We are no doubt going to hear more statements such as the above in the desperate attempt by Europhiles to save their beloved project, statements intended to frighten the population of Europe, especially the UK - included in which will no doubt be the old claim that 3million jobs depend on our being a member of the EU. It is extremely doubtful whether any form of rebuttal will come from our politicians, especially the leaders of the Lib/Lab/Con who are enthralled with EU membership.
From John Redwood:
"As the rest of the EU sells us a lot more than we sell them, they will not want to disrupt it in any way. They have more to lose than we do. EU goods trade probably accounts for around £120 billion of our output. (EU exports adjusted for the entrepot factor) That’s around 8% of our total National Income. It’s important, but not nearly as important as the 92% that is not dependent on selling things on the continent. Since 2008 the government figures show that our exports to the rest of the EU have anyway fallen by 6%, whilst our exports to the rest of the world have risen by 4%. So the trend has been going against the EU before the crisis. Slowdown in the EU and collapse in the weaker EU economies will accelerate this process."Not once has the Lib/Lab/Con published a cost/benefit analysis, always arguing that the benefits are obvious, something from which it is possible to draw one's own conclusions. Courtesy of Gerard Batten, Ukip MEP, the latest cost/benefit analysis he has done can be accessed via this post. Besides the scare of lost jobs our politicians cite figures about the percentage of trade, especially exports, that is done by the UK. In this context we have what is called The Rotterdam (and Antwerp) Effect, covered in this post from Helen at Your Freedom and Ours; one which shows that the UK's export statistics are, shall we say, flawed?
Because our politicians lie to us in order to further their own despicable ends it is perhaps pertinent to end with a quotation, the origin of which I know not, but one that is directed at the people of this country and our politicians:
"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth; from the laziness that is content with half-truths; from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth - oh God of Truth deliver us!"
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I would say they are either softening us up for another bit of EU bailing out or they are getting ready for the revelation that we, i.e. the Bank of England, was one of the deluded purchasers of EFSF bonds. You know, the ones the EFSF had to sell to itself and raid the EU departmental budgets to buy because anyone with a shred of common sense in the real world would not touch them with a barge pole.
I have no doubt the UK assisting in an EU bail out is exactly what Barroso meant in the speech you referred to in the last post when he alluded to the urgent need for Europe to pull together.
Of course, since we are not recovering economically any more than the rest, nor show any signs we are likely to in the near term, they are also laying the groundwork to 'prove' it wasn't their political incompetence at fault, it was because of the EU.
If only we had a law that allows MPs to be surcharged when their vanity projects go wrong we wouldn't be in half the mess we are.
Tony Blair warning of catastrophic consequences if the eurozone is broken up
Merkel claiming it's a matter of war and peace.
WfW, It is possible that us normal people are at the point of not paying too much attention to what is spouted by the EU mouthpieces. I have a feeling that their strident warnings are having no effect on general attitudes and therefore the likes of Barosso are actually speaking to themselves. Certainly, Mr Cameron and his like in our country are effectively an irrelevance in most peoples lives. All that's needed, now is for this air of disregard to turn into antipathy. Then we'll see some real fireworks. To cite an incident that is not readily relevant, the arrest of nearly 200 EDL supporters last Friday, is a sign that we are approaching a point where the general public will not tolerate the anti-democratic actions of the politicians, the police and the judiciary. I hope I'm half correct, because the backlash will be wonderful to behold.
PC: You are probably correct, or it is a softening up exercise to prepare us for euro entry...........
JH: Well they started the last one.....
jic: Unfortunately, whilst the people may ignore the EU, they are still swayed by our Quislings - you only have to look at polling figures!
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