Should we vote on Europe?

[Ravello]

That's the point; it can't 'go the wrong way' for you. Surely the majority can only be right if you believe in referenda.

Believing the collective will of the majority is the right way to govern doesn't imply automatic agreement with the outcome though, otherwise all referenda would be unanimous shirley?

[TimberWolf]

Quite close voting.

Anyone up for the adoption of the Euro? (AndyW option would be: I'd join the Euro, but not the EU)

[Mich the Tester]

Quite close voting.

Anyone up for the adoption of the Euro? (AndyW option would be: I'd join the Euro, but not the EU)

I think Britain should join the Euro.

[Mich the Tester]

The Euro would have real advantages for the UK. Just think of the endless new opportunities for whining about Jonny Foreigner. The Daily Wail could bring out a special bumper 200 page 'invasion by the EUSSR edition'. Lots of ageing Tory MPs would have heart attacks. Norman Tebbitt would explode. And to top all that, I would be able to buy a latte in Birmingham using the same currency as in Amsterdam!

[Addanc]

If Britain were to leave the EU and then try to negotiate a free trade deal similar to the Swiss deal, what, exactly, does a British government bring to the negotiating table? Bear in mind that it might not even be a British government negotiating on your behalf, as there's a fair chance Scotland and Wales would demand independence and then seek to rejoin the EU, leaving England to negotiate a deal for itself.

When the UK joined Common Market the EU accounted for 35% of world GDP; the stagnating EU is well on its way to accounting for only 15%; the UK apparently has a trade surplus with the rest of the world and a deficit with the EU; the deficit being much larger than the surplus. Looks like there are a lot more trade opportunities outside the of EU sans EU trade barriers.

[DodgyAgent]

...and if we're not in the Eu we end up like Switzerland signing up to everything anyway but not as part of the EU. Switzerland is even part of Schengen, you don't show your passport anymore at the border, they just check the occasional car for drugs. Switzerland is a part of the EU in everything but name, it's even pegged the Swiss Franc to the Euro, costing them billions a year keeping their currency in line, it would be far cheaper for Switzerland to be in the Euro.

cheaper for who?