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Originally Posted by jaysay
As Wyn knows I've always supported being in Europe, for trading purposes, I think the only good thing did during his 13 years as Chancellor them PM was NOT taking us into the single currency, but he did sign the European constitution without a promised referendum. A few years down the road, just like some Tory MPs I'm beginning to wonder if GB plc, would be better on our own, now whether this will happen in this Parliament I don't know, because the Lib/dems are pro Europe, but with so many countries now falling foul of the single currency, and even though we have no part of it, we seem to be getting suckered into help with the bail out, its time to cut and run
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I think that a referendum would be a great idea ... they can be scary when so much is on the line. We've had a couple in the last 30 years, both in Quebec, about independence for French Canada. The future of our country was on the line; but, we weathered the storm, and in the last Federal election, the speratistes were soundly trounced. But the vote had to be taken to clear the air so that Canada could get on with the business of taking over the world
I think your govt. has to realize that they can't keep the lid on something that many citizens ... the important ones, the ones with brains that they use for something other than reading the tv listings ... want to have cleared up. Hard line govts. in the Middle East have found that, however restrictive they are, they can't stop their citizens from getting at least some of the things they want. Govts. have to eventually listen to the people.
What a lot of us outside Europe are concerned about is the effect of the ailing Euro on the world economy. Even here in Canada (and along with the Krauts, we have the only economy which will have over 2% growth this year) the govt. is concerned about the fallout.