Outrage bait like this is just stupid.

The people fuelling the outrage (e.g. the South African billionaire and the Reform MP mentioned in the article) don’t care about you and never will. They are only stoking outrage for their own amusement or gain.

Maybe there will be some small movements towards more co-operation with the EU, but probably not any big moves for at least the next few years.

The UK could even join the EU customs union without joining the single market or the EU itself, like Turkey has done, but yeah it’s probably unlikely for the moment. Labour don’t want to take a big political risk I guess.