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[EFLImpudence]

Suppose the IMF bailout of the UK in the 70s was due to bad British management too.

The need for the bail-out was.

Don't get me wrong I agree that the Eu is far from perfect but I'm old enough to remember all the co ck ups our sovereign governments made.

You agree then ?

 

[securespark]

Indeed.

 

[anobium]

Suppose the IMF bailout of the UK in the 70s was due to bad British management too.

The need for the bail-out was.

Don't get me wrong I agree that the Eu is far from perfect but I'm old enough to remember all the co ck ups our sovereign governments made.

You agree then ?

With what?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Government and other management cock-ups were the cause.

 

[anobium]

Government and other management cock-ups were the cause.

So if Government and management were the cause of the bail out, whats to suppose that it won't happen again without the EU restraints.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You began by implying that the industrial troubles in the seventies was a result of Britain NOT being in the EEC.
I said that, IMO, the cause was bad management. Others will disagree with me and say it was the fault of the Unions. Either way, I don't see how it was NOT being in the EEC.
It was, of course, the EEC, or to be precise, France that would not let us join.

If you now mean that British management and Government will revert to their ways of the seventies (although, as I said, nearly everything now is foreign-owned) and purposely provoke strife, then I suppose it is possible.

I hope that Britain has moved on with its foreign owners who are more interested in successful business than treading on the workforce..

 

[honda]

Don't see the point of speculating........what will be will be.

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Don't see the point of speculating....

'Cause it's fun, and later we can say "told you so!" and look smug.

 

[anobium]

You began by implying that the industrial troubles in the seventies was a result of Britain NOT being in the EEC.
I said that, IMO, the cause was bad management. Others will disagree with me and say it was the fault of the Unions. Either way, I don't see how it was NOT being in the EEC.
It was, of course, the EEC, or to be precise, France that would not let us join.

If you now mean that British management and Government will revert to their ways of the seventies (although, as I said, nearly everything now is foreign-owned) and purposely provoke strife, then I suppose it is possible.

I hope that Britain has moved on with its foreign owners who are more interested in successful business than treading on the workforce..

I don't necessarily disagree with you, I am just trying to be the devils advocate.
I hope that I am wrong and that everything works out for the best.
If it dosen't who will be hurt the most, no prizes for guessing , the ordinary working class at the bottom of the pile.
Those with the money will ride it out until the good times return. Was ever thus.
Just one other point, what happens if the EU breaks up as a result of Brexit,?

 

[JohnD]

The Brexiters said they would have a bonfire to rid Britain of red tape and curbs on business.

Not everyone would describe Worker Protection, the Working Time Directive and Minimum Wage laws quite like that. Hooray for zero hours contracts, perhaps?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13152...sses-call-for-brexit-and-condemn-eu-red-tape/

 

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