Good to see some nice footage of Dover tonight
- 25 June 2012 23:28180016Newsnight had a special tonight discussing our relationship with , erm, Europe. Ariel footage over Saint Margarets was a sight to behold. A far less spectacular sight was the dynamic duo Paddy Ashtray and Peter Pain, sorry Hain, opining how good the EU was for Britain. I'm still racking my brains trying to find how this institution has actually benefited us all so it looks like a long night for me.
Good old Farage and David Davies seemed to be the only sensible people on the programme but then I'm biased I suppose.
Anyone here have any ideas on this? Just how has the EU made our life better? I mean I know we shouldn't be insulated from the outside world and insular in our ideas but in general I'm stuck for ideas. I've read figures on the trade balance but I'm not sure those figures tell the whole story. - 26 June 2012 00:09180018The most convincing explanation I came across was:
if you go to Europe, you needn't change your money at every border crossing.
Now that's OK if you've got money to travel across Europe.
Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 26 June 2012 05:53180025Britain is one of the few net contributors; if I remember rightly, something like £45 million a day.
The corruption and fraud that go on inside it, is mind-boggling.
40% of our trade is (or was) with the EU, it has been suggested that our exporting businesses should try harder at finding new non-EU businesses as the recession and other financial problems don't affect them so much - apart from trading with them.
Australasia, India, China, Canada and perhaps USA could trade with non-eu countries and they'll have stronger economies.
The EU is only easier to trade with because it is closer - the initial reason for its formation - the "Common Market".
Roger - Brian Dixon
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26 June 2012 06:38180027seems like anti europe comments are poping up allready,having said that the countrys roger has stated,there econamys are now slowing so much that they will be joining europe in ressesion within 6 months. - 26 June 2012 09:37180060last time i saw peter hain he was orange so some improvement.
nigel farage is impossible to photograph well as his hands never stop moving, all very continental.
jeremy paxman makes it clear what he thinks of them all with his body language.
- 27 June 2012 06:57180167Yes, he reall looks enthusiastic doesn't he ?
Roger - 27 June 2012 20:30180293All i will say about Europe is that the two happiest and wealthiest countries in Europe are Switzerland and Norway, what have they got in common they both true independent states and not in the EU.beer the food of the gods
