bogarde73 wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 6:18am:

I think EU will do well without the UK; and when Scotland happens to secede from the UK, there will be little to support, "Britania rule".
When will the English people realise that they are not a great power.
When are they are going to  abolish the silly driving rule, of driving on the left, when everyone else drives on the right.
They want a lot of preferences from the other EU countries, which should tell UK to accept, that they are just another EU country and if they don't like it, get out.

hawil wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2016 at 6:42pm:


The UK has never liked it. The EU is not black and white. Countries negotiate their involvement.

The UK could  pull out and still do some business in the EU, as Scandinavian countries do. Those countries, however, have an agreement with each other. Without the EU, the UK would be going alone. The UK might still do some business, but it would fall way behind the other big European industrial countries. It simply wouldn’t have the markets.

Which side of the road you drive on might sound petty, but car manufacturers on both sides of the Channel must take this into consideration when they make cars, as you do when you drive off the ferry into France (or vice versa).

John_Taverner wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 7:20am:

The countries which you mention that still drive on the left side are not next to the European continent like the UK, where you can be in less than an hour, and then have the steering wheel on the outside of the road.
It is often difficult to pass another vehicle on a narrow road when the steering wheel is on the centre of the road side, it is almost impossible when it is on the outside. Try to drive a left-hand drive vehicle in Australia and see how inconvenient it is.
My post had nothing to do with pettiness, as Karnal implied, just common sense.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 11:19am:


Very brutal post, unfortunately the politicians are failing the people who have elected them, everywhere.
Another problem is the very inequitable distribution of wealth on this planet, and with the modern communication the poor of this planet are becoming aware of it.
Read recently that a car is being displayed at the Geneva exhibition, costing a cool $3.5million, and yet in other places people are starving.
Although the population explosion has to be addressed.

hawil wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 11:37am:


Interesting. I never knew that. At least that's one Western country with a decent set of politcians.

issuevoter wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 9:51pm:


.... Which all goes to show the real nature of the European Union : A conspiracy of thugs gradually working towards stripping individual nations of their sovereign right to independence - with a view to ruling by fiat and decree from a Central Committee of soviet-style dictatorship ... for the good of preventing wars and famine, but of course ...

hawil wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 11:17am:


I've got no doubt that it would more practical for the UK. I have driven a right-hand vehicle in Norway so I understand the problems.  Paying road and tunnel tolls was a major nightmare until I acquired a passenger who wanted to tour with me. I was in my early 20s at the time. (fun times)

I was just pointing out that Ireland and a few others were still RHD. 

It's unlikely to change in the UK. They are an insular mob.

Japan also drives on the left. It would be interesting to see why Europe chose the right and the US followed suit. Two way traffic seems to be an urban invention. We mount a horse from the left in any country. It would be inconvenient to walk around into the street to mount. If two horsemen are approaching in a single lane, on what side do they pass each other?