UKIP/EXP vs EU - a contest in 28 rounds

And a tie-breaker in case it is needed. One place from each EU country selected to represent the EU, one place selected almost at random to represent the UKIP/EXP.

Round 1.
Where would  I rather be/work - Wokingham (UKIP/EXP) or Vienna, Austria (EU)?
Winner - Vienna.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 1.

Round 2.
Where would I rather be/work - Guildford (UKIP/EXP) or Tallinn, Estonia (EU)?
Winner - Tallinn.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 2.

Round 3.
Where would I rather be/work - Aylesbury (UKIP/EXP) or Barcelona, Spain (EU)?
Winner - Barcelona.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 3.

Round 4.
Where would I rather be/work - Kingston-Upon-Thames (UKIP/EXP) or Athens, Greece (EU)?
Winner - Athens (difficult time economically, but compare the history).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 4.

Round 5.
Where would I rather be/work - Dunstable (UKIP/EXP) or Riga, Latvia (EU)?
Winner - Riga.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 5.

Round 6.
Where would I rather be/work - Basingstoke (UKIP/EXP) or Copenhagen, Denmark (EU)?
Winner - Copenhagen.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 6.

Round 7.
Where would I rather be/work - Reading (UKIP/EXP) or Florence, Italy (EU)?
Winner - Florence.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 7.

Round 8.
Where would I rather be/work - Redhill (UKIP/EXP) or Krakow, Poland (EU)?
Winner - Krakow (never been, but sounds interesting).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 8.

Round 9.
Where would I rather be/work - Basildon (UKIP/EXP) or Paris, France (EU)?
Winner - Paris (surprised?).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 9.

Round 10.
Where would I rather be/work - Sevenoaks (UKIP/EXP) or Dublin, Ireland (EU)?
Winner - Dublin.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 10.

Round 11.
Where would I rather be/work - Horsham (UKIP/EXP) or Luxembourg, Luxembourg (EU)?
Winner - Luxembourg.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 11.

Round 12.
Where would I rather be/work - Ascot (UKIP/EXP) or Vilnius, Lithuania (EU)?
Winner - Vilnius (never been there, but I would never be able to afford Ascot).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 12.

Round 13.
Where would I rather be/work - Henley-on-Thames (UKIP/EXP) or Lisbon, Portugal (EU)?
Winner - Lisbon (beautiful city, must get round to writing a piece on it).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 13.

Round 14.
Where would I rather be/work - Epsom (UKIP/EXP) or Prague, Czech Republic (EU)?
Winner - Prague.
Score UKIP/EXP 0 EU 14.

Round 15.
Where would I rather be/work - Uxbridge (UKIP/EXP) or Budapest, Hungary (EU)?
Winner - Budapest (that was the narrowest win to date).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 15.

Round 16.
Where would I rather be/work - Dorking (UKIP/EXP) or Stockholm, Sweden (EU)?
Winner - Stockholm.
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 16.

Round 17.
Where would I rather be/work - Crawley (UKIP/EXP) or Bruges, Belgium (EU)?
Winner - Bruges (NB, I do know that the locals actually call it "Brugge").
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 17.

Round 18.
Where would I rather be/work - Watford (UKIP/EXP) or Amsterdam, the Netherlands (EU)?
Winner - Amsterdam (surprised???).
Score: UKIP/EXP 0 EU 18.

Round 19.
Where would I rather be/work - Canterbury (UKIP/EXP) or Sofia, Bulgaria (EU)?
Winner - Canterbury (shocked? Not that I have been to Sofia, so maybe that is not a fair judgement).
Score: UKIP/EXP 1 EU 18.

Round 20.
Where would I rather be/work - Brighton (UKIP/EXP) or Ploesti, Romania (EU)?
Winner - Brighton (I haven't been to Ploesti either, so maybe that is also not a fair judgement).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 18.

Round 21.
Where would I rather be/work - Purley (UKIP/EXP) or Nicosia, Cyprus (EU)?
Winner - Nicosia (if only for the climate).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 19.

Round 22.
Where would I rather be/work - Tonbridge (UKIP/EXP) or Valletta, Malta (EU)?
Winner - Valletta (if only for the climate).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 20.

Round 23.
Where would I rather be/work - St Albans (UKIP/EXP) or Helsinki, Finland (EU)?
Winner - Helsinki.
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 21.

Round 24.
Where would I rather be/work - Romford (UKIP/EXP) or Košice, Slovakia (EU)?
Winner - Košice (never been, but as it is the current European Capital of Culture, it must have summat to recommend it).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 22.

Round 25.
Where would I rather be/work - Bracknell (UKIP/EXP) or Ljubljana, Slovenia (EU)?
Winner - Ljubljana (never been, but it sounds interesting).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 23.

Round 26.
Where would I rather be/work - Farnborough (UKIP/EXP) or Hamburg, Germany (EU)?
Winner - Hamburg (could not choose Frankfurt to represent Germany as I already live there and I do not want accusations of bias! The same could apply to Cologne and Munich where I lived previously).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 24.

Round 27.
Where would I rather be/work - London (UKIP/EXP) or Edinburgh, Scotland (EU)?
Winner - Edinburgh (had to pick somewhere in the UK to represent the EU. Not easy. Anyway as Alex Salmond occasionally makes sensible noises about the EU and the SNP are currently the majority party in the Scottish Assembly in Edinburgh, we will settle for that. Obviously beats London hands down, so there will be accusations of bias usw - inevitable though, really).
Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 25.

Round 28
Which currency would I rather use, the Pound (UKIP/EXP) or the Euro (EU)?
Winner - the Euro. I prefer a currency that gains rather than loses value. When the Euro came into common circulation in 2002 the Pound was worth €1.62. As of today it is worth €1,17, which means that it has lost 45 Euro cents in value over the past 11 years. The Euro, despite all its problems, is a clear winner against the Pound.
 Score: UKIP/EXP 2 EU 26.

Clear win, tie-breaker not needed.

But if you had wanted to know the tie breaker:
Where would I rather be/work - Clacton-on-Sea (UKIP/EXP) or Dubrovnik, Croatia (EU to be)?
Interesting question?

Postscript (January 1st, 2002). For the UKIP/EXP you can now read the British Conservative Party and the current Johnson government as they had adopted all of the EXP's policies on Europe and included them in Brexit! 

If anyone also remembers Farage mentioning during the Brexit campaign how non-EU Switzerland and Norway were better off and happier outside the EU, perhaps someone should bring up the point that British nationals now have no rights to work in the EU without permission or a visa (which is not easy to get unless you meet very specific criteria - usually involving sponsorship), whereas Swiss and Norwegian citizens have exactly the same rights as EU citizens in this respect. 

And check out also the current British Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, and her critical remark during the Brexit campaign that she wouldn't want a situation where British citizens wouldn't be able to work in EU countries if the UK left (and British businesses would have difficulty setting up European affiliates also). And check out how now she finds this perfectly OK (forced pseudo-imprisonment and a much increased prospect of unemployment because you happened to be born in the wrong place and can't get out and go and live in a place where you would love to live and has far better prospects!). Consistency in political views? A typical piece of changing views merely to satisfy her own ambitions. 

Her original logic was absolutely correct incidentally. If Brexit had happened in 1988, 1993 or 1994, my career would have been ruined with no satisfactory alternative being available to me!

Her constituency is South-West Norfolk. The largest town in that area is a place called Thetford which has a population of 24,000. She would want to offer me that as an alternative to any of the following places where I have worked and lived: Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Köln/Cologne, Frankfurt. Thriving major cities where a lot happens and there is a lot to do. Thetford in comparison? Spare me the nonsense!  

I remember at one point of my life getting stuck for 6 months in Horsham, another nondescript town in the South-East of England where boredom seems to be a built-in norm! I remember remarking at the time that it must be the most boring place on earth! Thetford? No thank you!