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1/ oh dear @paulkrugman
2/ Some points to help you @paulkrugman
The UK already had a special deal within the EU, including a large rebate, an opt out of the Euro, an opt out of Schengen
The UK already had a special deal within the EU, including a large rebate, an opt out of the Euro, an opt out of Schengen
3/ And then Cameron negotiated some further changes in 2016 which the UK would have added to its already unique deal
4/ Cameron secured an opt out from “ever closer union”. A principle that has been around for ages. Have a look at the Treaty of Rome 1957 for example
5/ That exclusion was going to specifically written into the EU treaties
6/ Cameron also secured a proposal that if 55% of EU member states agreed they could block a legislative proposal from the European Commission
7/ Cameron secured a change to in work benefits preventing citizens from the EU claiming non- contributory in work benefits for 4 years
8/ Cameron secured changes to child benefit payments being exported to other member states. Payments were to be indexed linked to where the child resides
9/ Cameron secured recognition that the Euro is not the only currency in the EU and that non- euro countries would not have to fund eurozone bailouts and they would be reimbursed from central EU funds that support the euro
10/ Cameron secured a commit to competitiveness (reducing red tape)
11/ None is that is to defend Cameron who fucked off straight after the referendum
12/ But it shows the UK had a special deal and the EU offered the UK more than an “inch” in 2016 before the vote
13/ But Cameron gave up explaining his deal in 2016 and so the UK voted to piss away the best pro- EU eurosceptic deal possible.
A deal no other member state had
A deal no other member state had
14/ And just so you are clear. Austerity was a UK Government policy. The EU had precisely fuck all to do with that.
