Ha, excellent. First point - We manage to trade quite well with China, and they're not in our EU bureaucratic fest (I work for Notwork Snail, so I'm familiar with rampant bureaucracy). I love the idea of the EU in moderation, but it's a runaway train that needs slowing down before we become the United States of Europe.
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We were prevented from joining the EEC by General de Gaulle until 1973 by which time the policies of "ever closer union" and support for french farmers were inextricably entrenched, almost always to the disadvantage of the British. We have been trying to "reform" the EU from the inside for 43 years with little effect on the bureaucracy, unaccountability, and wastage. Any suggestion that we can do it now is pie in the sky. I always ask people to name two advantages of being in the EU. Most people can't think of one. We have one opportunity to take back our independence.
