Originally Posted by
jon1959
Yes I read it. Thanks for asking.
The UK was semi detached in the EU around a few issues but for most of the time of UK membership we were one of the big beasts in the union, a net contributor, and a major influence on evolving EU policy. I can't find the summary of EU policies that was posted and discussed on here a few years back - but it showed the UK voted for the vast majority of EU policies and laws. That didn't stop Brexiteers making out that the UK was constantly a victim of an alien organisation and 'they' were always doing things to 'us'. Wasn't true, but played very well to Little Englander sensibilities.
Anyway, we are out and will have to make the best of it. The Commission has cocked it up with vaccine procurement and the botched threat of Article 16, but that doesn't define the EU, the UK performance on Covid or the main costs or benefits of Brexit.