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Originally Posted by Osem
That'd be nice but our fisherman are prevented from catching those by European fisheries policy. 
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I'm sorry but anyone who thinks destroying the financial sector won't cost lots of related jobs all over the UK is either deluded or being disingenuous. It's all very convenient portraying it as a matter of making the fat cats in London suffer but hundreds of thousands of ordinary people around the country depend (directly and indirectly) on the jobs and taxes which emanate from the City. Tell those people to vote for a Tobin Tax.
I say again - would the French have accepted reform of the CAP as the price they'd have to pay for being part of the new Eurozone regime? Somehow I think not. Expecting the UK to be different is ludicrous.
As for Clegg's supposed 'balls' well I see them shrinking rapidly in due course as the reality of his political position sinks home. Quelle surprise......  |
It will cost jobs in the short term no doubt, however I think the financial sector has clearly damaged other sectors. It is a trojan that needs to be dealt with. The statement "not in britians interests" I didnt like, as the whole idea was it to be europe's itnerests as a whole not just our own country. Seems a selfish attitude.
One thing I will concede on is its clear the population here is anti europe tho, not perhaps as one sided as on this forum but a defenite majority. So ultimately if the people dont want it then on that basis cameron did the right thing, but he didnt say it for that reason he said it for the city of london.