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Europe
EU exit would leave Britain with zero influence, says Barroso
2014-10-20
[BBC] The UK would have "zero" influence if it voted to leave the EU, the outgoing president of the European Commission has said.
How much influence does it have now, and how much of that does it use?
Jose Manuel Barroso said Britannia could not negotiate with the US and China "on an equal footing" on its own.

He also said free movement of people within the EU was an "essential" principle that could not be changed.
But if Britain is no longer in the EU then it can be changed...
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Barroso was "out of touch" and an "unelected bureaucrat".
Not that Grant is so spectacular himself, but I suppose it takes one to know one...
Mr Barroso was asked about Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
's stated intention to negotiate a better deal for the UK in Europe, ahead of an in/out referendum.

The prime minister has said he will "not take no for an answer" and "get what Britannia needs" on the question of freedom of movement.

'One last go'
If the Conservatives remain in power, a referendum would be held by 2017, Mr Cameron has said.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Barroso, whose term of office ends this month, said he believed Mr Cameron wanted Britannia to remain in the EU.
Thus the corruption spreads. Once the camel gets its nose under the tent it gets the rest of the way in. And then good luck evicting it...
"Britannia is stronger in the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
," Mr Barroso said, pointing to the Ebola crisis as an area where Britannia would not have the same level of influence if it was outside the EU.

"David Cameron wrote to all of us about Ebola... What would be the influence of a prime minister of Britannia if it was not part of the European Union?

"His influence would be zero."
But you're not listening to him now so what's his influence anyway?
Mr Cameron has said he wants to curb migration within the EU and last week pledged to have "one last go" at renegotiating the rules for Britannia.

The Conservatives lost the recent Clacton by-election to the UK Independence Party, which wants the UK to leave the EU.
Posted by:Fred

#8  * GROONG > [Ria Novosti] WORLDS IS MOVING ABCK TO PERIOD OF GREAT POWER [National + Regional] COMPETITION.

Mahanism + Mackindrianism.

Which, ironically, shows once again why the OWG GLOBALIST TENET THAT THE SOLE SUPERPOWER USA, ETAL. GREAT POWERS MUST UNILATERALLY GIVE UP THEIR POWER-N-INFLUENCE TO NEW GEOPOL WANNABES + FALL BACK ACROSS THE WORLD IS A DANGEROUS ONE.

Moreso because the OWG Globies have still failed to answer "HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH"? andor "HOW FAR IS TOO FAR"? ETC. FOR THE US + OTHER TO GEOPOL RETREAT OR PULL BACK SAFELY WIDOUT BEING THREATENED OR DESTROYED BY NEWBIES, be it Globalist-desired fellow Co-Superpwer(s) or third-party originals e.g. "All the World will be an Islamic/Sharia State" Islamic State = ISIS/ISIL.

But I digress ...
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-10-20 23:23  

#7  Iff VPOTUS Biden can describe CHINA as a "NORTH AMERICAN" COUNTRY, he can do the same to the UK including Ireland.

Wid the ISIS/ISIL still at the OWG North-SOuth "Mason-Dixon" line aka the Equator.

Personally I'm still waiting for the US Marines + Army Airborne, etc. to politely courteously attack + take over Greenland + Iceland.

AM I WRONG WID THE ONGOING NEW ISIS CALIPHATE THREAT TO TURKEY + IRAN, + ULTIMATELY RUSSIA, CHINA, + INDIA - SORRY, BUT ME DON'T THINK SO!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-10-20 23:14  

#6  

He didn't say it but if he thought the proles would beleive him the shitty Maoist would.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-10-20 21:58  

#5  But don't construe any of that as an endorsement of the European Union.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-20 18:52  

#4  I blame the USA. If it wasn't for your misplaced sentimentality, Europeans would live in the real World.

Yeah, we do kinda like 'em in spite of it all. You know, when your ancestors are from Britain it's only natural to have a certain interest in Britain. Sometimes I even have a certain amount of sympathy for the rest of them. As flawed as it may be and as much as we disagree with them, there are those of us who appreciate Western Civilization.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-20 18:50  

#3  I blame the USA. If it wasn't for your misplaced sentimentality, Europeans would live in the real World.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-20 14:23  

#2  Barroso is showing how desperate and fearful the EU is in the possibility of the UK leaving and the EU eventually collapsing.

Would you want some unelected bunch in the EU negotiating on your behalf with the US and China? How did the heavy handed attempt at imposing a carbon tax on Chinese and other commercial aircraft flying to the EU work out? Well, EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaar, how did it go?

Dinosaurs once roamed the earth, but they became obsolete and extinct. Like the EU will become.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-10-20 11:14  

#1  No, actually, he's got it backwards.
It would leave the EU with zero influence. The Brits have all the money, and all of Barroso's fulminating will not stop Germany and France from selling things to England. The productivity of your workers only matters when someone wants to buy what you're selling. (Ask Italy.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-10-20 07:48  

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