The EU's Right Wing agenda
Much of the EU's neo-liberal agenda was a result of the British Conservative government and they pushed it relentlessly in the UK, leaving us with a national infrastructure owned and subsidising the state owned industries of Germany and France. Similarly, many of the EU's social protections were watered down at the behest of the Tories.
Politicians have been happy to use the EU as a trojan horse to implement their ideological/self-enriching policies so they can say to the electorate with a straight face, "It's not our fault, the nasty EU made us do it!" They have also been very reluctant to take advantage of the social benefits of EU membership as it would lead to Monty Python-esque answers to the question "What has the EU ever done for us?" David Cameron had to be bullied with petitions to apply for flood relief funds. That's the equivilant of taking out home insurance, then refusing to make a claim so you can bitch about the poor service they give you. Only now is it becoming clear how much unreported support the EU has been giving to poorer parts of the country, and suddenly, special interest groups are all jostling for government handouts to replace what will be lost. Somehow I think it will add up to more than the £350million per week we were going to get back for the NHS.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
