Devvy
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In my 16:51 TL, I loosely mentioned that Kinnock won the 1992 general election in the UK as a side point. What are people's thoughts on the knock-on effects of this - both in the UK and Europe?
I've seen suggestions on this forum in past threads that Kinnock was looking at lowering the value of the pound, as it was over-valued, which might have killed off Black Wednesday. Pound remaining in the ERM possible.....possible adoption of the €uro by mid-2000s? I don't see us ever joining Schengen until there is a complete asylum system across Europe, so asylum seekers who get to the UK can be moved over to other rich countries to balance the load.
Labour were also against the exclusion of the UK from the social chapter of the Maastricht Treaty, so I guess we would go all-in for the EU. Looking back, I think a lot of the anti-EU feelings in the UK began in the 90s, so could we see the EU governed on a UK/FR/DE axis instead of the FR/DE we have OTL?
Thoughts?
I've seen suggestions on this forum in past threads that Kinnock was looking at lowering the value of the pound, as it was over-valued, which might have killed off Black Wednesday. Pound remaining in the ERM possible.....possible adoption of the €uro by mid-2000s? I don't see us ever joining Schengen until there is a complete asylum system across Europe, so asylum seekers who get to the UK can be moved over to other rich countries to balance the load.
Labour were also against the exclusion of the UK from the social chapter of the Maastricht Treaty, so I guess we would go all-in for the EU. Looking back, I think a lot of the anti-EU feelings in the UK began in the 90s, so could we see the EU governed on a UK/FR/DE axis instead of the FR/DE we have OTL?
Thoughts?
