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Originally Posted by STEED
First up we no longer live in a United Kingdom thanks to the EU, England has been split up into regions and it’s in place now. The EU has passed more laws than we have in England in the last 700 years of democracy they are being process so fast they don’t even debate it anymore; a nod of the head done next.
The EU has done nothing for England apart from passing laws against us. So why are we still a member of this corrupt organisation what’s it’s peruse being here and I mean the true reason why it’s here. As for the rest of Europe has the EU been a good thing or a bad thing for you?
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I wasn't born in England or live there presently, but I have studied and lived there in the recent past. So I hope you don't mind my giving my opinion on this topic (I have done law from London and EU was one of my core subjects - but my response is not a legal one per se).
Britain acceded to the EU by its own will (i.e., law passed by the parliament) in 1972 or so. In theory, Britain can repeal the said law/act of parliament and cancel its membership of the EU club. But, despite all the negatives you spelt out above in your post, and perhaps many more you left out, there are so many benefits which you either don't know or are not personally bothered about. I will list only two:
1. First is the 'US' problem. Britain is no longer the great empire, nor is it the largest economy in the world or in Europe nor the strongest military machine. So in order to compete it needs the help of the EU club which together has the power of competing head-to-head (on various levels) with US (not militarily though). In simple words its about money. Check your Tesco purchases for labels such as 'produce of EU' or the like - basically that means cheaper goods and better revenues as compared to it being produced in Britain and with no trade boundries within the member states, you are free to get your tomatoes from Italy and wine from France without paying them a penny in customs duty and vice versa.
2. Second is purely political. Britain cannot now withdraw from the EU and leave it all to the French and the Germans who will only be so happy to oust Britain from the exclusive club. They can isolate Britain from trade etc. from within mainland Europe and more importantly make Britian even less significant then it is now on the international political scene. Remember, old rivalries never die, the French and the English didn't fight the hudred years war to forget it all or the World Wars etc. - These wars are now fought in the political arena ofcourse, but are nevertheless very important to the concerned nations.
So keeping in view the above, don't you agree that Britain is now in for the long haul and will never give up its EU membership unless it is disolved completely for whatever reason. Otherwise, all the years and money invested in this club, the equity so to speak, will be lost and be taken up happily by the other big players.
P.s' BTW not all laws passed by the EU are against you. UK didnt have any Human Rights legislation prior to being forced by EU directives. Moreover, Telecoms is also a sector where EU's policies of liberalization and harmonization have benefitted the UK public, otherwise you'd be cursing BT even more then you do today.