View Poll Results: Should Britain stay in the European Union ?
Yes
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23
37.10%
No
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27
43.55%
Don't care, I'm a Canuck now...
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4
6.45%
Couldn't give a monkeys either way
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8
12.90%
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Britain & the EU
#136
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Is it really the case that over half the working age population in France is employed by the state?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
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#137
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Is it really the case that over half the working age population in France is employed by the state?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
France has ownership stakes in many corporations (eg. EDF) so the "indirect" employment figure is probably quite large.
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Is it really the case that over half the working age population in France is employed by the state?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...el-Hintze.html
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Are you changing the goalposts now? You point was that Norway was a significant net contributor to the EU budget not that the per capita contributions was significant. Even if the latter was your point, it is only one third of the UK, so again wrong. Not sure why you wish to compare it to the UK anyway, Sweden, a Nordic country closer is size would have made a better comparator.
the point was made by Mikeypm that:
Norway decided it was best to keep all their oil and gas money to themselves rather than support the likes of Greece etc spend like it was going out of fashion.
I compared to the UK because Mikeypm was responding to your comment.
It is interesting that while Britain used to be the one skeptic in the club, skepticism is now growing amongst the Germans, Dutch and Swedes too. The support of the general public is not necessarily being mirrored by the EU politicians that are becoming increasingly elite.
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