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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary

Andy Burnham’s personal preference to rejoin the European Union after the next election is supported by almost half of all voters, a new megapoll has found, although cabinet ministers concerned about reopening Brexit divides are privately urging him to proceed with caution.

The poll by the Messina Group (TMG) found that renegotiating the UK’s relationship with the EU could boost Labour’s vote share by as much as seven points, if the prime minister offered a fresh referendum in which he campaigned to re-enter the bloc.

Almost 1/3 of voters said an in-out referendum would be needed first, while more than one in six felt that a general election mandate would be sufficient, and the same proportion thought parliament could make the decision.

The overall findings will bolster the case of those inside Downing Street who want to promise at the next election that Labour would at least negotiate over re-entry, which the prime minister has said he wants to see “in his lifetime”.

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[–] BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All new joiners officially has to work towards getting the Euro, I believe Sweden and Poland both have that deal. But there's plenty of ways to delay the adoption for eternity.

There's a few member states which hasn't agreed to adopt it, but that's because they joined before it existed

[–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's a few member states which hasn't agreed to adopt it, but that's because they joined before it existed

Yeah, like our little country, Denmark, where we just have this even worse deal of pegging our currency to the Euro. So we get none of the benefits of having the Euro, and all of the downsides of not having our own currency. Pay exchange fees every time we buy from other countries, can't manage the valuation of our currency..

[–] BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There is one factor you're forgetting, Danish mortgage rates have been .5-1% below the eurozone. Due to the Danish currency being stronger than its valuation, ever since the debt crisis of '08.

If we didn't have a peg, our mortgages would be a fair deal higher - As European investors considers the DKK safe to park money in

[–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

And in the sum of everything, does this make up for the money we all lose when making transactions into the Eurozone? From someone buying from a German webshop to Netto importing products, everyone pays an exchange fee.