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We got into that debt by living beyond our means for decades The answer to getting out of it is living below our means so that the difference reduces the debt over time. It's nothing to do with the EU either way, it's just simple household economics. .

Well said Tillson, it was absolute nonsense for Warren East to imply Airbus had an influence on what engines airlines choose. Clearly he was trying to exploit the general public's lack of knowledge on this issue. There's not only the commercial aspect of airline engine choice, there's also the...

I don't imply Brexiters are misinformed, I believe Brexiters don't want accurate information, it being so inconvenient. Theirs is a position of faith, a blind belief in what they would like to be true in future, rather than a rational position based on known facts. Brexit could qualify as a...

The original EAPC law was for a strict 200 watts limit with no room for higher peak powers, plus an assist limit of 12 mph. That prevented e-bikes being a success for almost two decades. Aligning with the EU in three steps over the years brought us to where we are now. 250 watts limit with...

We do. We have full market access without being a full member. We are not signed up to Shengen. We have a substantial rebate on our EU share of contributions. That's a special deal. .

Yes, like all the EU treaties voted for by all the members, including us. John Major as prime minister signed up to it in 1992. .

Agreed, but the EU cannot govern for the one outsider, it has to govern for the majority of full members. Two tiers are not possible. That of course will not suit us. As I've posted so often, the UK needs to make it's mind up, full membership or total disconnection, trying to sit on the fence...

Not sleep walking to a federal state but done in full knowledge, it's been EU policy ever since Maastricht At Maastricht all the democratically elected governments of member states signed up to a united Europe future. That many in their electorates don't like that now is irrelevant, it's...

I know about that, but in politics expediency comes first. This is a perfect illustration why referendums are wrong. Once a government is elected, it should be left to get on with the infinitely complex job of governing. The electorate simply don't have the knowledge and skills to cope with...

He would use it if there was an attempt to get Turkey in quickly, but he couldn't possibly say that. That's politics, it's the same for all the EU leaders at present, since they need to keep Turkey sweet over the immigrant return program. .

The last time I got a yell of cheating was from two lads of about 10 years old who were waiting at a stop for a bus to take them to the local shops barely a half-mile away! I wonder what they thought their legs were for? .

Yes, I think they should use this, their strongest card, but they should also be honest about the fact that immigration control of EU citizens would lose us free access to the EU market. All we could hope for then would be some restricted access after long negotiation and no agreement for our...

I'm not disputing the rest of what you posted, but this last sentence isn't true. The European Parliament consists of democratically elected members and that parliament can block any measures that the unelected EU Commission proposes. Every Commission measure has to be passed by the...

If Churchill was around today, I think he might in his inimitable way say this about the referendum campaign: Never - in the field of human verbal conflict Has so much - been said by - so many to such little - effect. .

I hope there's sufficient remnants of decency left to prevent that happening. And of course it could easily backlash anyway. .

I expected this to happen, a reaction to the assasination of a Remain MP. The undecideds are easily swung. I saw this the moment it appeared, and was immediately sure it was a deliberate copy. Likewise the queue of immigrants poster, a deliberate copy of the Conservative "Labour isn't...

But this is the essence of democracy, for all voices to be heard, however much some dislike the more extreme views. Coalitions tend to guard against the extreme gaining full power. To rail against it is to say that we must do away with true democracy, replacing it with dictatorship or the sham...

Parliaments in democracies don't completely fix anything of course, they can only produce compromises. But a fair system of representation which gives a voice to everyone does remove the frustration of not being heard at all. .

I understand why the Brexit campaign has been conducted the way it has, and also why the Brexiters have expressed themselves with such anger and frustration. And I don't just understand, I also sympathise with them, despite being strongly for Remain. For 44 long years those opposed to our EU...

Though I think it's unlikely, even if that does happen, at least the term will be very long, as Ian Brady's crime and subsequent punishment has shown. .