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Originally Posted by Damien
Yes it's not only population. It's not an exact science but it's still the size that what you bring to the table determines how much power you have to demand a favorable deal.
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The size of what you have to offer and the direction in which you're heading economically and politically.
As regards foreign investment, nobody is going to want to invest in the EU if it's patently going down the pan. If things were clearly on the up, it would be different but the EU is far from on the up, nobody seriously denies there are huge problems around the corner for it whether we stay or leave. To the rest of the world that represents just as much an uncertainty as what might happen to the UK if we exited. We're frequently told that foreign firms won't want to invest in the UK but I wonder how much foreign investment is flowing into Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Poland etc. etc. right now.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Not surprising that many politicians from all the main parties want us to stay in the EU; it's a nice little gravy train for when their political careers are over in the UK.
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Yes, and you can rest assured that none of them will be suffering the austerity and social pressures the rest of us will be due to their flawed ideology.