Britain would not be able to rejoin EU - Hammond

By Robin Emmott LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Britain could not rejoin the European Union after leaving because membership requirements would be too onerous, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday. Since becoming a member of the bloc in 1973, Britain has negotiated exclusions from EU laws and membership of the single currency, as well as winning a rebate from the EU's annual budget. If we decide to go, we're gone, forever, no second thoughts, no turning back." Hammond, a former businessman who