terms. They'd have to go through the whole membership process again.
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dingaling 2766 days ago
> the whole membership process again

Again? The UK never joined the EU through a membership process, the EU evolved around it.

The terms would be different if the UK joined the EU by proper mechanism, but perhaps we shouldn't want to be in a club which has different rules for old vs new anyway?

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graeme 2766 days ago
I'm not sure I follow. Once the UK is out, it's out. In that case, to rejoin it would have to follow the process to join, no?

I mean, if it was 3 weeks later and no laws had changed maybe not, but past a certain point regulations would have diverged etc

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kyriakos 2766 days ago
Even if laws hadn't changed the other members will use it as an opportunity to take away some of the special deals that UK had pre brexit.
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