A government advert is being ridiculed for suggesting the UK has a \"close friendship\" and \"shared values\" with the EU. <\/p>\n
The advert, promoted by the Cabinet Office, is supposed to inspire excitement about the UK's \"new relationship\" with the European Union post-Brexit. <\/p>\n
But as many people pointed out, \"friendship\" doesn't usually involve a four-year public campaign to leave as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n
Especially when negotiations have inflamed tensions with EU officials and led to years of parliamentary upheaval at home. <\/p>\n
But the majority of backlash to the advert was sparked by the suggestion that the UK and the EU are \"sovereign equals\". <\/p>\n
Firstly, although EU states do agree to by treaty to share sovereignty, in practice each has its own government and makes its own decisions with guidance from EU rules. <\/p>\n
And secondly, the suggestion that the UK is \"equal\" to every single EU member state put together is a little arrogant, to say the least. <\/p>\n
The UK left the EU on 31 January but will remain in a transitional period until December 31. <\/p>\n
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