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Don’t force UK choice between
euro or EU exit - Osborne
The UK could be forced to quit the European Union if the organisation
does not reform, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
The Chancellor said it was essential to
“protect the collective interests of noneurozone member states” while the
rest of the EU forged stronger links.
Without such reform, the UK might
“face a choice between joining the euro
or leaving” the EU, he said.
The 28-member group also had
to do more to ensure economic
competitiveness with rivals such as
China or India, the Chancellor added.
Labour said David Cameron’s
“weakness” regarding his party was
preventing reform, while UKIP said
David Cameron had repeatedly “caved
in” to Brussels.
Mr Osborne’s speech last month
followed the Conservative leadership
rejection of a call from 95 of the party’s
MPs to permit Parliament to block
EU laws which damage the national
interest.
But addressing the think tank Open
Europe and the Fresh Start group of
MPs - set up by Conservatives keen to
see reform - Mr Osborne warned: “If you
cannot protect the collective interests of
non-eurozone member states, then they
will have to choose between joining the
eurozone, which the UK will not do, or
leave the European Union.”
He also said: “I believe it is in no-one’s
interests for Britain to come to face
a choice between joining the euro or
leaving the European Union.
“We don’t want to join the euro, but
also our withdrawal from a Europe
which succeeded in reforming would be
bad for Britain. And a country of the size
and global reach of Britain leaving would
be very bad for the European Union.”
The Conservative Party has
promised an in-out referendum on EU
membership - following a renegotiation
of powers with Brussels - before the end
of 2017, if it wins a majority at the next
general election.
OVERSEAS NEWS - SOUTH AFRICA
Microdot security boosts
vehicle recovery
Derek Menday of microdot technology provider DataDot, claims
that since 2007 the South African Police have achieved a minimum
50% recovery rate of stolen vehicles that use microdotting.
National Standard SANS5341 and Regulation 56 which
require all vehicles to be fitted
with microdots, only came
into effect from 1st September
2012, so it is hoped that this
recovery rate will increase
again over the next few years.
Microdotting works by
spraying thousands of tiny
disc-shaped dots onto different
areas of the vehicle, securing
them using a special adhesive.
This mixture is colourless
under normal lighting but
fluorescent under UV light.
These dots can be viewed
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under microscope to reveal
the VIN number of the vehicle,
meaning that even parts that
have been removed can be
traced back to the vehicle they
originated from.
South Africa has one of the
world’s worst records for
vehicle thefts, with between
91,400 and 120,000 vehicles
stolen per year. Most car
thieves are part of extremely
organised crime rings who
know how to steal any car they
want.
DataDots are tiny
microscopic discs (microdots)
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that contain unique
information that’s linked to
your property and you.The
unique laser etched code
on the DataDot is stored
on DataDot’s national and
worldwide verification
database.
DataDots can be brushed
or sprayed onto assets, and
stay there for the life of the
asset. DataDot Technology
Ltd has patented its own
innovative spray process,
which can now spray a
complete car in less than an
hour. H