Tony Blair is right – we are better in the EU than out of it

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Blair is correct – this country has limited itself (PA)

I read Jon Stone’s article about Tony Blair’s assertion that Britain will rejoin the EU with interest, and I agree: the public is far more prescient than our political parties and now have buyer’s remorse in abundance. Like Blair, it fills me with sadness too at that misguided decision. That is not to say that the EU has not had their own share of problems, but we were still better in the bloc than languishing with sub-standard trade deals outside its economic tent.

It was all the other advantages too that our young people enjoyed, including unfettered access to all the EU countries. This country has limited itself.

Our leading scientists must be pulling their hair out at this short-sighted procrastination, just when their expert influence is needed more than ever before. It all seems petty and small-minded, seeing the bigger picture through a prism of pettifogging economic detail.