“I think I’d better leave now."

[original PM]

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An obscure off topic reference to Paul Hardcastle's 1985 hit?

[AtW]

An obscure off topic reference to Paul Hardcastle's 1985 hit?

No, that's a legendary CUK meme that I've invented

[shaunbhoy]

If the EU is to be effective it has to have full control.

Quite possibly, but as it will NEVER have full control, it can never end up being effective. There is plenty of evidence to support this too. They are not even in full control of their own accounts FFS!

At the moment it gets blamed for everything yet it does not have the power to solve problems.

It is incapable of solving problems. It is nothing more than a poor man's version of the UN. A pointless talking shop with all the relevance of the Teletubbies!

[Mainframe gent]

The EU has to work and if Britain leaving means it reforms itself then good. it will then be difficult for the UK to remain out. The nation state is not the future for civilisation

[shaunbhoy]

The EU has to work and if Britain leaving means it reforms itself then good. it will then be difficult for the UK to remain out. The nation state is not the future for civilisation

Agree with this. I believe that the UK leaving will be the first major blow to the existing model of EU. I expect others to quickly follow suit up until a point where critical mass is reached and the current bloated profligate fiasco implodes.
It would then make perfect sense for the UK to be in the vanguard when it comes to rebuilding a more economically sustainable model.

[AtW]