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I agree everything is relative. UK performance in last 3 years is terrible relative to 2000 - 08. However, we know that that performance in 2005 -08 was based on an out of control economy that was dangerously overheating with personal debt and unsustainable house prices. Lest we forget the...

Doesnt that depend on your underlying ideology? Curently the UK's economy is starting to perform strongly following the catasptrophe of Labour's management, and economists are talking positively about the UK's future.............your posts on here constantly attacking the tories would indicate...

That's true, however the devil is in the detail............I know this because I spend a significant proportion of my working time dealing with EU regulation, imagine what my analysis are like.

Tell me what you think, not what you "feel"..............only one is a means to arrive at a coherently considered view. You are an avowed europhile with a internationalist outlook, it really is not conceivable ideologically for you to consider that the UK could prosper outside the EU. That...

Tell me what you think, not what you "feel"..............only one is a means to arrive at a coherently considered view. You are an avowed europhile with a internationalist outlook, it really is not conceivable ideologically for you to consider that the UK could prosper outside the EU. That...

I note you have over 22,000 posts on NSC, run this by me again? Feel free to point me to a post with "blather".............

Of course it's leading it's meant to be.........if you were only concerned with the economic prosperity of the UK you would say, yes I would be happy with a strong independent UK outside the EU. Everyone would say yes, if that was all these endless debates about the possible benefits or...

Be honest, the reason you see it as ridiculous question is because you cannot conceive that the UK could prosper outside of the EU? It is an undeniable fact is that membership of the EU does not automatically guarantee a nation prosperity, as the recent economic situation in Greece, Cyprus and...

Very honestly put, and I think many on here (and in the UK) share your ideological outlook. To that extent we can spend an eternity speculating about the genuine benefits and genuine disadvantages of our EU membership now and in the future, however for those on either side of the argument the...

I think loss of sovereignty is far more terrifying Dave, and I am amazed at how unconcerned many people are on here with the prospect of surrendering this precious commodity for another phase of an untested political experiment. Its not like we have not had a look under the skirt either is...

No worries........ I guess I would say the UK offers the world a top 10 developed economy which is agressively capitalist in nature and with a significant percentage of free spending consumers (hence the high rates of personal debt). Until the developing world catches up with that dynamic in...

But you think wrong, the biggest investor in the UK is the US. http://www.ukti.gov.uk/investintheuk/investintheukhome/item/553980.html That's not to say they would be happy with a withdrawal from the EU, quite the contrary...................we have already been warned by the "land of the...

What you say about the football league is based on now, i.e. 2014............what do you think may happen once the UK is an integrated part of a European superstate. Do you think nothing will change to football? Currently the Albion has the opportunity to access the richest football league in...

So, for example, you envisage a world post UK withdrawal where the bosses of euro car makers would say no more trade with the UK? http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-car-sales-jump-five-year-high-2013-1431282 Dont get me wrong, once PPI payments dry up so will car sales, but nevertherless.

The Commission has executive power. Directives have to be passed by the Parliament and implemented by members states. Regulations do not............these do not have to be passed by the EU Parliament, and are not passed by the member states, the laws go straight to statute...

Cameron and Osbourne are telling you what to do because they secured the right to form a coalition Govt because they secured more seats than any other party in the last GE. They can legitimately therefore create UK laws. The UK (and you) are also told what to do by a legislative (the EU...

You don't see the difference because you don't want to, the EU Parliament has a different role to that of the UK Parliament. The EU Commission set the laws in the EU, and can do so without the need to get ratification from the EU Parliament or the member states own Parliament. That is not the...