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Sunday, July 19, 2026

They were the big losers from Brexit -- and they weren't even allowed to vote. A full decade after Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union, young Brits are clamoring for rapprochement. First and foremost, they want to be allowed to live and work in Europe -- just as their parents could.

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... "I'm not picky about where," says Marley Toghill, an ecologist in his early 20s from Bristol, who knows that a professional stint outside of Britain would deepen his professional expertise. "But you have to get a visa, and only the huge companies arrange that and it's obviously very competitive."

The bad news for Mr. Toghill and the rest of his generation is that a return to the EU is a long way off, despite the public's disillusionment with Brexit.

The good news is that the U.K. and EU are starting to repair their broken relationship, slowly and cautiously.

Already, Britain has joined Horizon Europe, a science research program, as well as the Erasmus+ student exchange, which could benefit tens of thousands of people annually.

Officials on both sides are also working toward closer integration on a range of issues, including trade, energy, security, and crucially, freedom of movement.

A gentle waltz

The Brexit divorce was acrimonious, taking more than three agonizing years to work through. So it might come as a surprise to learn that Britain and the EU are even talking about dancing together again. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-19 12:26 PM | Reply

The Brit's took a helluva self-inflicted hit with that nativist vote. It may cost them some to get back in, but they want to, should, and most probably will.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-19 12:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#2 ... The Brit's took a helluva self-inflicted hit with that nativist vote. ...

yup.

Now, it is starting to look like they are wanting to reverse the decision.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-19 01:37 PM | Reply

One historian wrote that the English people are sociologically an insular people -- looking inwards -- but being an island nation forced them to look outwards. England's first "conquest" centuries ago was the people of Wales, no Royal Navy required.

The eventual success of their overseas empire gave the Brits an artificial external outlook. Their expat communities in the EU -- like in southern Spain -- don't bother to learn local languages.

"We're British, you know."

Before the EU, Brits wanting to live elsewhere had the Commonwealth to choose from: Canada, NZ, Suid-Afrika, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Rhodesia, etc.

The EU shortened the distance for them and NATO made Europe another "colony" so to apeak.

As Italy was the "soft white underbelly" of Fortress Europa during the Second World War, the Kremlin saw the UK as the same in the new Cold War between East and West.

The far right in the UK has been funded by oligarchs and Felon Musk has been stoking the racist groups online, along with the Kremlin, and their strategy worked. .

In the UK, the number one Google search term the day after the Brexit vote was "What is 'EU'?

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-19 04:24 PM | Reply

"The Brit's took a helluva self-inflicted hit with that nativist vote."

Americans saw that and said, "BREXIT?" Hold my beer!" "Watch us FAFO!"

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-20 10:53 AM | Reply

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