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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
What are the risks of staying in the EU? Just the original Project Fear that's been repeated for the last 25 years that the EEC/EC/EU will fail. Never rule out some countries being kicked out but the EU will be around for a long time.
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Eh? The EU is facing huge social and economic problems which haven't been present or part of any 'project fear' for the last 25 years. The main reason being it's insistence on expansion into nations which aren't compatible with a one size fits all economic policy and a single currency. You talk as those there'll be no costs or risks to the EU if the likes of Greece are forced out of the Euro - they'll just leave and go on their merry way along with all the others whose economies are being propped up. I suppose there are no social risks either - consequences of mass unemployment in Spain, for example or Merkel's open door.
I've never pretended that leaving the EU is risk free or a panacea for all our ills but presenting the risks/costs as being solely on the side of leaving the EU is patent nonsense.
It seems from your opening remark that you perceive Brexit as a bad thing and aren't prepared to admit that staying in could just turn out to be far worse. You're entitled to that opinion of course but please don't try to present the alternative to Brexit as somehow being a safe option. It clearly isn't.