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Europe should we stay in or get out?
Your citizenship does not need to change in order to feel European. -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
No worries, it isn't. You can still feel British and European -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
Fair comment. Let me give you a link as well then. Fairy much reflects my own experiences. https://www.quora.com/Do-Europeans-dislike-England -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
Stereotyping is generally not a good thing. I know many Europeans and have lived and worked in many European countries and believe you me, they have no dislike for us whatsoever. We are liked and respected all around -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
Trouble with parables: they make nice reading but they tend to misrepresent the situation, unless told by a wise man. Sorry John -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
You mean in Westminster? Or in Brussels? I don't think much of lobbyists anywhere, whether here or in Brussels. I know they're there, I understand why they're there and I even understand that there are benefits in terms of public participation, but it makes policy making very sensitive to the... -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
As I said, not a team player then -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
We've been outvoted 70-off times. We've been on the winning side thousands of times. Tired old UKIP rethoric you're using there -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
This is where are so wrong. The other members of the team DO like us and we're an important member of the team, so together we decide what happens in the team. -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
"The EU" again. That's all of us, remember? -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
"The EU don't listen" is like saying "We don't listen". WE ARE the EU, together with our colleagues from the other 27 members. This "Us" v "Them" rethoric is completely ridiculous. It's only the UKIP MEP's who don't listen, largely because they don't turn up. -
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You call that optimistic? There are merits, but also major drawbacks about a Swiss style democracy, but technology will certainly make it easier. Be aware, though, that this is not the panacea to democracy either. I don;t share your views about democracy and the EU. I am aware that there is a... -
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Europe should we stay in or get out?
I think that one is a bit old. Yes, indeed, desparate stuff. A bit like Farage claiming that Remain would provoke mass sex attacks like in Cologne....