OK, Nigel Farage is a looney, but what about...

[MrMetro]

Herman Van Rompuy, the EU president?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328568/Nation-states-dead-EU-chief-says-belief-countries-stand-lie.html

hmm...

[Bolton Midnight]

Aye as being in the EU helped Eire and Greece so much

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Aye as being in the EU helped Eire and Greece so much

So Eire and Greece were well-off countries before they joined the EU?

Ireland was won of the great success stories of the EU and now it is the EU that is helping save its economy.

[Bolton Midnight]

Between Lancaster&Preston - is that Garstang then?

EU caused Greece's problems, don't know re Eire but yep it was fine before joining.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Between Lancaster&Preston - is that Garstang then?

Stop giving away my location! :p



EU caused Greece's problems, don't know re Eire but yep it was fine before joining.

Ireland went from being one of the poorest nations in Europe before membership to being the richest per capita.

[Bolton Midnight]

I used to live in Scorton and drank in Garstang.

More helicopters per capita in the world I heard. But it wasn't sustainable was it? EU seems to be a poisoned chalice, hopefully this will cause it's end.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I used to live in Scorton and drank in Garstang.

More helicopters per capita in the world I heard. But it wasn't sustainable was it? EU seems to be a poisoned chalice, hopefully this will cause it's end.

I disagree entirely. The EU allows the economies of Western Europe compete with larger economies of USA, China and Japan.

The problems in Ireland are a result of mismanagement in the Irish banking system. Not EU membership.

[donKey jote]

EU caused Greece's problems
riiight :laugh:

[Bolton Midnight]

Do the Irish run the Greek banking system too? Spanish and Portuguese also?

[donKey jote]

don't go down that list too much further... you might start finding your own banks :laugh:
Oh hang on, you only just rescued those with your hard paid taxes :p

[donKey jote]

compare the UK's figures with the rest of the PIGS :p
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8510603.stm

and now, carry on blaming the EU :laugh:

[donKey jote]

Herman Van Rompuy, the EU president?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328568/Nation-states-dead-EU-chief-says-belief-countries-stand-lie.html

hmm...

"The [EU] Parliament wanted an increase of 6 per cent on this year’s £88billion"

shock horror :eek:
to put this sum in context:
"The UK government spent £85.5bn last year on bailing out the banks. Now, Chancellor Alistair Darling is predicting a record £178bn of borrowing in the current fiscal year."
(link here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8510603.stm))

[Bolton Midnight]

Am well aware what a mess Labour have left the UK in.

Had we got the Euro do you think it would have been better/worse/same?

But the bank bail out is a drop in the ocoean compared to the money Labour spunked away, and we'll get it back with profit, unlike the worthless public sector who just drain money with zilch in return (often)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

t? EU seems to be a poisoned chalice, hopefully this will cause it's end.

I suppose it is the European Union that caused the economic crisis in the United States then?