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"Britain can survive outside the EU" David Cameron November 2015 Only a few months ago Cameron was adamant that Britain would thrive outside the EU, so what's changed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14XfFjiinNE

15 May 2016

There were a lot better songs than the winning Ukraine entry, politics just got in the way though, as is often the case in Eurovision.

14 May 2016

It is impossible to reform the EU (for the good anyway), just witness the charade Cameron went through a few weeks ago, presenting his begging bowl to the various EU leaders, and we all know it was Merkel who had the final say. Regardless of which way we vote next month, the EU is a failed institution and will eventually collapse.  It's just a matter of time.  A Brexit would just hasten its ...

14 May 2016

Oooh... "we may just drown" - what a typically spineless comment from a LibDem, no wonder your party was (deservedly) decimated at the last election.  This country has been around a damn sight longer than the EU has, and will continue to prosper long after the EU has been consigned to the dustbin of history.

14 May 2016

@Lynne The UK is the EU's largest single export market (even larger than the US).  Any kind of trade war will harm the EU enormously, it just ain't gonna happen.

13 May 2016

"There are some in this country who fear that in going into Europe we shall in some way sacrifice independence and sovereignty.  These fears, I need hardly say, are completely unjustified." Prime Minister Edward Heath (TV broadcast January 1973) We were lied to then, and we are being lied to now. Vote Leave.

13 May 2016

@Gary Taylor A quote from a chess player?  Is that the best you can do? Also from the same website: Brussels press the hold button on Brexit European Union officials aren’t just determined to keep mum during the U.K.’s referendum campaign: They are refusing to move key legislation out of fear that they might fuel support for a Brexit . Officials and politicians ...

12 May 2016

The European Commission has delayed revealing its 2017 budget proposals until after the referendum vote.  Now there's a surprise: "A Commission official said there was “no link” between the delay and the British referendum, which is set for June 23 . But parliamentary sources said the decision was widely seen as an effort to avoid a discussion of EU spending before the crucial vote. Critics ...

12 May 2016

Thanks for the history lesson, but I fail to see how that is relevant to the referendum.

12 May 2016

See my post my post 00.:24 today. Germany/Merkel takes centre stage at EU summits, nothing happens without her agreement.  She unilaterally invited the world's immigrants into Germany, which by default means the entire EU.  Economic arguments aside, that is enough for me to want OUT.