Imagine you wake up and find yourself as Prime Minister..

[Chippiewill]

Saying that though, the EU doesn't seem to notice changes to immigration as they have let the Danish beef up their borders with little consequences. All in all, the EU has it's hands busy at the moment with Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy leaving it confused

Exactly my point, if I just tell them that's what I'm doing, then do it and ignore any fines etc. on the matter then they're not really going to start wasting their time getting all upset at me when they have bigger fish to fry.

[GommeInc]

Exactly my point, if I just tell them that's what I'm doing, then do it and ignore any fines etc. on the matter then they're not really going to start wasting their time getting all upset at me when they have bigger fish to fry.

Problem with that is the trust issue. Would the markets approve of winding up the EU? The US have mixed opinions over the EU and our membership (not that they should, but the global economy is a mixed bag lately). Plus as one of the largest contributors to the EU there's a chance that the Commission/Council/ECJ would probably take the time to moan at us.

I quite like your idea though - it would be interesting just to ignore the EU and create a useful border agency to see what happens. As an island nation we're physically isolated and have different opinions and views over social policies which can be attractive compared to those abroad which are competing directly with each other.

Chucking an idea out there for the sake of debate:

If I was PM I would probably want to opt out of EU entirely, while possibly thinking about making an organisation similar to the EU, but with less costs involved and less demand for integration. There are some certainly promising areas of the EU such as the free movement of goods, services and people, but they take away national identity of each product and country involved.