Britain facing £1bn EU fine

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Originally Posted by Eoin247

Just out of interest are you totaly anti EU , or would prefer a reformed EU?

Theres no doubt that the EU has done many great things for Europe in the past, however the question is do the good things outway the bad or not? That's the question that i suppose will crop up very frequently in the years to come.

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What good things has it done? the only 'good' things it has done (in perspective to poorer countries) is for giving handouts in return for support to the extent that the Republic of Ireland recieved during the 1980s/1990s - which British taxpayers have to foot the bill for and if given the chance to have a sya on it i'm sure most British taxpayers would not be content with funding new sewers in Budapest or new 'ghost lanes' in the Irish Republic.

Even if it were economically beneficial and even if it did give the UK large sums of cash (of which it is neither and never has been), I would still object to it because a) I believe British sovereignty is priceless & b) i'm aware of its final stated aim & c) it is undemocratic.