Sadly they are right about the intelligence of the population.
Can you explain me what the treaty Dave didn't sign was about chompo?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Dec 2011, 13:50, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

It was about tighter control to the EU about ecconomic policy.
One country within the euro can't just say WE'RE GOING TO BUY EVERYTHING!!!!
They can only spend up to 103% of their tax income every year. Yearly budgets will be checked centrally be the EU and if they go above that they'll be charged.
Why we didn't go into it... within these rules there was a number of things specific to finacial services, Cameron wanted to change it so that these rules would have to be changed by a unanimous vote, not just by a 2/3rds majority.
Also he wanted safeguards to the buying and selling of Euros so that they can be officially sold in London, not just in euro countries.
Also he wanted to make it so that Britain can set the percentage of assets stored by banks itself rather than by the EU.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 13:51, Reply)

OK, so possibly not such a big deal as it has been made out to be?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Dec 2011, 13:54, Reply)

All the things Cameron tried to get
would have been possible if
1: he had started talking about them in detail before. (before the meeting I think the proposals sent round were about 1 side of A4)
2: He hadn't of gone into the meetings with such an aggressive "bulldog" stance
3: He was any good at negotiating, and was actually liked by the big players
4: He didn't realise telling the EU to fuck off would give him a couple of weeks of good press by the right wing papers.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 13:58, Reply)

Oh, yeah, man's a posturing cunt no doubt.
What I mean is, for all the rhetoric, it's not like we're out of Europe or anything, he's not been that stupid.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Dec 2011, 14:05, Reply)