| Ka-pi96 said: I never said that I thought I was qualified to vote (not that I plan to either)... The only thing the general public know about the EU is the media hate campaign it gets that blames everything on the EU and immigrants. The actual benefits of the EU aren't known or even cared about by those people. For business and the economy however the EU is of huge importance. Sure there are some problems with the EU at the moment, but they weren't there before and they can be fixed. Having that economic co-operation however is very important for the future of the country. The UK is just too small and weak to do much by itself, some resource countries can get away with that but the UK isn't particularly resource rich. Only together with the EU can the UK hope to be an economic and political powerhouse again. |
For major corporations, maybe. For small and medium businesses (who are, by far, the largest employers in the UK) whether or not the EU is net benefit or cost to the benefit is really down to that business and their clients, it can go either way. My father's business primarily trades with China and the USA (as well as other British firms), not much business out of the EU. He still has to comply with all the EU regulations, though. For his business, he'd probably be better off without the EU.
