The country’s EU membership was like membership of many clubs/associations/organisations – it requires you to abide by the rules, as well as take part in the making of them through your own representatives.
It’s a bit like a football club being a member of the F.A. or the Football League. If you want to compete with other clubs, you can’t just make up your own rules on say, the size of the goal, the application of the offside rule, or choose who you want to play against.
Sometimes the EU rules seem unfair or unfavourable for Britain, other times it’s just the opposite, and other countries complain.
While it wasn’t always to Britain’s benefit, overall and without doubt there were way more advantages than disadvantages to membership than being alone in the universe, as we’ve seen since leaving.
It’s important not to let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of the good. Unfortunately, that’s what Farage and the Tory far-right managed to do, getting the country where it is today – completely out of control.
