Voices From Across The Pond

[Bazile]

Whether or not you agree with the sentiments of these ex-US Treasury secretaries and whether or not they should 'mind their own business ' ; it does appear that the momentum so far is on the side of the remain campaign.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36087583

Do you think that the Brexiters are making their voices heard , loud and clear enough ?

Come to think of it, who is leading the out campaign ?

[CrapAtCryptics]

When they have their finances in order they can start commenting on ours

[Old_Geezer]

I'm sure all those who are not British and who actually give a darn would prefer us to be more easily dealt with as part of a single mass with others. Makes things simpler than negotiating with each country/culture separately.

Does the campaign need a single face leading them ? More democratic if not ;-) The arguments should stand for themselves.

[naomi24]

Would the Americans put themselves in the position we're in now? I think not. They would opt for self-government in everything.

[Baldric]

Never a truer word,

///"Not content with doing down Britain's economy, No 10 are now soliciting help from across the pond,"///

[Peter Pedant]

// Would the Americans put themselves in the position we're in now?//

yeah the thirteen states did in 1787 for chrissakes
so the answer is yes they did two hundred years ago

and the unified currency was called the ..... 'dollar'
lots of argument about federalism in the 1790s
( in the US that is )

You know I think it is right when I say only hypo and I have got history o level .....

[naomi24]

Peter Pedant, that's rot.

[Old_Geezer]

Hardly the same thing. That was a result of war. Not willing capitulation.

[jim360]

Would the 50 United States of America put themselves as part of a federal system, while also having separate state-based legislatures? Surely they would never enjoy having a multi-layered system like that, with central control in Washington overseeing the continent-wide issues and foreign and fiscal affairs, while delegating more specifically local legislation to the individual constituent members.

Ain't gonna happen.

[naomi24]

Jim, the last time I looked our country was not a part of a country called the United States or Europe .... oh, but hang on....

[Bazile]

I think the American position is not because they think it is good for Britain , but rather because as they see it , it is in their interest , that we influence Europe in a free - trading Atlanticist direction

[naomi24]

Bazile, spot on.

[sandyRoe]

Was it The Observer campaigned to get readers to write to Americans advising them who to vote for? How did that go down with them, I wonder?

[mikey4444]

Bazile is right. I listened to one of them on the Today Program this morning. He could have bored for America in the Olympic Boring Championships.