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Originally Posted by jaysay
Not only that Rindi, but the amount we pay to European Union is increasing because Brown has signed away the rebates that Thatcher fought so hard to get  |
For once we are in political agreement.
When the people voted whether to enter the Common Market, it was sold as an economic trade alliance. Not what it has become, a vastly expensive extra tier of government. A United States of Europe, which is not what people voted for.
The present government of course broke their promise about a referendum.
I'm sure if we had a referendum tomorrow, giving us the chance to safeguard our independence and sovereignty, and poltically leave Europe, we'd be out. I'd certainly vote to leave. We did quite well for centuries without any close political alliance with Europe.
In the Margaret McKay autobiography I've just been reading about the local suffering that happened in the mid C19th, when the weavers supported the blockade of cotton fron the southern U.S., in support of the north, and the fight to end slavery.
The British do know the difference between right and wrong, and will suffer hardship to ensure that right is victorious, but conversly they hate being taken for a ride, which none of our present mainstream politicans seem able to understand.