On Saturday, 30 September 2017 17:25:13 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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tim... wrote:
No the reality is the the EU are a bunch of bullies who think that by
bullying us into terms that are very bad for us, very good for them we
will meekly say "perhaps we shouldn't leave then" (and then they will
turn up the screw even higher and strip us of our opt outs)

You really need to think this through.

We joined the EU of our own free will.

No we joined the EEC have you forgotten already, short term memeory loss ?


Agreed to all the rules and
regulations, or negotiated an opt out if not to our taste.

I don't remmerb being asked if I wanted to opt out of anything.
I don't rememebr our MPs asking us either.



Due to self serving ******s like Farage and his other bully boys stirring
up those who knew no better, 'we' voted to leave.

because that was the first time we'd been asked our opinion on anything for 40+ years.


Not been thrown out of the club - but said it wasn't for us anymore.

But now seem to have discovered lots of it was in the interests of the
country as a whole. And like a selfish toddler want to hang on to what
suits us regardless of the rules of that club.

Why should that be a suprise the EU is doing exactly the same.


If the positions were reversed, The Mail, etc, would be frothing at the
mouth.

While newspapers have a voice it's usually the owner of the paper whose voice you hear loundest.