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The EU is well placed to start these links and work to bring about peace
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True, but that doesn't require our membership. We aren't in danger of a war, nor are we going to attack our allies in Europe. The EU can carry on pushing peace and trade without Britain being consumed.
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Being part of a large trading block also increases our influence
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I think that it actually reduces it. As a member, we have no voice. As an independent nation with one of the largest economies in the world, we have far more influence.
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Yup. But I don't trust our politicans to do this. Why did it take the EU to do it?
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Perhaps because our public never voted for it. That should tell you more about the state of democracy in the EU. If it was something that the public really wanted, it would be included in party manifestoes. The problem is that you are advocating the imposition of policy by the EU, just because it happens to concur with your political beliefs. If the EU demanded ID cards, would you be so happy about that?