In other news, the UK will now be leaving the EU.

Super Irish · October 24, 2014, 08:27:36 PM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on October 24, 2014, 08:22:48 PM

I'm sure that paying it won't be any trouble for the UK, but it will certainly leave a dent in the budget.

Aren't we still in some sort of deficit? That's sure to cut the UK some slack.

Not to mention the bailing out of lesser-EU states (not to say they're any worse of course, but Greece and the PI_S don't have a strong economy). It seems that EU is just getting grumpy because we voted "No" for something a year or so ago and got demoted to some sort of lower status in one of the many unknown but important EU councils we have.

(My memory has failed me terribly as to what it was all about; I blame how dull the EU political stuff is sometimes)

Auspicious Rose · October 24, 2014, 08:34:32 PM

Doesn't the Fourth Reich just suck all of the tax dollars out of it's member states? Can't say I blame people in the UK for wanting to leave.

Mr. Psychologist · October 24, 2014, 08:43:09 PM

Quote from: SuperIrish on October 24, 2014, 08:27:36 PM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on October 24, 2014, 08:22:48 PM
I'm sure that paying it won't be any trouble for the UK, but it will certainly leave a dent in the budget.

Aren't we still in some sort of deficit? That's sure to cut the UK some slack.

Not to mention the bailing out of lesser-EU states (not to say they're any worse of course, but Greece and the PI_S don't have a strong economy). It seems that EU is just getting grumpy because we voted "No" for something a year or so ago and got demoted to some sort of lower status in one of the many unknown but important EU councils we have.

(My memory has failed me terribly as to what it was all about; I blame how dull the EU political stuff is sometimes)

Sort of, but as I understand it most economies function in a deficit <.<
Meta would know more though <.<

And that's quite likely, I do remember the UK saying 'lol no' to something and them throwing a hissy fit <.<

But it certainly does seem unfair that we go through all the austerity measures and finally get the country growing again and France does fuck all to improve things and they are the ones getting a rebate.

*grinds teeth*

*sigh*

The EU could have been quite something, but instead it's just a bureaucratic nightmare ._.

Mr. Psychologist · October 24, 2014, 08:45:10 PM

Quote from: Sentra on October 24, 2014, 08:34:32 PM

Doesn't the Fourth Reich just suck all of the tax dollars out of it's member states? Can't say I blame people in the UK for wanting to leave.

Not quite, the UK pays something like £54 Million a day to the EU but as a proportion of the overall GDP of the UK that's pittance (About $3 trillion GDP)

R o c k e t · October 24, 2014, 09:17:42 PM

So......will this screw up the World Economy even more?

clum clum · October 24, 2014, 09:23:27 PM

Plonkers...

This country is going down the gutter. Get out while you can, fellow britbongs.

More Than Mortal · October 25, 2014, 04:53:59 AM

In all fairness, Cameron is over-reacting slightly.

The problem lies in the politically insensitive way the European Union has tried to go about it, and the draconian time limits they've set.

Flee · October 25, 2014, 06:15:00 AM

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Nascent Email · October 25, 2014, 10:50:39 AM

Quote from: Flee on October 25, 2014, 06:15:00 AM

That would be a terrible shame for both parties involved. The infamous British "nanny state" occupying itself with spying on its citizens and violating privacy and other human rights left and right is kept somewhat in check by the EU and several of its organs. Adding to this is the fact that the UK employs a dualistic system of implying inter- and supranational law, meaning that those rules require a subsequent national law to come into effect and that they can be easily terminated afterwards.

I know that a lot of people are eurosceptic because of the EU's economic policies, which are concerns I can fully agree with, but if I were British, I'd be getting very concerned about what could happen if the UK leaves the EU, nullifies currently applicable directives and regulations and breaks away from the ECtHR.

While I agree they are major concerns the thing that gets me is that the EU already does them. In my mind I'd rather it be my government that does it rather than my government + another government that is filled with pre-gorbachev commies.

Mr. Psychologist · October 25, 2014, 11:00:39 AM

Quote from: Flee on October 25, 2014, 06:15:00 AM

That would be a terrible shame for both parties involved. The infamous British "nanny state" occupying itself with spying on its citizens and violating privacy and other human rights left and right is kept somewhat in check by the EU and several of its organs. Adding to this is the fact that the UK employs a dualistic system of implying inter- and supranational law, meaning that those rules require a subsequent national law to come into effect and that they can be easily terminated afterwards.

I know that a lot of people are eurosceptic because of the EU's economic policies, which are concerns I can fully agree with, but if I were British, I'd be getting very concerned about what could happen if the UK leaves the EU, nullifies currently applicable directives and regulations and breaks away from the ECtHR.

I certainly am <.<

If UKIP wins and we pull out of the EU, I'm going to do my best to get the fuck out of here and move to somewhere like the Netherlands. Or maybe Canada, I do like the cold >.>
It's not just the tired old Obama won time to move to mexico/canada crap either, I would not be comfortable staying in Bongistan if it's going to start turning into some USA like shithole.