THE ADVANTAGES AND DISAVANTAGES OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE E.U

According to the Forgein & Commonwealth Office (2012), the British Government will be an active entity in the E.U. As the Forgein Secretary put it, the British government would be,'active and activist, positive and energetic' from the onset.

This implies that the British government will take a staring role alongside their E.U fellows. The aim is to have all European Nations prepared to tackle problems such as business competitveness, green house gases and world wide poverty.

Britain has a new government and a new prime minister to show for it. Aged 43, David Cameron is the youngest prime minister in nearly 200years. It is also the first time in 65years that the Lib Dems have made part of the government. In essence, they are viewed to be stationed somewhere in between the Labour and conservative positions. The Conservatives won more votes and seats than the other parties. In most consistuencies, the Lib Dems come in second. Therefore, it is understandable that they see the electoral system as unfair.Most of the public would also agree with this. These views eventually sufficed in the 'alternative vote' system for future general elections.

In my view, the European Union was initially formed with the aim of minimizing and even abolishing Trade barriers among it's member states. However, with the economic crisis facing some of it's member states it is no surprise that the UK has had it's sights strongly held on a move away from the Union. British tax payers have grown increasingly frustrated with knowing that billions of the taxes they pay go to the E.U. According to Gregory, the UK cannot afford to subsides the other ailing member states by paying billions of pounds each year to the Union(2009).

BBC News.(2009)'Should Britain Join Euro', BBC News, 2nd February[Online]. Available at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7809161.stm(Accessed: Th February 2012).