comment: >
  
  The EU would take the UK back but with a massive humble pie. No more special rules or exemptions, ditching the pound for the euro, etc.
context: You're welcome, EU. >
  
  It made Britain look like a selfish asshole while actually it was taking one for the team. >
  
  Not only selfish, but just plain stupid >
  
  Well you have to admit that the plan was genius: give less, take more. >
  
  Thanks UK for showing our idiots what happens when you self impose sanctions on yourself >
  
  ...can our reward for our selfless sacrifice be reentry when the inevitable reentry referendum (empire slinks back? Return of the geordi? Backtrack of the clones? As alternatives to "brejoin" or "breturn"). Obviously we'd lose all our special exceptions, but that's very much the idiot tax