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There is little doubt what most people in the UK would like to have as our relationship with the other EU member states. They would like to have free trade and to co-operate with everyone on the continent in all the ways which obviously make sense - on crime and terrorism; on global warming, and on all the other issues where we have common interests - but on an inter-governmental basis rather than as part of a steadily evolving political union.
It is equally clear that the vast majority of UK voters do not like paying nearly £300m a week to the EU, net of any money coming back; they don’t like decisions on social and employment legislation being taken in Brussels rather than in Westminster; they would like us to have more control over our borders; they don’t support either the Common Agricultural or the Common Fishery Policies - and they want to make sure that, if we are the only major country in the EU but not in the euro, that we are safeguarded against being out-voted every time their interests diverge from ours.
