President Obama is right: Britain Should Remain in the EU

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So, there is much ado about President Obama coming to Britain and expressing his view that the country should remain in the EU. Frankly, I cannot see any valid argument against the POTUS arguing for Britain to remain; I would go so far as to say it is the only logical option for Britain at present.

What sense could it make for Britain to leave the European Union; which is not to say there is nothing wrong or dysfunctional with the EU?  Yes, it could be described as a cancer eating up everything it comes into contact with, national sovereignty and National autonomy, national expression of 'democracy', accountability, free trade, etc, but guess what?

It is top dog in Europe and it is still busy cartelising the rest of Europe, after which it will doubtlessly find some way of making states outside of Europe 'associate members' of itself.

Of course the EU, if it continues to grow and become more of a political union, will probable implode at sometime in the future, but that is something which could possibly be avoided by Britain remain In it and working with others to reform it.

Some commentators have argued that President Obama has no right to argue that Britain should remain in the Union, but, of course he has a right to do so. The same right as anybody else with an interest in the country and the organizations of which it is a member, to say, I think it would be the wrong call for Britain to leave the Union.

It is reasonable to argue that, if Britain were to leave the EU, she would have to re-evaluate her position on probably all or most international bodies, UN, NATO, WTO. With regards to trade, she would have to renegotiate trade agreements with all of her former EU partners; in fact, she might find that she has to re-invent the wheel and start again, which could only be to the country's detriment.

One of the basis principles about taxation, is that you should never introduce a tax which is likely to bring in less revenue than the cost of collecting it. Britain could find that she places herself in such an invidious position, were she to opt to leave the EU.

Only in extremely desperate circumstances would any country choose to opt out of the EU, and such circumstances do not exist at present, so their is not over-riding need for Britain to jump the EU ship and be cast adrift.

Logic and prudence, it seems to me, are with the Brixiners. Staying put is the positive approach.

OWOHROD