Ian
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it makes no sense for them to be full members.
Bit like any country who are making a net contribution then.
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3CorsaMeal
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Everyone voted on lies, there was no way of knowing the truth, the only truth was if we leave the economy will be bad for a few years, i think most or all the brexit voters knew that and thought its worth the risk.
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DaveyLC
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If we all voted on lies that's even more reason to not listen to the outcome 
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Ian
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I reckon we should stay in, let the moaning lefties get their way. Give us a JC Labour government as well, few people marching for that.
Obviously its such a great idea people need to march so lets see it. Lefties can run the place and we'll see how that pans out.
Less moaning would be a start.
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
it makes no sense for them to be full members.
Bit like any country who are making a net contribution then.
Not really.. Being a member means the price you can export (regardless of where too) raw materials / commodities at is restricted, if a large proportion of your GDP relies on a good price for the export of your materials / commodities then the additional benefits of being a full member are seriously out-weighed..
Unfortunately we have very few commodities or raw materials in this country and we rely heavily on our service industry and position as a 'EU port'..
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http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/685983/Andrea-Leadsom-Tory-leadership-candidate-launches-campaign-Prime-Minister-Brexit
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https://www.facebook.com/skynews/videos/1389123671102226/
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Ian
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You can tell when lefties get angry
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Steve
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Wonder why they have to be so angry
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Steve
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Unfortunately we have very few commodities or raw materials in this country
orly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom#Natural_resources
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The UK has a variety of natural resources including:
Geological: coal, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, chalk, gypsum, silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, lead.
Agricultural: arable land, wheat, barley, sheep
The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Due to the island location of the UK, the country has great potential for generating electricity from wave power and tidal power, although these have not yet been exploited on a commercial basis.
Also
https://www.reference.com/geography/natural-resources-great-britain-2d06cad756c65c8
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Historically, coal has been Britain's richest natural resource. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the British produced enough coal to meet most of their own energy needs. In 1970, they were the world's third largest producer of coal. While Britain still has large coal deposits, it has become more economical to produce coal in other countries, and British production has declined steadily. During the 1960s, oil and gas were discovered under the North Sea, and studies showed huge reserves of shale gas below the North Sea floor.
[Edited on 05-07-2016 by Steve]
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Ian
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10% of GDP, very few resources 
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Unfortunately we have very few commodities or raw materials in this country
orly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom#Natural_resources
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The UK has a variety of natural resources including:
Geological: coal, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, chalk, gypsum, silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, lead.
Agricultural: arable land, wheat, barley, sheep
The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Due to the island location of the UK, the country has great potential for generating electricity from wave power and tidal power, although these have not yet been exploited on a commercial basis.
Also
https://www.reference.com/geography/natural-resources-great-britain-2d06cad756c65c8
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Historically, coal has been Britain's richest natural resource. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the British produced enough coal to meet most of their own energy needs. In 1970, they were the world's third largest producer of coal. While Britain still has large coal deposits, it has become more economical to produce coal in other countries, and British production has declined steadily. During the 1960s, oil and gas were discovered under the North Sea, and studies showed huge reserves of shale gas below the North Sea floor.
[Edited on 05-07-2016 by Steve]
We've got LOADS of coal but its now worthless, too dirty.. we have quote a bit of shale gas (but its expensive and difficult to extract)..
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10% of GDP, very few resources
By comparison Norways oil and gas accounts for 22% of GDP and 67% of exports.
[Edited on 05-07-2016 by DaveyLC]
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DaveyLC
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...Oh and its not like we've just done a massive deal with EDF for our future energy resources.. 
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Originally posted by Ian
10% of GDP, very few resources
By comparison Norways oil and gas accounts for 22% of GDP and 67% of exports.
[Edited on 05-07-2016 by DaveyLC]
Thats because they aren't selling out to the EU, Im sure ours would go up to
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Originally posted by Ian
10% of GDP, very few resources
By comparison Norways oil and gas accounts for 22% of GDP and 67% of exports.
[Edited on 05-07-2016 by DaveyLC]
Thats because they aren't selling out to the EU, Im sure ours would go up to
No it wouldn't because we export the majority of our coal to NON-EU buyers as coal burning power-stations (and even fire places) are being phased out in the EU due to how dirty they are.
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Why are you focussing on coal...thats not the only resource we have
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DaveyLC
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Its the most abundant.. The rest are very limited.
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Steve
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The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves;
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Ian
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10% of GDP, very few resources
By comparison Norways oil and gas accounts for 22% of GDP and 67% of exports.
Which could mean the economy is smaller or they've less manufacturing to export.
Either way 10% in the UK is not 'very few'.
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Steve
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Some of you angry liberals need to have a jolly good read of this
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/03/referendum-vote-leave-labour-people-have-spoken?CMP=share_btn_link
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Steve
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I went to school with Gisela Stuarts kids btw, I used to go round her house after school and she cooked me waffles and beans
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We have loads of Dance Troops, am sure they will come in handy at some point. If we have to start dancing for food etc
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http://news.sky.com/story/1721982/watch-ken-clarke-ridicules-tory-candidates
Made me laugh so much
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Steve
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Theresa May for PM then, not great
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