Originally Posted by silver fox

Over centuries we have fought and been at war with most of the world at one time or another, the last major conflict was fought along with most of Europe against the Nazi regime, we were most certainly not at war with most of Europe at all.

You're not alone in having family members who fought through both WWs, they fought to bring peace to Europe, not to keep recycling old enmity.

Most of the problems you believe to be the fault of the EU are in reality very much home based, I would love you to explain precisely what will improve if we eventually leave the EU. The EU do not control the internal political decisions of this nor any other country.

The EU isn't perfect but they are not responsible for our own failings, it's our own failings and national policies which are and continue to be the root cause of our divided country.

The EU has control over their policies which are issued to every member country and every member is obliged to implement those policies whether they are good for that member country or not, - they only have a one sided advantage.

Originally Posted by bambi275

Just so you know, the present Lib Dem leader voted FOR those austerity cuts!

Just so you know, so did the Consevratives, AFTER after the 2015 GE, and AFTER the 2017 GE.

Theresa May said at a Conservative conference that austerity was over, but it seemed to only apply to the handful of people who are Conservative party members.