It was of course a light-hearted comment. Understanding our history is very important and thank you I was a happy student of the subject at school
@Joey66
My problem with Leave voters is that their argument for leaving generally always boils down to some intangible, indefinable idea that the UK is better off alone in the world and free to do as it pleases and stride confidently around the world exerting it's influence far and wide.
To me that's pure nostalgia and ignores all practical realities. It's born of an innate British arrogance that somehow, it's all the EU's fault and Britiain can do better acting in its pure self interest.
I've not seen any argument to dispute the idea that the UK will be poorer for at least the next 10 years.
A future trade deal with the EU will be worse than the one we have now. It cannot be anything but.
Then for the rest of the world are
@peteblue et al really saying we will get a better deal with the likes of China, Japan and the US negotiating alone instead of part of a EU power block? That just doesn't make sense to me. And what are the compromises we'd accept with a right leaning Tory government negotiating those trade deals - sod the environment maybe? To hell with workers rights and minimum standards on food and services?
I've never had a problem with the EU. Of course it's not perfect but frankly.nothing is. Maybe I'm just too busy to dwell and get engrossed in nostalgic nationalism.
But finally - surely - when any debate has Farage, UKIP, the DUP and the right wing but jobs of the Tory party arguing passionately - surely it just has to be wrong?!?
