Great Britain is not an Island

[JR-]

I should point out that the principle basis of my attitude to the EU revolves around two points:
1. I want nothing of ever deeper union, something which is both a stated goal and also a necessary outcome of a single currency.
2. If we do reject the encroaching political union then the europe WILL offer us efta/eea status.

So, although i think the plan for a more federated europe is daft and that the EU would be better off wide and shallow than narrow and deep, if that's what you guys want then go for it, just don't expect the UK to be there to give 'stature' to the perception of EUropean economic, military, and political might.