Instead Of A Britain Bashing Thread Let's Have A

[royfromaus]

how fantastic things are in the EU thread...off you go, I'm all ears.

[jno]

Italy have just swatted the Scots aside at rugby, douglas (league, not union). As you've probably heard. So that's another triumph for Mussolini's jackbooted hordes.

[sp1814]

https://mkik.hu/en/benefits-of-eu-membership

[gness]

I could post the same for Ireland, SP but I'll refrain except for one.

Joining the EU meant the end of the marriage bar for Irish women. The government and the Catholic Church were responsible, for different reasons, for this. I was delighted to see the Catholic Church defeated and many, many women are thankful to the EU for the change it made to their lives.
I doubt you'd get one woman here to vote to leave now. :-)

[Hymie]

Another EU advantage is the Euro; I have travelled through a number of EU countries without the need to have a plethora of different currencies.

That said, even I would not advocate the UK join the Euro until it has been shown to work for at least 50 years – the whole thing almost came crashing down with Greece and it could happen again.
The danger the Euro presents to those countries who have adopted it is their risk, and the travellers’ advantage (but a big plus to businesses, doing business across Euro adopted countries).

[Zacs-Master]

They have better weather, generally, than us.

[gness]

Not tonight, Zacs. :-(

[royfromaus]

I haven't asked about the so-called benifits of being in the EU...I have asked how fantastic things are in the EU.

Inflation...how's that going, near zero is it?
Employment...what's that like, minimal?
Housing market...low interest rates?
Wage growth...higher than the UK I assume?

[sp1814]

royfromaus

Are you asking people to summarise economic and social conditions for 27 separate countries?

Not feasible is it?

Not really.

You could point to housing supply in Germany and conclude that great strides are being made, which could easily be countered with the argument that in southern Greece the housing market has stagnated.

Funding for the armed forces in France is at its highest level since the 70s, but in Italy it’s dropped 3% etc etc…

For any positive fiscal / societal measure you get, you could always counter it with an example from one of the other 26 countries.

It makes your question an abstract.

[gness]

Roy….took you a while to come up with that U turn. :-)
I can tell you what the benefits are for me.

That list you’ve just posted? It’s easy to find that out for yourself. In fact if you cherry pick and ignore the mess the UK is in you could go to bed a happy bunny tonight. x

[royfromaus]

Are you asking people to summarise economic and social conditions for 27 separate countries?
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No
But if finding out the answer to my questions is beyond you don't worry about it, someone may come along and help you out.

[royfromaus]

gness
Roy….took you a while to come up with that U turn. :-)
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No u-turn from me. Have you already forgotten what I said last week?

[Zacs-Master]

They have better wine?

[Untitled]

... but we have better whining!

[naomi24]

22.24, I can understand why that sort of progress in a country run by a government stuck in the dark ages would have been welcome. This country, however, needs no such leadership.

[1ozzy]

As a democracy, choose a better controlling party.

[sp1814]

royfromaus

So you're asking about how fantastic things are in the EU which compromises 27 different countries, right?

[Spicerack]

Glad you and Dave had such a good experience using the Irish healthcare system, Gness.
Did you and/or Dave, perchance, access it using your NHS Number.

[bobbinwales]

Wrong thread fatticus.
You spend ages researching all this, assume you have all the time in the world ...no work to do etc... and typing it but ignore the question and just repeat your own agenda.

[bobbinwales]

Sp... just a few examples of how great things are in some big EU countrys economically compared to UK would be a start.

[davebro]

//Being in the EU is benefiting our health care enormously.//

So if being in the EU improves health care & it's so much better over there than the NHS how come the UK didn't reap the same benefits during the 40 years we were a member?