Well if the German finance minister says so it must be true.
I wonder what would motivate him to say such a thing. Could it be that the UK is the second biggest net contributor to the EU after Germany? How is it that Switzerland and Norway are part of the single market despite not being EU members? How is it that Australia and Canada have trade deals that allow them access to the single market?
More lies and scare tactics from a foreign politician that no one outside Germany had ever heard of until yesterday. Still, I'm sure he's now secured himself a lucrative sinecure in Brussels once his current tenure comes to an end.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 11 Jun 2016, 6:42,
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What motivates the CBI, TUC, Unite, Unison, Bank of England, IMF and so many charities I've lost count?
If we shouldn't listen to any of those experts, who should we listen to? The only voices I here from the Brexit camp are Johnson, Gove, Farage, The Daily Mail and The Sun and I wouldn't trust any of them to run a bath.
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slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Sat 11 Jun 2016, 7:54,
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Well the business side of those people got us into a global recession and caused untold amount of misery.
And yet still seem to have a lot of money and power.
Funny that.
As for the unions, well most have swallowed the labour party line (because ooOOooOO tories) but the RMT is calling for exit.
But we'll probably remain because the British love being told not to do something and care deeply how their decisions will affect big business.
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Also apparently The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance are calling for leave.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Sat 11 Jun 2016, 8:07,
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I'm pretty sure it was the American Sub-Prime mortgage market that got us into a recession.
A nice list, because we like lists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016
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slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Sat 11 Jun 2016, 8:13,
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That's certainly an impressive list.
I can see why many organisations would favour the status quo.
Personally I think we can do better.
Now excuse me because as a skinhead i've got to find a elderly asian lady to play seesaw with.
weee!
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Sat 11 Jun 2016, 8:46,
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The charities are motivated by self interest, they get lots of hand outs from the EU.
I don't see trade unions as experts in anything. BOE and IMF are economists. Economics is just fiscal politics, it's not, as many believe, a science where there is a right and wrong. This Remain/Leave debate has no right answer, it's a matter of political opinion. So you defer to your so called experts if you want, just as we defer to the unelected and unaccountable EU. I'd like to regain some autonomy. If those are the only Brexit voices you've heard, you're following the debate in a very superficial way.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 11 Jun 2016, 12:11,
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