Originally Posted by Bristoe
Originally Posted by Pete E
The EU and the IMF should not have kept pouring money in to Greece for as long as they have..Greece has been on the financial life support machine far to too long, and somebody needs to switch it off..

As others have pointed out, the majority of Greeks are essentially Socialists, and I am absolutely fine with that as long as I, however indirectly, don't have continue to pay taxes to keep them in that life style..

I therefore hope this vote is the Greek public in effect pulling the plug themselves..


What's your opinion on this? (I probably know in a basic fashion, but I'd like to hear what you have to say on the matter)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...t-for-extra-funding-from-eu-9816315.html



What do you expect me to say? its essentially an additional tax levied if your economy does well?

As I recall, there was a lot of hot air blown by our PM and the EU, some negotiations, leading to lets call it a restructuring of the bill..

The net result was Cameron could sort of say he greatly reduced the amount the UK was required to pay, but in reality, the EU more or less got what it wanted, but the payments were packaged differently..

The back story is that the UK's continued membership of the EU is a for divisive subject for the Tories, and could easily result in a civil war within the party..

Cameron therefore is stuck between a rock and a hard place and has to be essentially even more politically two faced than usual..


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