ot Would Britain be better off econimically outside the EU?

[walter10]

[quote="Muchthemillersson"

Muchthemillerson - come on. You don't genuinely believe our manufacturing has declined as a result of EU membership.

Decline in manufacturing has come about due to a growth in globalisation...nothing to do with the EU.

Additionally, looking at it as a % of GDP is a daft measure. Our GDP in real terms has almost trebled since we joined the EU suggesting that manufacturing output is more like static in real terms... Its just the rest of the economy has grown quicker.

Without doubt, there's much fewer jobs in manufacturing but that's down to process change and automation rather than anything the EU have pushed on us.[/quote]

I didn't say that th

[LesHiboux]

But isn't that what Europe is? A club exclusively for Europeans? To boot it's a protection racket. I can't think of anything more stupid than having 17 countries with nothing economically in common sharing a common currency, hence the mess and the misery. To make a single currency work you have to have an interest rate which is best for all, not just best for one country. In addition, the rich parts send money to the poor parts in perpetuity. Neither of those things are going to happen. Stupid or not, some form of English-speaking coalition is what would happen if we left the EU, and Abbot supports a British exit...