| Great Britain will sink like a stone if we are not
fully European. We are falling behind fast. The industrial output of Italy
exceeds that of the UK! The Dutch are the only Europeans able to compete with the
Americans, Japanese and Koreans in the electronic market. The Americans, Canadians,
Australians, Swedes, Dutch, Japanese, and Hong Kong either grind the UK into the dirt or
are equal to us in being web wired. This is inexcusable. The UK has had
distinct advantages in the upcoming cyber economy. 1. We speak English. 2. The UK is
the birthplace of Computer Science (Bletchly Park and the great Alan Turing, father of
computing). So why are we lagging? What can be done? Here are a few things for
you to think about regarding the European Community.
A Euro Currency will be the alternative to the dollar. It terms of
cyber-commerce it will increase business opportunities for UK businesses, especially small
businesses. Consider doing payments and receipts in ECUs and US Dollars rather than
thirty different currencies. As the world becomes wired (and it will) online commerce will
grow. The institutions that establish themselves early will be the ones to stand
long. If the world becomes accustomed to thinking in terms of ECU's and US Dollars,
all European businesses will have an edge. The ECU will replace the yen and
challenge the US Dollar. A strong currency that is widely accepted and easily
exchanged is necessary to economic stability.
Common import export policies while set the the market standard and enhance stability.
There has been stack written about this already. It is merely brought up here
to remind you.
European telecommunications must standardized and modernized. The Germans and
French are in even worse shape than the UK in Internet technology. If we can not
find a way to have a common wall outlet in Europe...We are in big trouble. As the rest of
the world follows Europe in establishing trade blocks, we are stumbling; unable to get our
act together. We must compete together or be swallowed up on by one.
Those that argue against European Union as a sovereignty issue are offering a red
herring. The UK is so meshed up in the world even now, that we can not get out
even if we wanted to do so. Consider the Persian Gulf War. The Iraqis didn't
land at Swansea. We went to them. Why? Oil! Is blood of equal value to
oil? No, but the economic disruption of a choked oil supply would have some nasty
repercussions in British finance. In short, we went to war for Kuwait. We lost
total sovereignty long ago. And another thing, it doesn't matter whose picture is on
the money as long as it spends. |