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Greece has nothing. They can't demand ****. If they threaten to leave, that country turns into a German Bundesland.
They already had to privatise airports, harbours and lots more.
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Exactly. Only a country with a sound economy could afford (although with difficulty) to leave. So, who could it be? I see the Netherlands. Maybe Finland. Or Sweden (this one does not belong to the Eurozone, makes it easier).
It would be odd to see a EU without the UK. It would work without much problem, but it would politically recenter itself to the center and center-east of Europe. Not sure if I like that. And not sure if that's indeed in the UK's best interest too ... but it's up to you guys.
PS - I was told someday EU regulations are going to put Morgan Motors out of business, so maybe it's for the best that you guys leave before that happens
PS - I was told someday EU regulations are going to put Morgan Motors out of business, so maybe it's for the best that you guys leave before that happens
Oh dear Lord...
David Baddiel
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Just to be clear: me and Frank didn't give permission for this. But it's so brilliantly naff, we might've anyway.https://twitter.com/janeyk72/status/701890662342467585 …
7:34 AM - 23 Feb 2016
In the past it's always been poor management that's put them out of business. As one of the few low-volume manufacturers whose products meet both EU and US standards I don't see there being a problem. Do you have a source?
As this is a forum where motorsport fans are normally, I will post a Jody Scheckter tweet.
Jody Scheckter moaning about things being expensive to produce? Have you been to his farm? You need a second mortgage for one of his jams....
Share security intelligence (What?)
Clean up our beaches (What?)
Protect human rights (Britain has always been at the forefront of human rights and democracy)
Establish it's own trade deals (What? We ran world trade at one point)
Have cleaner air (Behave! The EU got hustled by VW and numerous others with diesel emissions, the most harmful type)
Break up monopolies (TTIP is going to be a monopoly)
Have visa free travel (We can establish a simplified visa system for skilled workers. Thus enabling the 1.7 million unemployed already here to get unskilled work and increase wages by not having an unlimited unskilled workforce waiting at the gates)
Have farm subsidies (As if all farm subsidies are good thing!)
There are several foundations that work towards keeping Britain clean and tidy (and not just beaches). There's no reason why Britain cannot maintain safe and clean beaches under its own directives. Or are we now so fragile and barbarian that we have to rely on the almighty EU to educate us?
The point being that Britain is more than capable of establishing trade deals with the rest of the world.
My point was that VW and several others blatantly distorted figures in order to push the sale of predominantly German vehicles. It's now known that diesel emissions are particularly bad for us. So to make a claim about clean air while under our noses a massive amount of corruption relating to emissions has slipped through the net. There's no reason why Britain cannot take the standards set for clean air and adopt them upon our departure from the EU.
We don't have to force other nations to do anything. We offer a simple visa for workers who meet the skill sets that we require. If the EU countries try to hinder the process we have an absolutely massive market of skilled workers from outside the EU looking to work here.
Many very wealthy farmers in the UK receive subsidies which we as taxpayers are paying for. There are many examples of farms literally sitting unused while wealthy land owners pocket huge sums. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/farm-subsidies-blatant-transfer-of-cash-to-rich
Britain has excellent intelligence services and they would benefit from cooperating with us.
BMW suggests to its UK employers that it would best if the UK stayed in the EU.
A French politician suggests that the UK pulling out of the EU would mean he might send somescroungers I mean Asylum seekers over from Calais.
Someone ought to tell these pathetic jokers that if you try and scare people into doing one thing - the more likely it is that they'll do the exact opposite.
I believe you are right. I don't think they should lie if asked, but I don't think they should be proactive in telling what they think might happen. It almost looks as if they have an agenda and are trying to reveal it.
Something for you to mull over:
As excited as I would be about that, it'll sadly never happen, without drastic changes. There's such a massive concentration of EU arse-kissers amongst our politicians and officials.Exactly. Only a country with a sound economy could afford (although with difficulty) to leave. So, who could it be? I see the Netherlands. Maybe Finland. Or Sweden (this one does not belong to the Eurozone, makes it easier).