From the euractiv site:

"Branson warned in his blog that Britain would be foolish to quit the EU because Europe is likely to be in “far better shape” than the United States in a few years’ time."

The BBC are Reporting that the Septics are "raising concerns" again. Desperation indeed!

The BBC are Reporting that the Septics are "raising concerns" again. Desperation indeed!

I, as a small business owner, am waiting for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to enter the ‘we can’t afford to leave Europe debate’. Their problem of course is that the leadership of the 220,000 member strong and well financed organisation is that the membership is far more eurosceptic than it’s multiplicity of governing committees.

Back in 2001, I proposed a motion at the FSB’s national conference calling for the organisation to demand (and campaign) that HMG take the UK out of the EU. The motion which was carried by over 2/3rds of the delegates was ignored by the ruling body of the Federation. Subsequent membership surveys have all confirmed that small business people across the UK feel that they would be better off out of the EU.

That the corporate pressure groups are now stepping up to a high profile media campaign giving Mr and Mrs Blogs the impression that business would suffer serious loss if we were to pull out of the EU comes as no surprise to those of us who remember the style and contents of the pro single currency stance of the corporates in the past. The regrettable reluctance of the leadership of small business groups to grasp the advantages of a ‘clause 50 route’ says much about their lack of detailed understanding of the most serious ongoing issue to threaten their prosperity. Perhaps I should re-join the FSB and re-commence a get out of the EU campaign amongst the membership?