The Independent opinion piece, on UK Politics, 12 November 2026
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Read the original article on independent.co.uk (opens in a new tab)John Rentoul argues in a signed column that Rejoiners should heed David Cameron and Tony Blair, who both caution against a premature attempt to rejoin the EU. He quotes Cameron's Bloomberg interview accurately and attributes it clearly. He marks his own judgements as his, so we found nothing to flag.
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“He said that “instead of launching an argument about rejoining, which I think would be a very long and painful argument, and who knows where it would end up”, Britain should “focus on how do we be the best friend, best neighbour, best partner”.”
Rentoul gives Cameron's words at length and in quotation marks, attributed to him, so the reader can judge his position directly. The quote matches other reports of the same interview.
“That doesn’t strike me as a good argument, because it would apply to any country applying to join the EU.”
The column marks its own judgement as the writer's and sets it against Cameron's tactical claim, rather than passing that claim on unexamined.
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