Lord Kerr predicts that the UK will rejoin the EU within the next 20 yearsThe man who wrote article 50 has claimed that the “last great benefit” the UK has brought to the European Union is that no other country will now ever be “stupid” enough to leave. Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, the veteran diplomat who drafted the text that set out the procedure for quitting the EU, said other member states would be put off following the UK’s lead as the consequences became clear. “It will ensure that no one will be as stupid as us again,” he said. The crossbench peer predicted that negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the bloc, which start on March 3, will swiftly become “nasty and rebarbative”, fuelling anger towards the EU. “As it becomes clear that the negotiations will not

Source: The Times February 01, 2020 12:00 UTC