If you have a bit of time to spare, listening to Andrew Shonfield's Reith Lectures from 1972 is fascinating. He was a member of the team negotiating our entry into the Common Market and his account of the way the European Partners were working together (or not) in the sixties is vivid and his assessment of the issues the UK would have to face is fascinating and very instructive. We know - as he didn't - what really did happen after we joined. I didn't know, for example, that the appetite for federalism was already so well developed.
The level of growth for the EU for the last 60 years has been modest as my pension investment growth has demonstrated. The bulk of my pension growth came from UK Equities and US investment. I didn't have the courage to put money in the Far East as it was high risk, high reward. Those that did invest in Asia were rewarded well.
The future depends on what happens next after the pandemic. At the moment China appears to be spoiling for a fight with anyone who disagrees with their ambitions and opinions. Europe sits on the edge of a superstate or a step back from that.
As members of the EU the UK faced political & economic decline, economic staleness thanks to France and Germanys growth ambitions. The CPTPP will hopefully help the UK with growth after our EU camp escape. We have the ability for rapid growth let's see how we do outside the bullies camp. Maybe the level of protection by the bullies was underappreciated? Those of us who will alway stand up to bullies were always outside the EU camp and so to be free physically is a wonderful feeling as much it frightens the more timid who prefer the more familiar servitude to the EU.
If you have a bit of time to spare, listening to Andrew Shonfield's Reith Lectures from 1972 is fascinating. He was a member of the team negotiating our entry into the Common Market and his account of the way the European Partners were working together (or not) in the sixties is vivid and his assessment of the issues the UK would have to face is fascinating and very instructive. We know - as he didn't - what really did happen after we joined. I didn't know, for example, that the appetite for federalism was already so well developed.
The level of growth for the EU for the last 60 years has been modest as my pension investment growth has demonstrated. The bulk of my pension growth came from UK Equities and US investment. I didn't have the courage to put money in the Far East as it was high risk, high reward. Those that did invest in Asia were rewarded well.
The future depends on what happens next after the pandemic. At the moment China appears to be spoiling for a fight with anyone who disagrees with their ambitions and opinions. Europe sits on the edge of a superstate or a step back from that.
As members of the EU the UK faced political & economic decline, economic staleness thanks to France and Germanys growth ambitions. The CPTPP will hopefully help the UK with growth after our EU camp escape. We have the ability for rapid growth let's see how we do outside the bullies camp. Maybe the level of protection by the bullies was underappreciated? Those of us who will alway stand up to bullies were always outside the EU camp and so to be free physically is a wonderful feeling as much it frightens the more timid who prefer the more familiar servitude to the EU.