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Re:Brits would quite like their private messages to stay pri... by lazide on Sunday August 30, 2026 @09:13AM (#49498350)
Eh, the ‘beauty’ of democracy is it is allowed to screw itself as hard as it wants.
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Re:Brits would quite like their private messages to stay pri... by tim333 on Sunday August 30, 2026 @09:55AM (#49498693)
But usually change it's mind later. One vote for life is more 1933 Germany.
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Re:Brits would quite like their private messages to stay pri... by arjie on Sunday August 30, 2026 @12:32PM (#49500157)
Britons may choose to change their minds but this is not a single party decision. The EU will likely not readmit them on the same terms and the UK is not nearly as powerful or relevant to European interests as it once was.

As a safe far away island, the UK has much more use in a captive alliance to defend a threatened continent than it is as a participant in Europe that gets special exemptions. And Europe already has them for that.

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