Merkel 'would accept UK exit from EU'

[Tep]

The whole concept of "freedom of movement" was fine while the countries exposed were the ones that are (or were) on a roughly equal financial footing. Once the poor countries were admitted, their citizens were given the right to move into these "rich" countries, and settle and work - fine (sort of) so far... BUT - the government handouts, and easy welfare society plus the lax attitude to racism (by immigrants against the host nation), made the UK the jewel in the crown, and the place to go - so rather than the extra people simply becoming an evenly spread workforce distributed across all of the EU (which would have worked perfectly), and thus abiding by the concept of freedom of movement, the new migrants wanted a nice place with generous welfare that was easy to obtain, and it simply became a "freedom of entry to the UK" system instead.

Under the present system of free handouts by the PC tw*ts (< that has an "a" in it) in government, and the lack of common sense in which countries should be allowed entry to the EU, this is bound to fail, and is already doing so - witness: the scenes at Calais...

So let's see how these sentiments hold up to a comparative analysis with, for the sake of argument, internal population shifts in the US. The US is a federation of 50 states. Let's assume this is analogous to the EU. There is constant internal population movement, most dramatically in California and the South West over the past couple of decades. Yet you don't see anything written about the 'East Coasters' or Georgians or Floridians moving to these high growth states.

This report https://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=990_0_2_0 concludes that there is an overall net economic benefit of internal migration to California.

What is different in the case of the UK and the EU. Clearly it is the racial origins of the immigrants. Clearly it is also the hysteria about illegal immigration. This is why a discussion on the UK's participation in the EU, which should be an economic debate, quickly deteriorates into an anti-immigration rant-fest with racial overtones.

The Economist from the week before last reports on the same findings on the impact immigration on the UK. http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21631076-rather-lot-according-new-piece-research-what-have-immigrants-ever-done-us

The article describes the finding that immigration to the UK has had a net benefit to the UK economy of more than GBP4bn. The study examined the period 1995 to 2011.

With these studies showing immigration has a net fiscal benefit to an economy, my original observation on the role of race in the UK/EU debate stands.

[Jay Sata]

Getting back to the the original story this is all posturing for the UK to get a better deal.

In terms of Europe the UK has managed to stay out of Schengen and retained it's currency.

It also has this weird mix of metric and imperial hence pints and miles.

While the likes of Luxembourg and Ireland have played around with semi tax haven status London remains one of the

major global financial markets and a safe haven.

The only issues that upset the voters are the perceived lack of control on immigration and the European Court.

I am sure sure some sort of compromise will be worked out because Europe needs the UK.

[jpinx]

The way Cameron is promoting the US-EU free trade arrangement makes it obvious he has no intention of getting out of the EU.