I think TG is absolutely right. It would be pretty naïve to believe anything else.
Putin aint our problem, but he could be in the future. If that time comes it will be between him, the U.S. and possibly China.
We will then rely on the U.S. (as leader of the NATO allies)to protect us as usual,and being in or out of the E.U wont have anything to do with it.
Lets not forget that this whole mess was caused by the EU expansionist empire building attitude. They tried to lure Ukraine away from Russias "sphere of influence" and into theirs.
They did it in their usual amateurish,hamfisted manner, which is the way that political pygmies tend to operate.
It was long understood that Ukraine was a neutral zone between EU and Russia. They sponsored the overthrowing of Ukraines elected govt. and opened a huge can of worms.
The U.K. is a huge market for the rest of the E.U. If we left they would be crazy to try any silly games regarding trade etc. they couldn't afford to.
I wouldn't want to the man to tell the CEO,s of MB, VAG,BMW, Fiat, Renault, Citreon, etc. etc. etc. that politics is going to interfere with trading with the U.K. economy, which is soon going to overtake Germany as Europes biggest economy.
We would however become free to trade directly with the rest of the world.
The trade we do with the EU is shrinking fast and theres no sign of that trend ever being reversed, due to the fact that the EU economy is fatally flawed and cant work in the real world.
The Commonwealth (just to take one example) is growing fast, and I believe is now actually a larger economy than than the EU.
We are shackled to a sinking ship.
None of these issues are the real point though. The real issue is that the EU has changed from a mutually beneficial trading club to a union of states, just like the U.S.
This has resulted in the member states relinquishing their status as independent sovereign nations. In the case of the U.K this has been done by stealth and without the consent of the electorate, and for that reason alone we should leave.
If we are to cease to be a nation and change to being a member state of another political entity then our politicians should have asked for our consent beforehand. The fact that they didn't do this shows they have no interest in Britain, democracy, or even have any real confidence in their own project.
The opening of the EU parliament last year had a large banner hanging above proceedings. It read, 28 member states (not countries) 500 million citizens, ONE (yes ONE) parliament !
Westminster (supposedly the mother of all parliaments) is in reality, now no more than a council chamber, which can only make laws which comply with laws already made by committees in Brussells
There was also a group of soldiers almost goose stepping a huge EU flag under the banner. All a bit sinister in my view.
In 20 years time the EU will either have collapsed completely, or we will be in a full political union. One leader, one treasury, one taxation system, one currency,one pension system, one defence force, etc. etc.
That is the plan, and the direction we are headed in, the powers that be know this but they don't like to admit it to us plebs. We might get upset, get the idea that we should have some say in the matter. It has to happen, as the EU cannot possibly work any other way.
