Brown Warns Britain to Become European North Korea if it Leaves EU

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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UK’s former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has recently cautioned in an article that Britain might become the North Korea of Europe if it decides to leave the European Union as it will no longer have any real friends or influence. In an article published in the Guardian newspaper published on Tuesday, Brown alleged that Britain is set to become Europe’s most powerful economy in the next decade, but the plan would be jeopardized if it exits EU.

Brown highlighted that Prime Minister David Cameron’s current “half-in half-out” stance has already weakened the country’s international relevance on issues such as Ukraine. He pointed out that “we must tell the truth about the 3 million jobs, 25,000 companies, 200 billion pounds of annual exports and 450 billion pounds of inward investment linked to Europe.” It was alleged that “we must talk about how the Hong Kong option – ‘leaving Europe to join the World’ – is really the North Korea option, out in the cold with few friends, no influence, little new trade and even less investment.”

PM Cameron has promised his voters to hold an in/out referendum on Britain’s EU membership by the end of 2017 if his Conservative Party wins an election on May 7, whereas on the other Brown’s Labour Party, which is quite close to Conservatives in most polls, claims not to hold such a referendum unless there is a substantial shift of powers from London to Brussels. According to an opinion poll conducted last month, there is highest level of support for Britain to remain in the EU since four years, with 45 percent in favour of staying in the bloc opposed to 35 percent against.