The EU requires for any country that wants to join to: adhere to "democratic principles" (LGBT rights being at least nominally respected, and other lib-ass metrics for it, but :ukkk:'s treatment of trans people might be enough to turn them away), and to have their finances and economic situation in order (IMF-like privatization and austerity).
The UK is going into a recession, and treats its own citizens with a contempt that used to be reserved for its colonial subjects. If the UK applied to become part of the EU right now as if it had never been a part of it, it wouldn't get accepted without a lot of political pain lol.
The EU requires for any country that wants to join to: adhere to "democratic principles" (LGBT rights being at least nominally respected, and other lib-ass metrics for it, but :ukkk:'s treatment of trans people might be enough to turn them away), and to have their finances and economic situation in order (IMF-like privatization and austerity).
The UK is going into a recession, and treats its own citizens with a contempt that used to be reserved for its colonial subjects. If the UK applied to become part of the EU right now as if it had never been a part of it, it wouldn't get accepted without a lot of political pain lol.