asperity Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 You don't have to be part of the EU to be "In Europe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 And would you like to be in the European Free trade association Asp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 well out of the European Union would be a good starting point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 And would you like to be in the European Free trade association Asp? I would! And we've yet to hear a convincing argument against EFTA membership from you Corp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Read this inky http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2011/05/why-britain-leaving-the-eu-for-the-eea-or-efta-will-not-solve-any-of-the-anti-eu-crowds-complaints/ Working on site at the moment, might be a day or two before I can get back on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 It's the 10% - 20% of EU rules which we WOULDN'T have to follow (the ones which don't concern trade within a Common Market, rules on such things as immigration, "human rights", subservience of our parliament and judiciary to a foreign power, proposed subservience of our armed forces to a foreign power, outside interference in our ELECTED governments tax and spending plans, outside interference in "green" matters) which would make all the difference! Oh, and the £7.5 billion we'd be better off each year. Your article claims that our contribution to the EU budget as EFTA members would be around 2 billion Euros (£1.6 billion - give or take). Last year, our NET contribution was £9.2 billion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 No doubt, in another 30 years time, we will be totally run/controlled by the EU Federation. Sort of a deja vu. (Caesar and the Roman Empire). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 see the french fisherman have been kicking off again over british boats fishing? for scallops. They have surrounded one boat and attacked others with rocks and flares saying that the british boats are not obeying the "voluntary" closed season that the french adhere to. There was even talk of blockading ports about it. So much for the spirit of co-operation in the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Perhaps our guys were just copying what the French do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 At the end of the day, national self interest is paramount; the sooner we understand that, the better off we'll start to become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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