Quote Originally Posted by CL View Post
But Graham people were sick of the EU fleecing us to maintain an elite. They were also tired of people coming over here on the take. It's bad enough having a take, take , take attitude at home without spreading it to Europe as well. This country and Europe couldn't and can't go on like that. Subsidising the poorer members of the EU will inevitably draw our standing of living down - no question. That is the whole purpose of the EU: sacrifice of the richer nations to the poorer.

What the UK has to do now is to de-regulate as quickly as possible to make this place the best to do business. The chances of our government doing that are remote, but that is the best way of moving forward from this.
So what is foreign aid for? Apart from salving our colonial-past conscience?

I don't believe a country (or anything else) should be run based on anecdote and particularly those reported on behalf of our corrupt media barons living in tax-free havens.

I am a great believer in having the big battalions on your side: in shooting wars, in sport or trade and in economic terms Europe is a big battalion and plucky old UK "the best place to do business"? is not. Still, Austria manages to pootle along on tourism. It's not quite as great as the Austro-Hungarian Empire was - but it gets by.