tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post5519652181017871232..comments2023-06-05T08:56:51.641+01:00Comments on Jon Danzig's World: My vote for EuropeJon Danzighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13843735276520325007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post-45959490104632933722015-03-16T20:42:55.688+00:002015-03-16T20:42:55.688+00:00PS Correction, sorry, I meant 2007, not 1997PS Correction, sorry, I meant 2007, not 1997Jon Danzighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843735276520325007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post-56923394224253831762015-03-16T20:29:34.085+00:002015-03-16T20:29:34.085+00:00Gerald, thank you for your contribution. It would...Gerald, thank you for your contribution. It would be helpful if you added more information, as it seems odd that Bernard Matthews didn't have to follow the strict EU rules, which should apply to countries within the EU and exporting to the EU.<br /><br />On the other hand, if what you wrote is correct, maybe if Bernard Matthews had followed those strict EU rules, their livestock might not have been infected by a serious outbreak of H5N1 avian flu back in 1997 - just the time before you made your visit to New Zealand. As far as I know, we have not had similar problems of infected livestock exported to the EU by New Zealand, so thank goodness the EU have such rules to protect us.<br />Jon Danzighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843735276520325007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post-17230846847939904462015-03-16T19:45:27.580+00:002015-03-16T19:45:27.580+00:00I was in New Zealand about fifteen years ago and w...I was in New Zealand about fifteen years ago and was taken round a packing station, an abattoir. It was spotless, like a hospital. It was explained to me that in order for its production to be allowed into the EU, that day's production of lambs being destined to Bernard Matthew, the specifications of the abattoir had to follow that dictated by the EU. It was further explained to me that those specs. were stricter and more demanding than for EU abattoirs.Gerald Stubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post-66972548280364901352013-12-09T16:52:16.631+00:002013-12-09T16:52:16.631+00:00I think very few of the (mostly) conservative, mid...I think very few of the (mostly) conservative, middle-class people who want out of the EU have really thought through what it would mean. <br /><br />The best possibility would be joinging the EFTA, which as pointed out above, entails all the financial costs of contributing to the EU budget plus still having to accept almost all EU legislation while having zero say. Being subject to so much legislation essentially emailed over from Brussels with no say in it, you'd think would go against every fibre in the beings of these supposedly pro-democracy Eurosceptics, but many of them hold up Norway and Switzerland as the example of what Britain should do.<br /><br />The other option, a complete break from Europe and its single-market and freedom of movement doesn't bare thinking about. For a start the over 2 million Brits who live in the EU are going to have to quit their jobs, sell their houses and re-immigrate back to Britain. This'll more than make up for the numbers of Poles who have to leave. And even that'll pale in comparison to the damage done to the nation as large corporations move to re-base most of their operations back inside the EU. The UK will become an impoverished branch office for a few multi-nationals, instead of a country capable of producing its own large firms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411079690225439692.post-5041321750105842822013-12-08T23:24:28.732+00:002013-12-08T23:24:28.732+00:00Many Countries are "Bankrupt" now. inclu...Many Countries are "Bankrupt" now. including the UK. Let it happen and life will get back to normal again and the R'swill go bust. Asian Wedding Horses UKhttp://www.asianweddinghorses.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com