tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post6648803225655411841..comments2024-03-07T17:15:19.426-08:00Comments on Lies, Damn Lies, and Startup PR: Brexit - What the UK Vote on Leaving the EU is Really All AboutStartupPRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863632782404121915noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-59952188123706189552016-07-06T14:54:38.272-07:002016-07-06T14:54:38.272-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.telas mosquiteirashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232605552381598450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-76919490489376893672016-06-28T11:57:55.316-07:002016-06-28T11:57:55.316-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.How to Lose Weighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826265790377458100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-9943462195744978032016-06-27T04:23:25.193-07:002016-06-27T04:23:25.193-07:00Germany would prefer the UK in rather than out, bu...Germany would prefer the UK in rather than out, but the UK keeps poking the EU in the eye, at some point they just have to say "On you go then".<br /><br />Now - you do realise that the UK has 10% of the votes in the EU, second only to Germany? We do actually have a say, so much so that it was the UK that was vocal in the push for the addition of the former Soviet bloc countries in the last decade, moreso than Germany or France. Not only that, the UK deliberately chose fewer working restrictions on those immigrants, unlike some other EU countries which only relaxed working rights to them 2 years ago. This led to one of the major issues claimed in the referendum - that immigration was being forced on the UK by the EU.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25565302<br /><br />http://www.ippr.org/files/images/media/files/publication/2013/12/in-transition_RomBulg_Dec2013_11688.pdf?noredirect=1<br /><br />The UK had so much say it caused the very problem the EU is being blamed for.StartupPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863632782404121915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-2218241913096876952016-06-23T01:06:57.794-07:002016-06-23T01:06:57.794-07:00Unfortunately you miss the even larger point: Germ...Unfortunately you miss the even larger point: Germany is desperate to keep the UK in the EU because if the UK leaves, it will be the first of several to do so and THAT will impact on the Euro. The thing that frightens Merkel? Having to go go back to the Deutschmark knowing that it will have a massive negative impact on the German economy. Once they can no longer hide behind the failing Euro they will find the DM makes them uncompetitive as their exports cost too much elsewhere and their imports much cheaper. That is why floating exchange rates are so valuable: they bring stability, fairness and equilibrium by preventing the likes of Germany from dominating trade.<br />When the Euro collapses, not if, we don't need to be tied to the structure. We can't affect anything that goes on in the EU, that's a ridiculous fallacy, made even more obvious by some of the comments coming from EU commissioners and finance ministers: "We will make Britain pay if they leave!" With friends like them, we have all the enemies we need.Baggycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014377394899295288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-62238116599085517002016-06-20T22:45:09.893-07:002016-06-20T22:45:09.893-07:00Born and lived in the UK until I was 26, and then ...Born and lived in the UK until I was 26, and then the last 17 years in the US, so I hold both British and American passports. My family are there, and I still do a lot of work with groups in the UK and Europe. This is an important issue for me.StartupPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863632782404121915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869926275243678.post-49119630415833606722016-06-20T18:37:11.412-07:002016-06-20T18:37:11.412-07:00i did not know you were british!i did not know you were british!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511858081134122397noreply@blogger.com