To euro, or not to euro

Poor old David Cameron is getting quite a battering isn't he. It seems he can't please any of the people any of the time. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

Personally, and this is nothing to do with my political persuasion, I think he should be applauded for standing up for the UK's interests against the German bullies and French self servers. The treaty which was vetoed would lead to greater integration, our taxes and financial affairs decided in Brussels by a bunch of bureaucrats who know nothing about the UK and probably hate us anyway. You've only got to look at the voting patterns in the Eurovision Song contest to see how much the rest of Europe dislikes us!

Don't get me wrong. I know this is all about the banks and I'm no fan of banks and bankers. But why should a country which is doing its damndest to drag itself out of trouble and which contributes a significant amount to the EU's coffers already put its hand in its pocket again for something which has no guarantee of success and which could make it worse off in the future?

"Oh", the pro-Europeans cry, "The UK will lose out. Business will go elsewhere. We will lose our export trade because we won't be competitive".  Rubbish. The rest of Europe likes much of the UKs products because they are good quality and unique. Our financial services and the remainder of the city will survive because they have vast reserves at their disposal and widely spread interests. Yes, there'll be a dip, but trade will come back. Stop panicking!

"Stop the UK's rebate" , they are shouting in Brussels. Punish the selfish British gits! Well perhaps we ought to remove our contribution altogether, and see how they like that in France where our contributions help subsidise their farmers and cottage industries that refuse to modernise and become competitive. Maybe, just maybe, its time to see whether the benefits of pulling out and spending all those billions on ourselves outweigh the disadvantages. And as for those pro-Europeans, well if they like Europe so much, why don't they go and live there .