UK in/out Europe?
UK in/out Europe?
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- lowimpakt0
"- We give more that we get back"
This is not entirely true. The benefit to the UK isn't direct payments (e.g. CAP) but it is through the trade UK business does with the rest of Europe.
The CBI suggest that the net benefit to the UK is in the region of 4-5% http://news.cbi.org.uk/campaigns…
What the UK should be doing instead is campaigning to ensure that net benefit of 4-5% actually benefits the people of the UK and doesn't just line profits of the already rich.
As far as I can see, the rabble that are campaigning to leave are mostly older men who have proven themselves to dispicable and untrustworthy. Someone also pointed out that they all happen to be climate change deniers
- To be fair to monoboy, he was just listing that amongst the tired tropes of the antiEu brigade, not proferring it as his own concern.detritus
- he made that clear enough. It gets used a lot by the press and I just think it's wronglowimpakt
- Oh, ok - sorry, I guess I thought you didn't think it clear, elsewise I might've expected you to counter the other points.
I presume you agree with them, then?detritus - My point too lowimpackt. More of the same from the press.monoboy
- @detritus - no, i suspect based on the evidence i've read that UK get a net economic benefit. The leave campaign is ideological imolowimpakt
- would trade with europe really suffer that much if we were out? wouldnt there be more opportunity to trade internationally?trooperbill