tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7791787328619059931..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Don’t Menshn BrexitTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-89843108400019546182016-02-12T17:11:03.251+00:002016-02-12T17:11:03.251+00:00Ending EU payments would not end any austerity mea...Ending EU payments would not end any austerity measures at all.<br /><br />'Austerity' is the "look over there" under which our current rulers are dismantling much of our social state.<br /><br />Said EU contributions are consistently over-stated. Of course.<br /><br />And where are the analyses of the actual costs of coming out. You can't just fill a few extra Eurostars, pack everyone's luggage, and blow a few goodbye kisses.<br /><br />Always interesting how the outers always seem to imply that cutting these costs would mean we all got a pro-rata personal rebate. As if!<br /><br />And if not China, India, and the rest of the world, who does the silly tart think is sending all those huge container ships to Felixstowe and the other ports. They aint loading in Rotterdam and Hamburg for an amble across the channel.pete cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-84845171001230759182016-02-12T16:48:11.942+00:002016-02-12T16:48:11.942+00:00I am not an economist, but I can't help but th...I am not an economist, but I can't help but think that a large portion of Britain's trade with the rest of the EU is a result of our membership of that organisation, rather than in spite of it. Should we leave we may find that such trade will become somewhat more disadvantageous than it currently is, especially since we have little to offer in return.<br /><br />I'm also confused by this oft-thrown about argument that upon leaving the EU we "will be free to trade with the rest of the world". I'm not aware that EU membership prohibits trading with non-EU nations so would love to know where this idea comes from?Rivohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862803953863889027noreply@blogger.com