John Major Live On Today Program Now !

[mikey4444]

Last Tory PM in favour of staying.

[jim360]

"He makes a foolish comparison with N. Korea. as being an undiluted sovereignty..."

Yeah, that was the bit I meant about the non-mincing of words. I've tried to present a similar argument in this thread without going down that route.

"He speaks well, but his opinions and arguments, once considered, are unconvincing."

That may be a matter of perspective; equally, listening to any Brexit supporter's arguments, they also have a tendency to fall apart on scrutiny. Neither side is going to be very good at convincing the other.

[Khandro]

jim; The pusillanimous choice is always to do nothing, remain as you are. The coward might stay in bed all day rather than face the world and its risks.
Britain has a very long millennium of history and has made great achievements by courage and having a single identity, while France and Germany were at the same time, nothing but a collection of Dukedoms and principalities.

It isn't a matter of pure banker's self-serving rationality, it is a choice for Captain Kirk not Mr Spock.

[ABerrant]

It would be most surprising for John Major not to favour the EU since he was instrumental in creating it.

It was he who negotiated and ratified the Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) which created the EU (as an ever closer political union) from what was an economic union.