RE: WW324 Jul 2018 16:31
Sorry Pokerchips, but I'm going to have to agree to disagree with most of what you've said.
1. Most leaders of European countries might want to remain in the EU, but 'the people' of most European countries do not want to remain in the EU. They can't control their borders while they are in the EU, so the EU is Globalisation.
2. 1 rule for 27 nations doesn't work. It only works for Germany, everybody else is tied to it and it adversely affects their economy as a result.
3. The culture of all of Western Europe is being eroded, by globalisation, and the EU is causing globalisation because it insists on free movement.
4. I didn't say it was Us and Them, I love Europe, but hate the EU. The EU is not Europe.
5. Yes, what is happening to their countries, it is based on being in the EU. Not sure how you can argue against that.
6. We survived perfectly well before the EU ever existed, we can again. True Brits don't need a 'safety net', especially not a totally corrupt one.
7. People voted to Leave because they believed that was the best thing for the country, and they have seen first hand the long term effects the EU is having on this country. Not because they were emotional.
8. Trump won't accept a bad deal, which, sadly, our leaders seem only to happy to. They don't want their gravy train to grind to a hault.
9. America now has the lowest unemployment for 20 years, the US stock market is the highest it has ever been. I don't know how anyone can look at what he has done and say 'he hasn't achieved much'.
I don't there is any way that we can make a deal with the EU. Trump tried for years as a businessman before he became President, and he said it was impossible. I think he's right.