Quote Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry View Post
I guess the success of the British economy over the past decades would be an advantage of being a member.
I know my own country has been positively transformed by its EU membership.
Success?

Really?

I listen to lots of MPs and commentators and they can't wait to trash the performance of the UK economy.

How much have we heard about poverty?
Inequality?
Stagnant productivity?

If you go back 20 years the growth has been pretty dismal, uninspiring, but this is rather old ground.


The figures show something along the lines of the USA outperforming the UK by 46% since Maastricht and the UK has actually slightly outperformed the Eurozone over the same period.

In terms of Ireland, they have received NET around 40 Billion since they joined in 1973, so they haven't done too bad have they.