Dear Hasbeen,

Where do you drag this guff from?

There are only a little over EU 55,000 civil servants and other employees serving over half a billion Europeans.

Australia has over 3 times that number of federal civil servants looking after 25,000,000.

The EU administration is highly efficient.

EU money targeted poorer councils in England. As a struggling area Corwall for instance received over half a billion pounds over the last 10 years from the EU toward stimulating jobs. They voted to leave the EU but the council is calling for the funds to be guaranteed. The council leader now says;

“We will be insisting that Cornwall receives investment equal to that provided by the EU programme which has averaged £60m per year over the last ten years.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-cornwall-issues-plea-for-funding-protection-after-county-overwhelmingly-votes-in-favour-of-a7101311.html

What would be your message to the people of Cornwall?

Written like a true, overpaid bureaucrat Steely.

What a great system , the poms can send billions to Brussels, they can give billions to French farmers, & send back a few millions to a couple of councils.

With billions less to spend they should be able to get rid of 15 or 20 thousands of those bureaucrats. As I said, don't buy a house in Brussels, or a French dairy farm for that matter.

*The EU administration is highly efficient.*

Is that why they move the whole shindig to Strasbourg for 4 days on a regular basis and then move everything back to Brussels again? Come on, EU admin is a nightmare.

The reality is that EU honchos are trying to blackmail Britain and anyone else who refuses to take orders from Brussels. If you dare to disagree, your economy will collapse. They could of course simply have free trade between European countries and the problem would be solved. But that would take away Brussels political control of the masses and the few at the top who control things.

Steeleredux

So you openly admit that there is nothing to the bremain case than squalling to suck off the teat of the Germans.

"And we have our own Poirot.."

Aw....shucks, Graham : )

"....who has never been known as a champion of free markets, stock markets, or any other sort of market, apart from maybe a street market, berating us because the pound has taken a tumble and stocks are down."

I wasn't berating you. I was merely noting the shock of the exit for financial markets.

JKJ says: "But you're against free trade and profit is evil, remember? You're only making an exhibition of your complete confusion and constant self-contradiction."

The reality is that Brexit has nothing to do with my views.

Obviously, if you're going to leave the world's largest trading bloc, one would expect some sort of grand plan to be waiting in the wings.

There doesn't appear to be one.

The vote comes in, the pound plunges, the markets go berserk, the PM resigns - it's extraordinary!

What started out as a stunt to appease factions in the Tories and UKIP seems to have snowballed out of control.

Again: "The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/24/the-british-are-frantically-googling-what-the-eu-is-hours-after-voting-to-leave-it/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_switch-google-1145a-mobile%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

I mean Lol!....

Farage was swanning around whipping up EU resentment saying that the money flowing from Britain to the EU could be better spent on the NHS...he even had that sentiment plastered over campaign buses.

Here's what he now says a day after the vote:

"NHS might have to be replaced by private health insurance"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-nhs-might-have-to-be-replaced-by-private-health-insurance-9988904.html

When all is said and done, this is the most fascinating turn of events since the Berlin Wall came down.

I mean, I'm engrossed...whichever way it plays out

England never, never should have been enslaved by Brussels. With Scotland sent back to its Norse roots at last England will be its own kingdom. Gibraltar , Ulster and Falklands fly the flag and 2 aircraft carriers to boot. Will Philip visit to thank Tony for leading the way?