Ah Jom. So no new "evidence" has "emerged" - simply your own wild imaginings.

Nigel Parsons - 01 Sep 17 - 07:56 AM

"Jim,
Maybe you should read the link you posted."

Unfortunately Nigel, Jom very rarely reads the links he posts, or if he does, he clearly does not understand what they state.

Love Mr. Red's take on the EU - to him it would appear to be idyllic - which or course it is not - far from it. In his view the UK is beset with insurmountable problems because we are leaving (And WE ARE LEAVING Mr Red). Funny then that for centuries prior to there being an EU we seemed to get on just fine trading with Europe and the rest of the world (The British Empire was founded on TRADE NOT CONQUEST). The points put by Stanron and Iains are valid and sensible. Of the BRIC countries you refer to Red, the truth is that they are no further down the track now than when the term was coined in 2001, the EU believes them to be totally incapable of any collective action, while there has been talk of trade agreements none exist to date.