Found an interesting article on the BBC website:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/7949104.stm from the Daily Politics show back in March 2009.
A poll was conducted with just over 1,000 eligible voters asking the following questions with the following answers.
1. The current economic crisis has made me more likely to support Britain joining the Euro
Agree- 31% : Disagree- 64%
2. Britain benefits overall from membership of the European Union in terms of jobs and trade
Agree- 44% : Disagree- 51%
3. Britain should leave the EU but maintain close trading links
Agree- 55% : Disagree- 41%
4. The British people should decide in a vote before Britain transfers any further power to the European Union
Agree- 84% : Disagree- 13%
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Practical things we can all do instead of moaning:
(i) write to your MP asking for a referendum on EU membership, renegotiation of existing treaties and clarification of his/her position
(ii) consider voting UKIP at the next General Election and European elections. Consider how you can legally maximise damage to the anti-UK politicians and parties
(iii) buy British. Refuse to buy French and German products or services. If you cannot buy British, buy from Anglosphere nations. If you cannot tell where the product was manufactured, do not buy it. Grow your own tomatoes rather than buying Spanish ones – they taste better, are more nutritious, are cheaper and less damaging to the environment
(iv) do not holiday in the European Union (expensive currently anyway given the exchange rate). Holiday in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man. If you have to get some Mediterranean sun, holiday in Gibraltar, Tunisia or Turkey. By forgoing the annual holiday in Spain or Greece you can save up for a nice holiday every other year, further afield in Canada, New Zealand or Australia: boycotting the EU benefits our true friends and hurts those who seem intent on destroying us
(v) ask your employer to consider buying British when making purchasing decisions, the GBP/EUR exchange rate is favourable to finding cheaper British alternatives without compromising on quality. It also benefits the environment
(vi) consider the future: when the Continent moves to political union are you prepared for mass civil disobedience to extricate the country from this vile organisation? What will be the tipping point? Are you prepared for it? Are you storing food and water, tools and seeds?
(vii) switch off the BBC. They will be first against the wall when we retake this great nation. Write to your MP requesting a vote on the dissolution of this anti-British, anti-Christian dinosaur. Do not renew your TV licence (tax) and legally acquire the news and entertainment that you actually want
(viii) get involved in your local community. Volunteer. Invest in relationships with your neighbours. These will serve you better than a knowledge of what is happening in Eastenders or Corrie.
Practicalities
I think the relationship and the influence we have in the EU with other nations should be maintained. Staying in the EU is the only way we can insure financial prosperity, security, peace, and democracy within the union. UK TO STAY!
What Relationship?
and What Influence?
Are you living in a dream world?
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WE NEED TO LEAVE THE EU. ITS TIME TO ACT NOW!
Use the web to poll current uk voter attitudes. I think the majority would vote to leave unless there were very substantial reform.
I also thing that ‘Substantial reform’ is very unlikely, and we will end up leaving, ‘sooner rather than later
Over many years I have witnessed the destruction of our external borders, unfettered immigration from within the eu and outside and nowhere can I find a mandate for this change from the general population.
The overwhelming surge in population growth has put too much strain on the services we offer the population at large. Over the long term this will have devastating consequences and the eu will ignore whatever smoke and mirrors reforms David Cameron brings back declaring it a great day for Britain.
This will not wash with me because I do not see the uk as a backward looking place to live I find it a vibrant and forward looking nation that has the ability to self govern on an independent basis with a warm and inclusive society that has just been pushed too far and wants to be ruled by a nation that feels we live a democracy and a land of opportunity and not a contrived socialist environment that has been engineered by a bunch of eurocrats that are self serving and vote themselves into a position of power that it impossible to vote out because we no longer live in a democratic county. Lets embrace the future and free ourselves from the yolk and believe in ourselves.
VOTE LEAVE
The UK Should Leave the EU
You are exactly right!
The position is this.
Mr Cameron thinks the electorate are fools.
In effect he as chosen to 2017 in the hope we will put him back in for the next 2 terms!
We are wasting time!
He will get no concessions until he fulfils his threat and gives us an election now!
Then the EU will bend because they know it is a reality.
They did it in Ireland.
But it will have to be substantial concessions and that will never happen.
All the EU countries have to play by the same rules just like any other game, and it is a game and it has no democracy.
It is the kind of position that politicians love to be in.
Mr Cameron Thinks the Electorate are Fools
Considering the massive amount of people that want a say in this matter.
Why are we just sitting back and living in a dictatorship?
Because the Government no longer even pretends to care about the opinions of the people and does what it wants, hence we have riots. MPs have ignored the fact that it is their job the represent the needs and wishes of their constituents in Parliament not the other way around. That is probably the reason that UKIP did so well. The EU is nothing but an interfering money pit and we should leave it. I have on very good authority from someone who worked there that it is just one big gravy train it’s about time someone stood up for us.
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Well we did not do it by relying on the EU to continue giving us Business.
We took our income from the World beyond the EU!
Why because the EU was not paying their bill to us in return for our goods.