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Purpose of EU, Euro 'Was Not to Create Prosperous Europe'
Topic Started: Dec 29 2016, 01:38 AM (1,129 Views)
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Purpose of EU, Euro 'Was Not to Create Prosperous Europe'

The intention of the European Union as a supranational organization has never been to promote prosperity in Europe, economist and geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig told Sputnik.

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The interview came after the release of a European Central Bank (ECB) survey which indicated that the gap between the rich and the poor is on the rise in Europe.

Ten percent of eurozone households own more than half the region's wealth, with half a million euros each on average. Meanwhile, the poorest five percent owe more than they possess, and are stuck with negative net worth, according to the survey.

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"The ECB knows very well what's happening. They are at least partially to blame for the situation when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," Peter Koenig said. The former World Bank staff member criticized the ECB's monetary policy, saying it "has nothing to do with Europe's realities."

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Koenig described the EU as not a union in the full sense of the word.

"It has no common constitution, no common political goals and it is too diverse culturally and economically to be united under one currency, the euro, which has been a failure from the beginning," he said.

Koenig also pointed the finger at the EU for doing little to improve people's living standards.

"From the very beginning, the purpose of the European Union and the common currency was not to create a prosperous Europe. It was an idea of the United States to have a Europe which could be subdued, something that is currently happening," he pointed out.

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"The European bankers are only interested in an instant profit rather than the wellbeing of ordinary people, just like the US banks," he pointed out.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612281049062953-european-central-bank-survey-euro/


I would had thought much of this was blinking obvious, but had been involved in enough debates to know the obvious is far from obvious for some.

Note the last paragraph quoted, and note that where bailouts are concerned, it is not the people who benefit from such bailouts but banks and financial institutions with taxpayers picking up the tab.
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And by what standard has the Euro been a failure ?
OK I will bite.

There is some country south of downtown bongo-bongoland in the south american continent that has, stupidly imo, adopted the US dollar as its currency.

Now in truth I cannot actually recall which country it is. But it does not matter.

The point is, that country has no link to the US economy save its superglueing itself to the dollar. It has given up all hope of independent control of its finances and lies at the mercy entirely of the latest spat on Capitol Hill.

Now OK to some extent we all are..

My point is that the Eurozone countries are bonded by a common currency, forced to act when their economies run at a different beat to the bundesbank, and have no political control at all in common.

Which is how Greece got the way it did.

Yes, the Euro may not be a failure by some standards today. But it is a disaster of a pipe dream, stands daily on the abyss, and I sugegst will be mocked mercilessly by my grand daughter's generation as a way of chaining the continent's richest, best performing nations to its most basket case, a hairbrained attempt to create a european dream utopia which in the end will drag them all to hell in a handcart until the zimbabwean dollar looks a good investment...
Part of the intention of creating a European Union was to lift the poor performing countries or areas of countries up to a higher standard. Some European money was used in the pursuit of this idea, I recall Liverpool financially benefitting from it in the 1980s.
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And by what standard has the Euro been a failure ?
OK I will bite.

There is some country south of downtown bongo-bongoland in the south american continent that has, stupidly imo, adopted the US dollar as its currency.

Now in truth I cannot actually recall which country it is. But it does not matter.

The point is, that country has no link to the US economy save its superglueing itself to the dollar. It has given up all hope of independent control of its finances and lies at the mercy entirely of the latest spat on Capitol Hill.

Now OK to some extent we all are..

My point is that the Eurozone countries are bonded by a common currency, forced to act when their economies run at a different beat to the bundesbank, and have no political control at all in common.

Which is how Greece got the way it did.

Yes, the Euro may not be a failure by some standards today. But it is a disaster of a pipe dream, stands daily on the abyss, and I sugegst will be mocked mercilessly by my grand daughter's generation as a way of chaining the continent's richest, best performing nations to its most basket case, a hairbrained attempt to create a european dream utopia which in the end will drag them all to hell in a handcart until the zimbabwean dollar looks a good investment...
Part of the intention of creating a European Union was to lift the poor performing countries or areas of countries up to a higher standard. Some European money was used in the pursuit of this idea, I recall Liverpool financially benefitting from it in the 1980s.
And it failed.  ::)
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Part of the intention of creating a European Union was to lift the poor performing countries or areas of countries up to a higher standard. Some European money was used in the pursuit of this idea, I recall Liverpool financially benefitting from it in the 1980s.
And it failed.  ::)
No it very much didn't. The Brexiters argument was it was succeeding too much at that by net draining the better off EU countries

Very surprised to see you not aware of that

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And it failed.  ::)
No it very much didn't. The Brexiters argument was it was succeeding too much at that by net draining the better off EU countries

Very surprised to see you not aware of that

And I am surprised that you believe I am stupid enough to buy that rubbish.  ::)
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Part of the intention of creating a European Union was to lift the poor performing countries or areas of countries up to a higher standard. Some European money was used in the pursuit of this idea, I recall Liverpool financially benefitting from it in the 1980s.
And it failed.  ::)
It made a difference and laid the foundations for the 'City of Culture' award. (2008 ?) ;D
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And it failed.  ::)
It made a difference and laid the foundations for the 'City of Culture' award. (2008 ?) ;D
Yep, I seen a lot of awards over the years going to people and organisations. Doesn't mean they deserved it though. Greece is just one case in point.  ::)
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It made a difference and laid the foundations for the 'City of Culture' award. (2008 ?) ;D
Yep, I seen a lot of awards over the years going to people and organisations. Doesn't mean they deserved it though. Greece is just one case in point.  ::)
Greece is post meltdown, Liverpool was pre-meltdown.
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Yep, I seen a lot of awards over the years going to people and organisations. Doesn't mean they deserved it though. Greece is just one case in point.  ::)
Greece is post meltdown, Liverpool was pre-meltdown.
Greece is a sovereign country and member state of EU. Liverpool is a City in UK, and I fail to see the comparison you are trying to draw. :rubchin:
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And it failed.  ::)
Name one EU nation that is poorer or less free than it was before it joined the EU, former Communist states? No, how about the military dictatorships located around the Med? No. And not even Britain which begged to be let in as it was the sick man of Europe forty odd years ago, you probably don't remember though what with BBQ-ing kangaroos and cheering on Lillee and Thompson.
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And it failed.  ::)
Name one EU nation that is poorer or less free than it was before it joined the EU,
Greece. As for the rest, you must be joking!  ::)

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What a ruin the EU has made of the Greece I loved

The Greeks have suffered thanks to some insane fiddling of the figures


Watching the ever-ongoing crucifixion of the Greek people on the cross of the euro has recalled for me the four visits I have made to Greece over five decades. When I first spent months there in 1964, I found Greece a poor and backward but delightful country, many of whose friendly people still lived in the timeless way they had done for millennia. The remote Mani Peninsula, the southernmost prong of the Peloponnese, was still as untouched by the modern world as Paddy Leigh-Fermor had described it in his famously romantic travel book.


Ten years later in 1974, the modern world had begun to enter in. Even the Mani had been discovered by a handful of German jet-skiers. Then when I returned in 1995, as I reported here at the time, I asked people all over Greece how they enjoyed being part of the European Union, when it was giving them £6 back for every pound they contributed. With one accord, they all said: “We never see any of that money – it all goes to bankers, businessmen and corrupt politicians.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11748912/What-a-ruin-the-EU-has-made-of-the-Greece-I-loved.html
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Poor backward and delightful? !jk!

How fucking patronising! I bet the Greeks would doff their caps to wealthy tourists as well!

Your output has retained it's low quality!
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Poor backward and delightful? !jk!

How fucking patronising! I bet the Greeks would doff their caps to wealthy tourists as well!

Your output has retained it's low quality!
tiggers back. Not biting, and my post stands.  ::)

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Ireland one of four worst EU countries with increased rates of poverty

Report shows risk of poverty among children worsened in 17 of 28 member states

Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 00:21

Ireland is among the four worst EU countries for increased rates of poverty or social exclusion, according to a study looking at developments in all 28 member states.

It joined Greece, Hungary and Cyprus in having the most deteriorated rates between 2008 and 2013, according to the study “Europe: A Union for the Powerless as well as the Powerful?”

The research also found that the risk of poverty among children rose in 17 of the 28 countries with the biggest in increases in risk in Croatia, Greece, Luxembourg and Malta.

The research also claimed the EU had demonstrated a “profound failure of policy” to protect millions of powerless and vulnerable people.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-one-of-four-worst-eu-countries-with-increased-rates-of-poverty-1.2369108
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Poor backward and delightful? !jk!

How fucking patronising! I bet the Greeks would doff their caps to wealthy tourists as well!

Your output has retained it's low quality!
tiggers back. Not biting, and my post stands.  ::)

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Ireland one of four worst EU countries with increased rates of poverty

Report shows risk of poverty among children worsened in 17 of 28 member states

Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 00:21

Ireland is among the four worst EU countries for increased rates of poverty or social exclusion, according to a study looking at developments in all 28 member states.

It joined Greece, Hungary and Cyprus in having the most deteriorated rates between 2008 and 2013, according to the study “Europe: A Union for the Powerless as well as the Powerful?”

The research also found that the risk of poverty among children rose in 17 of the 28 countries with the biggest in increases in risk in Croatia, Greece, Luxembourg and Malta.

The research also claimed the EU had demonstrated a “profound failure of policy” to protect millions of powerless and vulnerable people.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-one-of-four-worst-eu-countries-with-increased-rates-of-poverty-1.2369108


Your post stands ffs!? ;D

I've just easily dismissed a highly patronising post from the Telegraph that was effectively claiming the Greeks were dirt poor but happy back in the seventies! Not to mention living under the rule of the military and frequently under martial law! Still at least you could get nice olives, cheap plonk and fifteen year old girls would do anything for a few dollars or DM's! Funny how the Greeks are still fans of the EU isn't it?

And never mind about the skint in Europe, what can you tell us about white working class men in Britain who are getting poorer and poorer according to numerous reports in the press these last few days, is that the fault of the Euro as well?

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And never mind about the skint in Europe, what can you tell us about white working class men in Britain who are getting poorer and poorer according to numerous reports in the press these last few days, is that the fault of the Euro as well?

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Already responded to that question in Science & Technology forum. See "Human Rights for Robots".  ::)
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And never mind about the skint in Europe, what can you tell us about white working class men in Britain who are getting poorer and poorer according to numerous reports in the press these last few days, is that the fault of the Euro as well?

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Already responded to that question in Science & Technology forum. See "Human Rights for Robots".  ::)
Lets pretend we are Europeans then and you can blame the EU instead of technology.

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And never mind about the skint in Europe, what can you tell us about white working class men in Britain who are getting poorer and poorer according to numerous reports in the press these last few days, is that the fault of the Euro as well?

;-)
Already responded to that question in Science & Technology forum. See "Human Rights for Robots".  ::)
Lets pretend we are Europeans then and you can blame the EU instead of technology.

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I am not blaming either. As for human, I take it that you never pondered the possibility that I may be a robot.  ::)
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I take it that you never pondered the possibility that I may be a robot.  ::)
You certainly don't look like one. ;-)
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And it failed.  ::)
Name one EU nation that is poorer or less free than it was before it joined the EU,
Greece.
!jk! !jk! !jk!

Oh you do make us larf Ph1. Go on look up historical stats for Greece and then come back and admit you were wrong

This may help you Greece GDP per capita

PS they joined in 1981
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Greece.
!jk! !jk! !jk!

Oh you do make us larf Ph1. Go on look up historical stats for Greece and then come back and admit you were wrong

This may help you Greece GDP per capita

PS they joined in 1981
Put a sock in in Steve. I made many posts over the years, which included Greece. Who do you think you are fooling? Not me. And that is before we even consider the bailouts for EZ member states. Do you seriously expect me and others to believe the people see any of the money loaned? Greece could not even pay off the interest on bailouts let alone the bailouts themselves.  ::)
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Put a sock in in Steve. I made many posts over the years, which included Greece. Who do you think you are fooling? Not me. And that is before we even consider the bailouts for EZ member states. Do you seriously expect me and others to believe the people see any of the money loaned? Greece could not even pay off the interest on bailouts let alone the bailouts themselves.  ::)
Well given once again you totally ignore facts that completely obliterate your point can we now conclude you are yet another source of fake news albeit a very minor one?

Oh and Greece has a long history of spending money it hasn't got, in fact it's been doing it for almost 200 years, it's unfortunately now met it's match and will have to grow up or look for some other mug to fund it's profligate ways, the latter looks very unlikely given recent events.




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Put a sock in in Steve. I made many posts over the years, which included Greece. Who do you think you are fooling? Not me. And that is before we even consider the bailouts for EZ member states. Do you seriously expect me and others to believe the people see any of the money loaned? Greece could not even pay off the interest on bailouts let alone the bailouts themselves.  ::)
Well given once again you totally ignore facts that completely obliterate your point can we now conclude you are yet another source of fake news albeit a very minor one?




It's what Uber Brexiters do Tigger.
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Put a sock in in Steve. I made many posts over the years, which included Greece. Who do you think you are fooling? Not me. And that is before we even consider the bailouts for EZ member states. Do you seriously expect me and others to believe the people see any of the money loaned? Greece could not even pay off the interest on bailouts let alone the bailouts themselves.  ::)
Well given once again you totally ignore facts that completely obliterate your point can we now conclude you are yet another source of fake news albeit a very minor one?

Oh and Greece has a long history of spending money it hasn't got, in fact it's been doing it for almost 200 years, it's unfortunately now met it's match and will have to grow up or look for some other mug to fund it's profligate ways, the latter looks very unlikely given recent events.




Fake news? Hmm, you mean like voting leave would result in WWIII? How about the economy in UK would go belly up? The list goes on, and on, and on. And it did not happen. Now the remains are saying its because we never left the EU yet, but that was not what the remain campaign said in lead up to EU referendum. Even a clock has to be correct at least twice a day, and that is what people like you count on. Get one correct, and you say we told you so. Never happened yet though. !jk!
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Fake news? Hmm, you mean like voting leave would result in WWIII? How about the economy in UK would go belly up? The list goes on, and on, and on. And it did not happen.
Yes they were all lies told by the Leave campaign

Well done showing them up to be charlatans but actually we already knew
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Fake news? Hmm, you mean like voting leave would result in WWIII? How about the economy in UK would go belly up? The list goes on, and on, and on. And it did not happen.
Yes they were all lies told by the Leave campaign

Well done showing them up to be charlatans but actually we already knew
Rubbish. They were lie told by remain campaign. Do you seriously think I was the only one who listened/heard them tell us this rubbish?  ::)


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'Brexit' could trigger World War Three, warns David Cameron

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607

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Fake news? Hmm, you mean like voting leave would result in WWIII? How about the economy in UK would go belly up? The list goes on, and on, and on. And it did not happen.
Yes they were all lies told by the Leave campaign

Well done showing them up to be charlatans but actually we already knew
Rubbish. They were lie told by remain campaign. Do you seriously think I was the only one who listened/heard them tell us this rubbish?  ::)


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!jk! !jk! !jk! who do you think you're fooling?

Go on prove you're not talking BS by posting a link to a Remain campaigner saying that "voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up" you falsely allege they say

Even your idiot Mirror link with its false headline doesn't say that. And the underlying article makes it even clearer he didn't say what you falsely allege

But then that's what the Leave case was: a pack of lies and now you're desperately trying to defend the mess you've got us in by telling more lies

Anyway the challenge is out there - see if you can respond with something that's true. Won't hold my breath

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Rubbish. They were lie told by remain campaign. Do you seriously think I was the only one who listened/heard them tell us this rubbish?  ::)


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!jk! !jk! !jk! who do you think you're fooling?

Go on prove you're not talking BS by posting a link to a Remain campaigner saying that "voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up" you falsely allege they say

Even your idiot Mirror link with its false headline doesn't say that. And the underlying article makes it even clearer he didn't say what you falsely allege

But then that's what the Leave case was: a pack of lies and now you're desperately trying to defend the mess you've got us in by telling more lies

Anyway the challenge is out there - see if you can respond with something that's true. Won't hold my breath

Hmm, a surf of the net will show multiple headlines saying the same thing, including BBC. Further, last I heard was Cameron campaigning for UK to remain in EU. That reminds me. If memory serves he stated he was a Eurosceptic. I believe you stated the same thing about yourself. Yet, there he was pushing for UK to vote remain, and here you are saying the UK would e better off staying in. Are you sure you are a Eurosceptic??  ::)
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!jk! !jk! !jk! who do you think you're fooling?

Go on prove you're not talking BS by posting a link to a Remain campaigner saying that "voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up" you falsely allege they say

Even your idiot Mirror link with its false headline doesn't say that. And the underlying article makes it even clearer he didn't say what you falsely allege

But then that's what the Leave case was: a pack of lies and now you're desperately trying to defend the mess you've got us in by telling more lies

Anyway the challenge is out there - see if you can respond with something that's true. Won't hold my breath

Hmm, a surf of the net will show multiple headlines saying the same thing, including BBC.
Well IF you are telling the truth, you'll be able to post up a link we can examine. IF

I think what you'll find is Leavers lying their arses off by wildly exagerating what the Remain campaign actually said. But then you know that already don't you but are desperately trying to hide your misrepresentation - yet again.

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Further, last I heard was Cameron campaigning for UK to remain in EU. That reminds me. If memory serves he stated he was a Eurosceptic. I believe you stated the same thing about yourself. Yet, there he was pushing for UK to vote remain, and here you are saying the UK would e better off staying in. Are you sure you are a Eurosceptic??  ::)

Yep very Eurosceptic not nutter Europhobic nor dishonest Leaver

'The Deal' should have been given a chance, and we could have made it clear if it didn't work on migration then we'd demand more or threaten to leave again.
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Just to emphasize that last point, it may well be that we will be flouncing out of the EU just as they decided to roll back on free movement. 'The Deal' was after all a fairly thick thin end of a wedge in the principle of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
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Just to emphasize that last point, it may well be that we will be flouncing out of the EU just as they decided to roll back on free movement. 'The Deal' was after all a fairly thick thin end of a wedge in the principle of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


The problem is, it IS and has been eroding for a long time in the countries of the EU, but in Brussels at EU HQ, the support is as strong as it ever was.

There appears to be a serious disconnect between National governments and the EU.
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Jan 16 2017, 03:04 PM
Just to emphasize that last point, it may well be that we will be flouncing out of the EU just as they decided to roll back on free movement. 'The Deal' was after all a fairly thick thin end of a wedge in the principle of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


The problem is, it IS and has been eroding for a long time in the countries of the EU, but in Brussels at EU HQ, the support is as strong as it ever was.

There appears to be a serious disconnect between National governments and the EU.
A disconnect yes but connected enough to tear up free movement dogma to offer us 'the Deal' that would have ended pure free movement.
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Jan 16 2017, 01:51 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up" you falsely allege they say

Even your idiot Mirror link with its false headline doesn't say that. And the underlying article makes it even clearer he didn't say what you falsely allege

But then that's what the Leave case was: a pack of lies and now you're desperately trying to defend the mess you've got us in by telling more lies

Anyway the challenge is out there - see if you can respond with something that's true. Won't hold my breath

Hmm, a surf of the net will show multiple headlines saying the same thing, including BBC.
Well IF you are telling the truth, you'll be able to post up a link we can examine. IF

I think what you'll find is Leavers lying their arses off by wildly exagerating what the Remain campaign actually said. But then you know that already don't you but are desperately trying to hide your misrepresentation - yet again.

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Further, last I heard was Cameron campaigning for UK to remain in EU. That reminds me. If memory serves he stated he was a Eurosceptic. I believe you stated the same thing about yourself. Yet, there he was pushing for UK to vote remain, and here you are saying the UK would e better off staying in. Are you sure you are a Eurosceptic??  ::)

Yep very Eurosceptic not nutter Europhobic nor dishonest Leaver

'The Deal' should have been given a chance, and we could have made it clear if it didn't work on migration then we'd demand more or threaten to leave again.
I believe the EU referendum could not have been more clear. The electoral commission even got involved to change the wording to ensure of its clarity. Remain in EU, or Leave EU. The majority of voters voted leave. Nothing you nor anyone else can say changes that. The UK voted leave. Brexit is happening.
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Jan 16 2017, 03:21 PM
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Phoenix One UK
Jan 16 2017, 01:59 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
Well IF you are telling the truth, you'll be able to post up a link we can examine. IF

I think what you'll find is Leavers lying their arses off by wildly exagerating what the Remain campaign actually said. But then you know that already don't you but are desperately trying to hide your misrepresentation - yet again.

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Further, last I heard was Cameron campaigning for UK to remain in EU. That reminds me. If memory serves he stated he was a Eurosceptic. I believe you stated the same thing about yourself. Yet, there he was pushing for UK to vote remain, and here you are saying the UK would e better off staying in. Are you sure you are a Eurosceptic??  ::)

Yep very Eurosceptic not nutter Europhobic nor dishonest Leaver

'The Deal' should have been given a chance, and we could have made it clear if it didn't work on migration then we'd demand more or threaten to leave again.
I believe the EU referendum could not have been more clear. The electoral commission even got involved to change the wording to ensure of its clarity. Remain in EU, or Leave EU. The majority of voters voted leave. Nothing you nor anyone else can say changes that. The UK voted leave. Brexit is happening.
Thankyou for confirming you were talking bollocks with those false quotes of Remain

How's that pound in your pocket doing today?
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Jan 16 2017, 02:42 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
I believe the EU referendum could not have been more clear. The electoral commission even got involved to change the wording to ensure of its clarity. Remain in EU, or Leave EU. The majority of voters voted leave. Nothing you nor anyone else can say changes that. The UK voted leave. Brexit is happening.
Thankyou for confirming you were talking bollocks with those false quotes of Remain

How's that pound in your pocket doing today?
I just stated an opinion based on information available. Just because it conflicts with what you would want everyone to believe does not make it untrue. There is certainly enough out there to support my opinion.

As for the pound sterling, which is what I assume you are really referring to, it is down. It, like all currencies, goes up and down every day, and it would had been doing the same thing regardless of how the majority of British people voted in EU referendum. Further, it does possess a plus side. British exports are cheaper, which makes our exporters more competitive. Didn't you know that?  ::)

We then have the BoE governor who had attracted headlines with his U-turn on Brexit projection over the medium and long term. Looks good for UK. Matter of fact, the future looks bright. !wav!

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More than any other consequence, the Bank crisis was about 'lost confidence'.
QE itself, the government underwriting the banks obligations to savers, was all about restoring confidence.

What Carney is saying is all about restoring confidence in the UK economy.
He has to be Positive!
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More than any other consequence, the Bank crisis was about 'lost confidence'.
QE itself, the government underwriting the banks obligations to savers, was all about restoring confidence.

What Carney is saying is all about restoring confidence in the UK economy.
He has to be Positive!
What about IMF?

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IMF makes further U-turn on Britain's economic prospects as Brexit fears prove unfounded

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/16/imf-makes-u-turn-britains-economic-prospects-brexit-fears-prove/

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Jan 16 2017, 03:21 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
Thankyou for confirming you were talking bollocks with those false quotes of Remain

How's that pound in your pocket doing today?
I just stated an opinion based on information available. . . .
Err no you posted utter bollocks as supposed facts, it was challenged and you were totally unable to justify your false assertion and now seek diversion using absurd font sizes (that I won't quote). A sad cycle that we've seen countless times

Perhaps you would feel more at home in a forum for posting fairy tales. I'm sure Google can find one for you. We like debate for grown ups here
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
I just stated an opinion based on information available. . . .
Err no you posted utter bollocks as supposed facts, it was challenged and you were totally unable to justify your false assertion and now seek diversion using absurd font sizes (that I won't quote). A sad cycle that we've seen countless times

Perhaps you would feel more at home in a forum for posting fairy tales. I'm sure Google can find one for you. We like debate for grown ups here
I did use Google, and I trust you noted the Mirror was not the only national publication that ran the story. Further, the Mirror supported remain. Hence, the reason I used it here.  ::)
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Jan 16 2017, 03:33 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
Err no you posted utter bollocks as supposed facts, it was challenged and you were totally unable to justify your false assertion and now seek diversion using absurd font sizes (that I won't quote). A sad cycle that we've seen countless times

Perhaps you would feel more at home in a forum for posting fairy tales. I'm sure Google can find one for you. We like debate for grown ups here
I did use Google, and I trust you noted the Mirror was not the only national publication that ran the story. Further, the Mirror supported remain. Hence, the reason I used it here.  ::)
But the key facts are you were totally unable to post any link to a Remain campaigner making the statements you falsely alleged they made and in desperation you posted a tabloid article that didn't back you either.

Because of course the Remain campaigners didn't make those statements, the likes of you, Boris and Gove lied their arses off that they did. Rather says a lot about you, Boris and Gove doesn't it

Feel free to keep digging and I will keep pointing out the facts that bury you in the hole.
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Jan 16 2017, 04:43 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-could-trigger-world-war-7928607"voting leave would result in WWIII" or "the economy in UK would go belly up"
I did use Google, and I trust you noted the Mirror was not the only national publication that ran the story. Further, the Mirror supported remain. Hence, the reason I used it here.  ::)
But the key facts are you were totally unable to post any link to a Remain campaigner making the statements you falsely alleged they made and in desperation you posted a tabloid article that didn't back you either.

Because of course the Remain campaigners didn't make those statements, the likes of you, Boris and Gove lied their arses off that they did. Rather says a lot about you, Boris and Gove doesn't it

Feel free to keep digging and I will keep pointing out the facts that bury you in the hole.
I said remain campaign. Flip back through the posts.

A number of national papers picked a side, and pushed their readers to vote either remain or leave depending on papers position. The Mirror pushed for people to vote remain. They were not alone.

Cameron also pushed for British people to vote remain, and he was the one quoted.  ::)
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