Earlier I was watching another Owen Jones video in which he says he no longer thinks we should rejoin the EU for fear of starting a new culture war. Truth be told, Jones has a point: there’s no denying that brexit divided the nation like never before. Since 2016, you have been either Leave or Remain; European or (supposedly) patriotic; educated and outward looking, or an unenlightened halfwit. Starting a full scale campaign to undo brexit and rejoin the EU would obviously just reopen those fractures.
Yet, if you ask me, I think it would be worth it. The damage brexit is doing becomes clearer by the day, not just economically but politically. Peace in Northern Ireland hangs by a thread; investment in this country is at an all time low. If we really believe in the European project, and that the future of humanity is only secure if we abandon national divisions and work together, then the Uk must rejoin the European Union.
If that brings about a cultural civil war, I say bring it on! Surely some causes are worth struggling for.