The UK is completely free to set its taxes inside the EU as it sees fit. Just look at Ireland with its 12.5% corporation tax and its position at the center of n

The UK is completely free to set its taxes inside the EU as it sees fit. Just look at Ireland with its 12.5% corporation tax and its position at the center of numerous tax evasion schemes. You say other countries are constantly pushing, but Ireland was only recently bailed out by exactly those other Eurozone countries, and even in that precarious situation, Ireland was not forced to change its tax rates.