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06-26-2016, 07:29 PM
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If Norway could negotiate good trade agreements with EU countries, I'm sure the 5th biggest economy in the world will have no problem negotiating even better agreements.
People also seem to be forgetting about the 19 billion pound membership fee for which they only got a small fraction back.
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Norways has to agree free labour movement into Norway, pay into EU funding and obey practically all EU laws even though they do not participate in passing those laws.
UK already gets the best terms inside the EU - that is free tariffs and zero hold ups at customs. So can only get worse terms outside of the World's biggest trading block.
UK net fee is £8B but it gets £53B inward investment from foreign firms using UK as an EU base and earns £170B a year extra due to the free trading into the EU. The membership fee is almost irrelevant.
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06-26-2016, 10:26 PM
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06-27-2016, 01:06 AM
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Immigration was a factor, as was the economic reasons. But the biggest reason was they wanted their freedom back.
Why should UNELECTED ELITES, with no opposition, be allowed to make laws and govern the lives of the UK citizens?
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06-27-2016, 06:29 AM
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It's as if the unelected elites would be totally down with the Absolute Authority of the Divine Right of Kings or something. What progressive liberals once rebelled against they now embrace.
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06-27-2016, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
Immigration was a factor, as was the economic reasons. But the biggest reason was they wanted their freedom back.
Why should UNELECTED ELITES, with no opposition, be allowed to make laws and govern the lives of the UK citizens?
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A lot of it really came down to law making. The EU banned all vacuums over 900w, and the underpowered ones weren't good at their job. Then they make teapots take longer to make tea. All in the name of the fight against the phantom global warming, which even if true, is better than global cooling.
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06-27-2016, 07:21 AM
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Ironic, we left eh British Empire because of a tea tax, now GB leaves the EU because of slow teapots. 
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06-27-2016, 08:03 AM
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Ironic, we left eh British Empire because of a tea tax, now GB leaves the EU because of slow teapots. |
Under Ripley's believe it or not. You really have to read the article to understand how far the stupidity goes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-brexit-vote2/
It REALLY gives you pause about how far Big Brother has gone in Europe and why the Leave group won.
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06-27-2016, 08:13 AM
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Amazing just how stupid people can be.
These are the hcap's of the world - being polled out!
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06-27-2016, 08:23 AM
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Amazing just how stupid people can be.
These are the hcap's of the world - being polled out! |
It's funny and frightening at the same time. The "I know what's best for you" crowd is quickly heading toward economic and social facism.
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06-27-2016, 08:49 AM
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A lot of it really came down to law making. The EU banned all vacuums over 900w, and the underpowered ones weren't good at their job.
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Are you saying the EU doesn't suck? 
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06-27-2016, 08:51 AM
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It's funny and frightening at the same time. The "I know what's best for you" crowd is quickly heading toward economic and social facism.
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Yes. The mental illness is quite widespread.
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06-27-2016, 11:15 AM
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Yes. The mental illness is quite widespread.
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Especially the left wing lunatics that post on here.
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06-27-2016, 11:30 AM
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Are you saying the EU doesn't suck? |
No the EU sucks it's the new weak ass Dyson's that don't.... 
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06-27-2016, 11:45 AM
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No the EU sucks it's the new weak ass Dyson's that don't.... |
I think their science sucks too. How much energy do you save if you have appliances like toasters or tea kettles that use power at a lower level but have to be run for a much longer time?
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06-27-2016, 11:46 AM
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Libs and math - don't try this at home.
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