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3. the city has brought in a staggering ammount of tax revenue for the exchequer to blow in NHS improvement and child tax credits, along with every other half-cocked example of social engineering.
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I wonder how you came to the opinion that a healthy population is a "half cocked example of social engineering" (Although I agree that some parts of the NHS should be cut, e.g. pre and post-natal care)

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4. yes, the EU does have the ability to wall itself from global competition, and i can't see a faster way of creating economic stagnation which will accelerate europes decline in the coming century.
So does America. And China. And Brazil. And Russia. And ______.

if france gets her way, then the market will be serving someone elses 'people', and your social programs will go wanting.
If Britain got her way, the Queen would still be Empress of India, Africa would be pink from Cairo to Cape Town and America would still be a colony