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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
win win if you dont mind losing trade.
Also this statement from cameron was more about protecting these precious banks than much else. The message to me seems very clear, the banks mean more than our relationship with europ and the trade with europe.
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You don't seem to realise that, like it or not, the financial sector accounts for 10% of UK GDP - 10% of our trade. What should Cameron have done about the threat to it? Just allowed that business to move elsewhere where it's cheaper and less regulated than in Europe?
If you asked the French to renegotiate the CAP to reduce the benefits they get from it they'd tell you to get stuffed. Cameron's done just that hasn't he? As the terms of the way forward become clear it'll be interesting to see where the cuts fall and whether the likes of the French accept their share of the burden.