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Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson
There are problems, but these are problems that if the will was there could be sorted. And in my view doesn't mitigate against the concept of the European Union, which I think is a correct concept.
I'm essentially an internationalist, and we have seen all too frequently in the last century what can happen when countries adopt an insular stance.
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I'm all for liberalism as opposed to isolationist protectionism but there is no reason why any other country should have the ability to decide our domestic policy. That is for our parliament to do. There is never going to be a perfect voting system but what we have here in this country is a damn sight more accountable than having Brussels decide on what happens within our supposed sovereign nation. I cannot accept this tireless 'we can sort it from within'. It'd be a good argument if that was the mutual feeling of the governments of other member states and of course that of the commission, the unelected body of the EU that reigns supreme over policy initiation. The reality is that the vested interests of the EU want an ever closer political integration of Europe, whether we like it, want it, or not.