Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post
You seem to have completely bypassed the answer to my question with another question.

So let me respond in kind, do you believe that we have been better off for being in the EU since joining than had we not?

Bearing in mind we were labelled 'the sick man of Europe' in the early-mid 70's, we joined the EEC in 1973 and the Common Market in 1975. We have had year on year growth of GDP since (apart from in the global recession on 2008-09). We did it to become more competitive, London became a powerhouse of financial services and now millions of jobs are dependent on international trade - particularly the Single Market.

Meanwhile, this governments abject failures since being in power seem to all go unnoticed. But they have been successful in manipulating unemployment figures, suppressing wage growth and cutting our public services to the bone. And of course doing what all Tories do well, which is overseeing the richest 1% more than doubling their wealth since 2010.

And the EU appear to be the scapegoat for our own Governments failings.

I think many on here are pointing the finger at the wrong administration.
I wasn't answering any question. I was just trawling through the thread and read what WBA53 posted that the country was lied to. You didn't respond to his point on the original post although you gave a fairly full response to his other points so I just wondered if you thought that the country was lied to and mislead as to what they were asked to sign up to or not? It's no big deal if you don't wish to answer.