Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
I agree that we shouldn't race to the bottom, but we could use the money we currently pay in too the EU to improve infrastructure and services which would create jobs and provide a better environment for business.
eg. approx 5 years of EU payments would cover the HS2 cost (not that I'm a fan of it )
That's assuming the government can still collect all that money, without all the young foreigners who are currently tipping the scales of our economy into less than 1% growth. But yes, you're right - I was merely playing devil's advocate with my first point.

One thing the EU does is spend money on infrastructure projects. We're a net contributor of course, because our infrastructure is already better than some of the other countries in Europe. With more infrastructure investment, their economies could take off and allow them to import more UK goods - currently 51% of our exports go to Europe.