Re: Credit Rating
Posted: 30 Jun 2016, 10:47
Hmm, some interesting points discussed here.
From my point of view the decision, to vote to leave the EU, was simple. I voted in the 1975 referendum on EEC continuing our membership. I thought it was a good idea then and I still think the same way. Note EEC not EU. I do not think that a superstate, which is where the EU is heading is a good idea and I cannot accept the UK's sovereignty being devolved elsewhere to any degree. I am very sad that we moved away from the EEC, a trading community, and allowed ourselves to be drawn into an overarching superstate. I also think that it was solely down to the fact that a referendum on joining the Euro would have been needed, and that referendum would have blocked it, that we still have Sterling. Where all of this will now end is anyone's guess.
Marijn's point about the amount paid by the Netherlands versus the UK suggests that their negotiating skills may not be as keen as ours
Andy
From my point of view the decision, to vote to leave the EU, was simple. I voted in the 1975 referendum on EEC continuing our membership. I thought it was a good idea then and I still think the same way. Note EEC not EU. I do not think that a superstate, which is where the EU is heading is a good idea and I cannot accept the UK's sovereignty being devolved elsewhere to any degree. I am very sad that we moved away from the EEC, a trading community, and allowed ourselves to be drawn into an overarching superstate. I also think that it was solely down to the fact that a referendum on joining the Euro would have been needed, and that referendum would have blocked it, that we still have Sterling. Where all of this will now end is anyone's guess.
Marijn's point about the amount paid by the Netherlands versus the UK suggests that their negotiating skills may not be as keen as ours
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Andy