Johny wrote
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I have been interested in UKIP for quite a long time now, but, as with entering INTO phpbb_anything, doubt and unsurity need to be removed. So i've compiled a few questions, which i'd like forum members who have a detailed understanding of the topic at hand to kindly address
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Thank you in advance.
Firstly welcome to the forum from a fellow midlander.
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So my fellow Englishman & European residents, how do you think the EU has progressed/regressed since it's conception?
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The concept of the EU was sold to us as a market of trading nations it has progressed to be a federal state of nations with the sovereignty of each country gradually being devolved to the European commission. This is not what we signed up to and had the truth been told we would never agreed.
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Do you look at it as a social entity or an economic one?
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The idea of a social entity is great (all Europeans on the same level) but this was never what the EU was about, it was about huge corporations having accesses to huge markets with no restrictions
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Has it benefited our lifestyle/pockets/sense of well being?
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NO It has done the opposite our pockets have been drained to pay for infrastructures in other countries at the cost of decent roads, hospitals and schools in our own country.
YES we do get some benefits but none that we could not implement ourselves at a far less cost than it takes through the EU
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Do you see a future for the EU and particularly EMU and the Euro?
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I see a future for the EU in the guise of EFTA, trading agreements with no political ties. As for the Euro its ideals are admiral but its practicalities are not.
With each country having its own problems with economics and fiscal policy it would be complete madness to tie each one together.
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Are we kidding ourselves or is it something worth preserving/furthering/reforming?
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No we are not kidding ourselves it could be reformed back to what it should be a group of country’s trading with each other with no restrictions. Even then it would be a club that excludes the African and Asian nations
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Is there any more cohesion as a group of countries and are we adequately meeting our economic, political and social targets?
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As a group of countries we are not, certain countries like Britain are doing better than most EU countries, Switzerland who is not in the EU is doing better than any of them.
Political and social targets.
Britain is one of the European countries that rubber stamps most European legislation this has the effect of a cost on British business and leaves us with a less competitive edge. We pay the price for implementing stringent health and safety policy then we buy our goods from sweat shops in china because as a group of nations we can do that (great for big business)
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What does the European Union mean to you?[/
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The EU had admiral ideals but in reality the EU wants to compete as a nation against America and Asia it was not set up in the best interests of the European people.