required field
- 03 Feb 2016 10:00
Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....
iturama
- 19 Apr 2016 15:04
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And please don't compare the UK to Norway. It is the 5th largest economy in the world and despite the cuts, the strongest military in the EU.
Herr Juncker in comparison has managed to get sacked from tiny Luxembourg. The UK is big enough to work out its own model. And the bureaucrats in the EU know that. You can expect a lot of puffed out chests and gestulations but thats what they do. They can safely be ignored as irrelevant. As usual only Germany, with France sloping behind, will be relevant to the discussion.
cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 15:23
- 918 of 12628
i certainly can't prove it, but both france and germany (in particular) would be very worried indeed if uk looked likely to vote "out", though they will blather they really don't care and that it will be uk's loss
their fear will not be so much uk's exit, as the impetus it will give to the rising clamour of other disaffected people in other member states, and the extra instability that will breed
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 15:36
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grannyboy
- 19 Apr 2016 15:38
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Duplicate post..
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 15:40
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grannyboy
- 19 Apr 2016 15:42
- 922 of 12628
will10 so Turkey has a special arrangement..Now what
would this special arrangement be, and which makes it
more important then the UK in YOUR opinion??? .
As already stated by others and myself, the UK is the 5th
largest economy in the world, what gives you the foresight
to state that Turkey could and should have preferential
treatment over the UK
What do you mean by the UK is different to Turkey
outside the EU..Obviously in a detrimental way in your
opinion, and that they wouldn't be able to negotiate an
advantageous trade agreement..Maybe not with Cameron
doing the negotiating, but get someone who has this country
at heart then we certainly can.......
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 15:44
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cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 15:46
- 924 of 12628
jimmy (919) - that's an interesting article though it leaves me puzzled
if the dutch public can force a referendum vote on a brussels stitch-up by getting together a petition of only 300k, why can't other eu member states?
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 15:48
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Don't know cynic but i can feel a force gathering in Europe of the major countries .
Sweden as i posted earlier today want a vote and a poll says 59% would vote out
cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 15:49
- 926 of 12628
you mean my post 918 may not be quite so nutty after all?
MaxK
- 19 Apr 2016 15:50
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Remainers dare not be honest about the EU – so they peddle images of apocalypse
By
Tom Harris
19 April 2016 • 12:57pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/19/remainers-dare-not-be-honest-about-the-eu--so-they-peddle-images/
VICTIM
- 19 Apr 2016 15:56
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It's quite amazing all these people in authority telling us how bad leaving would be , not one got the BALLS to tell us what they will accomplish if we vote out , apparently they aren't capable of that scenario , just sucking up to EU dreamers .
cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 16:02
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that's not fair at all
there are very strong arguments for staying, effectively a known open market and ongoing economic stability and all that attaches to that
the downside of the above is the ever increasing influence of (undemocratic) brussels legislation, slow absorption into a federal europe whether we like it or not, and unencumbered free movement into uk for the ever growing population of "the club"
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 16:04
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No your post 918 is far from nutty ,i really believe that if we leave Europe collapses within a few years or sooner and it would be the best thing that could happen.
VICTIM
- 19 Apr 2016 16:05
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What's fair got to do with it , the EU is a mess .
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 16:06
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cynic your post 929 gives every reason to leave !!
cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 16:07
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at least it was balanced - i think
VICTIM
- 19 Apr 2016 16:12
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Why does everything have to balanced , are the stayers in any way balanced they are probably lying their socks off .
jimmy b
- 19 Apr 2016 16:16
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You would hardly call Fred and Stan balanced would you ,one's a drunk and neither will vote even though they hate Britain.
cynic
- 19 Apr 2016 16:22
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if you're dyed-in-wool either-camp, it matters not, but if you want to compare facts insofar as one can, then balanced views are much more persuasive