Leaving the EU would be a "colossal mistake" but the UK will one day decide to rejoin the bloc, Sir John Major has said.
The former Conservative prime minister said he believed young people would overturn Brexit and form a new alliance with European countries in the future, as the younger generation preferred "cooperation to separation." [...]
Speaking at the One Young World global forum for young leaders, he said: "Young people have been let down, they overwhelmingly wished to remain in the EU, whereas many of their elders did not.
"I have been a critic of Brexit, and I remain so. I think it's bad for the UK, bad for the EU and bad for Europe, and a colossal mistake. Other than that, I have no complaints about it."
Sir John went on: "Young people prefer cooperation to separation.
"Even the most powerful nations in the world require allies.
"In the end, the young are going to win because they will be here and the elderly won't.
"One day, I confidently predict, the young ones will re-enter the EU or form a new alliance with them.
"Who knows what lies ahead, but it certainly won't be conventional and it certainly won't be dull." [...]
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