RentingForever Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 From discussions in other threads I thought this was worth one on its own as we wend our way to the Referendum on EU. Let's build a list of all the good things membership of the EU has brought us. I'll start another one on the bad things, to keep it balanced and tidy. So far we've had, from Frank Hovis: Products legislation and safety standards - when you see a "CE" mark on something you know it isn't likely to blow up or posion you. Objective measures of poverty - Cornwall has hugely benefited from EU money because it is the poorest place in England (though County Durham is close IIRC), vistors woudln't see but go a few miles inland of the sandy beaches and you're into third world territory. However under successive governments aid and subsidy went to regions, the North East, Northern Ireland, Scotland etc., where there were political gains to be had rather than to those most in need. Easy cross-border trade - I know you can now have this whilst outside the EU but it was a big achievement. To which I'd add: Visa-free travel Easy retirement to the Med Relatively easy to move to other EU countries to work Common patent filing and drug licensing Access to large common research budget for scientists (Framework Programme) Promise of membership has forced some pretty dodgy ex-communist countries to 'Westernise' their democracies, judicial systems, economies etc. Could see the same for Turkey and the rest of the Balkans too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The Romans (not the EU) laid out the road system across England. We still use many of them today. Watling Street, Fosse Way ect...... And they gave us Russell Crowe. Gladiator was a much better movie than Braveheart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Gladiator was a much better movie than Braveheart. New Zealand - one, Australia - nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Left us murals of noble Roman women being sh*gged by their horses. Alas, like orgies, the Romans nicked the idea from the Egyptians and Greeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Free movement of pert, attractive young women into London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Free movement of pert, attractive young women into London. If anything that at least reinforces my view that a location can be attractive or it can have attractive people in it but not both. Doesn't explain why British women seem to be getting uglier though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Free movement of pert, attractive young women into London. Pert, how exactly if I may ask..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Pert, how exactly if I may ask..... Polyethylene of Raised Temperature resistance. So he must mean inflatable women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Polyethylene of Raised Temperature resistance. So he must mean inflatable women. Either that or it was a chilly morning......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthisbloke Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Euro rather than EU - but I love it. For our honeymoon (a long time ago, pre-euro), we went on a motoring holiday that ended up (we had no original plan) taking in almost every EU country bar Ireland and the Iberian peninsular. I still have jars full of useless coins that I collected along the way and never managed to ditch. OTOH, I also have a pot of euros that I just dip into where ever I happen to be going (in the civilised world - for the uncivilised world, I have a pot of US dollars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthisbloke Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Free movement of pert, attractive young women into London. Not just London. Hotel stays everywhere became an overnight pleasure when the enlargement to the East happened. Plain, surly local girls were replaced with stunning lookers with exotic accents and wonderful Slavic cheekbones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Pert, how exactly if I may ask..... Pert adjective (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky. "a pert, slightly plump girl called Rose" (of a bodily feature or garment) attractively small and well shaped. "she had a pert nose and deep blue eyes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Excuse me while I look that up on Google images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthisbloke Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 All I got was project management tools :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I believe it is due to EU legislation that car manufacturers are forced to put the repair data they provide their own dealers in the public domain and means people aren't forced to take their vehicles to main dealers. Although, in this day and age, aftermarket repair solutions are quickly established so, although useful, it's not a strong reason to stay in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenpig Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I got distracted by cat pictures. Fat cats? That's relevant, right? look at his eyes. he's thinking "if you were smaller, this would be you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I am confused. I thought this thread was about Roman sexual perversions and you lot are discussing some common agricultural policy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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