Tim of the Oak
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Besides the war debt there was the labour government and the unions, Margret came along and sorted that bunch of c*nts out ( I left school aged 15 and was a fully paid up branch attending union member for twenty years, an I`m telling you straight they were a bunch of self serving c*nts).
So lets look at where we are now shall we, a far faster growing economy than anywhere in the EU, not because of but in spite of the EU.
Over 90% of UK companies do no business with the EU but trade world wide on price and quality, unemployment is far higher and living standards far lower than the UK in your exalted EU.
So we've done better out of EU membership than many other Member States then! It is estimated that over half of our trade is with Europe.
Your figures about UK companies probably include corner shops who aren't particularly renowned for international trade!
I agree with Trade Unions being too powerful in the past but it's a long time since Maggie and we are the fifth biggest economy in the World!