The EU would restore all the advantages that Britain had. They might call it something else, but the advantages of having the UK back in would be too great to ignore.
And I say this as someone tha regularly rolls my eyes at the inflated sense of self-worth the UK constantly displays. The UK has become the south-Italy of the north; poor infrastructure, poor governance, poor outlying areas.
EU citizen living in the UK for many, many years.
The EU would restore all the advantages that Britain had. They might call it something else, but the advantages of having the UK back in would be too great to ignore.
And I say this as someone tha regularly rolls my eyes at the inflated sense of self-worth the UK constantly displays. The UK has become the south-Italy of the north; poor infrastructure, poor governance, poor outlying areas.