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Originally Posted by jonbxx
I have never voted for the Conservative party in my life and doubt I ever will. My wife thought I would flash in to flame when I crossed the boundary or Rickmansworth Conservative Club!
My opinions, and they are mine, are born out of working in Europe and with Europeans (my boss is German, the rest of my team are Belgian, French and Austrian) I work for a US company with a global reach and have some understanding of the pain of doing business in non-EU companies. I am a scientist by trade but love learning about modern history, especially the history post second world war of which the formation of the EU is a part.
However, the most important thing is that I do not trust the media, especially the press. They are all following their own agendas to put spin on issues. So, for example, the Mail says the EU is not democratic, I then don't take this on face value but look in to this and what do you know, it's not really true.
I did read the governments leaflet and found it wishy washy, without much evidence but a basis for me to investigate further. My mind was made up long before the leaflet came out I'm afraid but I will happily look in to anything that will prove me wrong.
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Fair enough you have your reasons, I have mine. Will your job be effected if we vote to leave?
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Originally Posted by Osem
It's an excellent example because had it not been for the EU and the Euro the Greeks could have devalued their currency and pursued their own economic policy, interest rates etc. without being constrained by Brussels and one size fits all which have hugely exacerbated the problem.
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This is the crux of the matter. They don't have their own monetary policy now, they have to do what the EU tells them. They can't get out of the mess on their own and I doubt they ever will now. They are due a big payment at the end of the month to the EU in the Billions. Can't see them being able to pay it all so the EU will slap more conditions on them. To those who want to stay I ask this: If Britain were in the same position as the Greeks and had to borrow to get them out the crud, would you be happy with the conditions imposed on Greece being applied to the UK?