Mouser

Branson falls into the "excepting a handful of the usual suspects" category, as mentioned in the article.

Just providing some BBC-style balance to Robert's thread.  I'm a public-service poster!  :-) OK, I'm off to straighten some bananas now...

"There are very few pro-EU industrialists left in Britain. That is the only inference we can fairly draw from the letter in today’s Independent, signed by some hoary-headed Euro-grandees...

If you ask anyone old enough to have had the chance to vote in the 1975 referendum in the UK they will tell you that they were being asked to agree to a "Common Market" for trade and nothing more....

Here's a more balanced summary of opinions from the UK Parliament: In brief: UK-EU economic relations The key sentence for me is "Making an assessment of the economic consequences of withdrawal...

Surely the fact that it isn't specific ("trading union" or some-such language) implies a general union in all ways.  i.e. a United States of Europe?

Surely Barroso's statement is no surprise?  The first sentence of the 1957 Treaty of Rome reads: "DETERMINED to lay the foundations of an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe..."

Huh?  Why would leaving the EU mean that we stop doing business with Germany (or any other European country)? Germany happily trades with the rest of the world despite them not belong to the EU...

After Lawson and Portillo, another (former) senior Conservative politician weighs in: "On Thursday another former Chancellor, Lord Lamont, told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme: "I basically...

...are you sure about that, Princess? "Cleveland 'Hero' Was A Repeat Domestic Abuser Charles Ramsey battered his wife, did prison time for three...

No, definitely not.

I thought it would be called Oceania? -Mouser, Airstrip One.

Well, there seems to be a strong case and desire for people to be allowed to make a choice.  You seem to assume that people would vote to leave, but a vote to stay would also be welcome given that...

I know, and I agree.  I was refuting 57even when he says that we need to know "the answer" (i.e. the full implications) of making a decision before we should be allowed to have a referendum on it.

That argument didn't stop us having a referendum to join back in 1975. You seem to be suggesting that we should only have a referendum on something once all debate is finished, and therefore the...

You also said "xenophobic", which means "an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries" (according to my dictionary)... so you are obviously wrong on that one. I have no...

Robert - I wonder why the leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage, married a German then?

We are doing something about it - we are arming the chemical weapon using...

Sure, some people in any election will have entrenched positions and others will be uninterested.  The former may be unwilling to consider other views, and the latter will likely not bother voting...

Well, you're making an excellent case to hold the referendum, as the very act of announcing one (with say 6 months notice) would mean that all sides would present their analyses on the impact of a...