There would appear to be some debate as to whether the UK should leave the EU and go it alone. I suspect this point of view is fermented by pathetic politicians who assume that they will gain a little extra notice if they are able to parade themselves on a smaller stage. I wonder if the politicians may possibly be having their egos massaged and polished by other interested parties who are terrified that if the UK joins the EU fully and adopts the Euro they will have one less currency to gamble with and generally distort and mess up. As any reader may gather from this I am strongly pro EU and our membership of the same. I believe that being part of Europe and playing our part in the decision making is preferable by far to the way our relationship with the other countries of Europe has been conducted since the time of the Romans and possibly long before. I remember discussing some problem or other with the owner of an agricultural supply business several years ago and the gentleman in question said that he had hope for a better brighter future and his reasoning was as follows. "To get here you have travelled from one village, crossed a river bridge, passed through another village and come here. At one time you may have had to fight the locals in the first village to pass through, pay an exorbitant toll charge to cross the river and possibly get robbed mid river then fight for right of passage through the next village and all before you got here. Now you are able to get from your home to here with non of these problems. It has got easier and much safer to travel that small distance, that is progress."
While his example was a little extreme the point he was illustrating was well made, things appear to be improving albeit slowly. I believe this illustrates clearly why we should remain part of the EU and even integrate with the Euro. Talking is better and much less wasteful than fighting. I also hate the idea that if I wish to spend my money in another EU country I have to exchange it for Euros and in doing so have to pay someone for the privilege, thereby enabling me to spend my money in another country. It seems to me that the money traders who facilitate this exchange actually produce nothing of any value, they feed no one, cloth no one and educate no one. In other words when I exchange money I pay someone for facilitating something that should be unnecessary in a descent world. Its high time we adopted the Euro, it will be a good start, and could be seen as our first move towards a world currency. I believe we are better off as part of the EU, not only that but we should be taking a very active part in the decision making. If we don't take care now we will find ourselves left on the outside begging to be let in.
