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EU exit would leave Britain with zero influence, says Barroso
[BBC] The UK would have "zero" influence if it voted to leave the EU, the outgoing president of the European Commission has said.
How much influence does it have now, and how much of that does it use?
Jose Manuel Barroso said Britannia could not negotiate with the US and China "on an equal footing" on its own.

He also said free movement of people within the EU was an "essential" principle that could not be changed.
But if Britain is no longer in the EU then it can be changed...
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Barroso was "out of touch" and an "unelected bureaucrat".
Not that Grant is so spectacular himself, but I suppose it takes one to know one...
Mr Barroso was asked about Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
's stated intention to negotiate a better deal for the UK in Europe, ahead of an in/out referendum.

The prime minister has said he will "not take no for an answer" and "get what Britannia needs" on the question of freedom of movement.

'One last go'
If the Conservatives remain in power, a referendum would be held by 2017, Mr Cameron has said.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Barroso, whose term of office ends this month, said he believed Mr Cameron wanted Britannia to remain in the EU.
Thus the corruption spreads. Once the camel gets its nose under the tent it gets the rest of the way in. And then good luck evicting it...
"Britannia is stronger in the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
," Mr Barroso said, pointing to the Ebola crisis as an area where Britannia would not have the same level of influence if it was outside the EU.

"David Cameron wrote to all of us about Ebola... What would be the influence of a prime minister of Britannia if it was not part of the European Union?

"His influence would be zero."
But you're not listening to him now so what's his influence anyway?
Mr Cameron has said he wants to curb migration within the EU and last week pledged to have "one last go" at renegotiating the rules for Britannia.

The Conservatives lost the recent Clacton by-election to the UK Independence Party, which wants the UK to leave the EU.
Posted by: Fred 2014-10-20
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