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Originally Posted by Chris
The Iron Lady was the one who won us a reduction in our contributions - a reduction that Bliar hadn't the balls to defend and is therefore now smaller than it ought to be. I think we could do with a resurgence of Thatcherite Euroscepticism myself.
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I think it's probably reasonable to say that we, the people, have Thatcherite Euroscepticism. The problem is the Liberal Democrats are so Pro-Europe that tomorrow the EU could demand we join the Euro and surrender our entire GDP to them and they'd probably agree. Add to this that David Cameron the 'Liberal Conservative' is of a similar mindset and has no regard whatsoever for the views of the public on this matter, he is on camera as saying he doesn't want a referendum as
he thinks we're better off in Europe and can influence it more (dream on Dave) and the similarly Pro-Europe Labour party and you have pretty much the biggest cognitive disconnect between populace and ruling class of basically any issue.
As my above post mentioned it's absolutely fascinating. The EU costs us 11 figures a year in bureaucracy, net contributions, the appalling CAP and CFP, yet I don't see the unions marching on that issue, and anyone who criticises the EU is instantly labelled a right wing xenophobe and marginalised, especially by the Pro-European sections of the press.