There's also the distinct possibility that we could reach accomodations with major employers without the restrictions placed on us by EU law, not saying it as fact, but it's a thought.
There is the possibilty that our calculated net loss, as calculated by the EU, includes the measurable benefits derived from companies like Honda. If that benefit is directly attributable to the EU I cannot imagine they would omit it from their own financial publications, no matter how tenuous the connection.
It is also possible that a unilateral withdrawal would bring a dollop of pain, infinitely preferable would be a structured dismantling of much of the machinery and a managed withdrawal until we reach the intended state of a loosely linked trading association, but then the net takers will never sign up to that and we'll continue pumping in £45m per day. Turkeys will never vote or Christmas.
Sticking to financial matters, tempting though straight bananas and the demise of the gallon might be, it is really irritating thatthe EU will cheerfully admit that £1.6m has efectively gone 'poof', I can almost imagine the gallic shrug that accompanied the pronouncement.
Final thought for this rantette is that the EU auditors have failed to balance the books for 15 successive years, there is a view that to open the books up to external indepedent auditors would not necessarily spell the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end.
