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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 6, 2016 15:17:09 GMT
Another thing.........If leaving the EU will crash the economy, that implies that being in the EU is good for the economy. What do the people of Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy etc etc think about that assumption? Interestingly Ireland & Spain are presently the the top two highest growing economies in the EU so I guess you could say the EU helped them survive/now prosper, although Greece seems a basket case but that may have always happened anyway outside of the EU? Portugal & Italy a bit like the UK just seem to plodding on. I haven't seen any real evidence that the UK economy will propser any better o/s of the EU.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 6, 2016 16:44:32 GMT
The problem is its all or nothing.
The common market and trade deals are good.
The unelected EU bureaucracy, stupid EU laws and freedom of movement within the EU is bollocks.
If the IN camp had stood up to ever encroaching EU control of us sooner then so many people wouldn't want out.
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Post by supergas on Jun 7, 2016 1:33:09 GMT
Postal vote time for me now. Really still unsure about how I should vote. I am genuinely torn too, definitely going to leave it to the last minute. I know how I vote at General Elections and local council elections (although it's occasionally tactically to keep the Greens out). Trouble is, the more I hear Cameron say stay the less I believe him and the less I hear Corbyn say remain the less I believe him.....I would say they should swap places except i) they're somehow on the same side and ii) I think they both think we should leave but are both campaigning to remain. Discuss....?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 6:17:57 GMT
Corbyn has destroyed the myth of him being a 'conviction' politician. His whole life as an MP has been spent supporting the 'Leave' campaign, yet now he says he wants to Remain. Another who is putting his career ahead of his beliefs. The man is a disgrace. As for Cameron, I quite like him, but on this issue he has destroyed his Premiership. Win or lose, he is finished in the Tory party........Need another example? Last week on the live Sky programme, he basically laughed at the suggestion of Turkey joining the EU. He tried making the person who made the suggestion look foolish to even think it.........However, read his words to the Turkish government during his first visit to Turkey after he was elected....... "it makes me angry that your progress towards EU membership can be frustrated in the way that it has been. My view is clear: I believe it is just wrong to say that Turkey can guard the camp but not be allowed to sit in the tent. I will remain your strongest possible advocate for EU membership and for greater influence at the top table of European diplomacy. This is something I feel very strongly and very passionately about. Together I want us to pave the road from Ankara to Brussels." There is even more eye-watering stuff in the speech! Speech transcriptCameron has lost all credibility. Even at the point where we should be talking openly and honestly about the EU, he is still spouting lies. Look at the arguments over how much money we send to the EU.......nobody can agree how much it is. Don't we (the government) have any idea how much membership of the EU costs the country? How can the public make a decision, based on economic arguments, when we don't even know how much it costs us in the first place?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 8:23:56 GMT
Another thing.........If leaving the EU will crash the economy, that implies that being in the EU is good for the economy. What do the people of Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy etc etc think about that assumption? Interestingly Ireland & Spain are presently the the top two highest growing economies in the EU so I guess you could say the EU helped them survive/now prosper, although Greece seems a basket case but that may have always happened anyway outside of the EU? Portugal & Italy a bit like the UK just seem to plodding on. I haven't seen any real evidence that the UK economy will propser any better o/s of the EU. How can you ignore the evidence of hundreds of years?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 9:32:23 GMT
“Of course the European Commission will one day become a government, the EU council a second chamber and the European Parliament will have more powers.” — German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing MEPs, November 2012.
And this man should be tried for treason
“I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe.” — Kenneth Clarke, Conservative Chancellor in International Currency Review Vol 23 No 4 1996.
And you still want to REMAIN?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 12:23:14 GMT
Hilary Benn, being interviewed by Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics Show finally admitted that "unlimited immigration is part of the deal" of staying in the EU.
So, Cameron in the lead-up to the last election promised to reduce Immigration to the "tens of thousands. No if's, no but's" (his exact words). Cameron was telling lies, and he knew it.
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Post by youmadethatup on Jun 8, 2016 17:24:19 GMT
Unlimited immigration is preferred by large business ,it allows low wages to thrive. It's been the reason for encouraging immigration forever.
The low class labourers were essentially slaves in the past . The black death plague changed that. The reduction in scum class meant the wealthy didn't have enough people to do their menial jobs. For the first time the poor could demand more or upsticks and go work for somebody who would pay more. There is no coincidence that with birth rates dropping amongst "white" western europeans new lower class people are required or those on the low wages will be able to demand more money.
Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers better off.
On the other hand the business community may try hard to erode workers rights and safety laws. This will be ok if we have a fair government but if we have a government financed by big business we are screwed. 60 hour weeks before overtime anyone ?
Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers worse off.
EU environmental laws have certainly helped our British environment ,our beaches are far cleaner than they were a few decades ago for one.
My view...I would prefer a fusion. EU countries controlling their own borders and immigration and the rules governing businesses operating in that country. I would still like the combined overview of worker protection ,environmental laws and collective cooperation to help raise the standards of living in all European countries. Turkey and Israel are not in Europe and should not be encouraged to be so. They need to lead their own group of countries with similar regional needs and beliefs and outlooks.
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Post by William Wilson on Jun 8, 2016 18:29:01 GMT
Unlimited immigration is preferred by large business ,it allows low wages to thrive. It's been the reason for encouraging immigration forever. The low class labourers were essentially slaves in the past . The black death plague changed that. The reduction in scum class meant the wealthy didn't have enough people to do their menial jobs. For the first time the poor could demand more or upsticks and go work for somebody who would pay more. There is no coincidence that with birth rates dropping amongst "white" western europeans new lower class people are required or those on the low wages will be able to demand more money. Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers better off. On the other hand the business community may try hard to erode workers rights and safety laws. This will be ok if we have a fair government but if we have a government financed by big business we are screwed. 60 hour weeks before overtime anyone ? Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers worse off. EU environmental laws have certainly helped our British environment ,our beaches are far cleaner than they were a few decades ago for one. My view...I would prefer a fusion. EU countries controlling their own borders and immigration and the rules governing businesses operating in that country. I would still like the combined overview of worker protection ,environmental laws and collective cooperation to help raise the standards of living in all European countries. Turkey and Israel are not in Europe and should not be encouraged to be so. They need to lead their own group of countries with similar regional needs and beliefs and outlooks. All I would say, ( as an unskilled forklift driver for Asda ) is that the relentless procession of immigrants from Eastern Europe, has led to the bosses having the confidence to impose the worst working conditions that I`ve seen since I left school in 1975. Nothing else comes close. 400 people work at the Asda distribution centre in Avonmouth. The bosses could get rid of them all, and replace them ten times over with cheap foreign labour. And they act accordingly. Voting "out" may be a leap in the dark, but I`ll be *ed if I vote to carry on with things as they are.
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Post by youmadethatup on Jun 8, 2016 18:58:39 GMT
Unlimited immigration is preferred by large business ,it allows low wages to thrive. It's been the reason for encouraging immigration forever. The low class labourers were essentially slaves in the past . The black death plague changed that. The reduction in scum class meant the wealthy didn't have enough people to do their menial jobs. For the first time the poor could demand more or upsticks and go work for somebody who would pay more. There is no coincidence that with birth rates dropping amongst "white" western europeans new lower class people are required or those on the low wages will be able to demand more money. Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers better off. On the other hand the business community may try hard to erode workers rights and safety laws. This will be ok if we have a fair government but if we have a government financed by big business we are screwed. 60 hour weeks before overtime anyone ? Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers worse off. EU environmental laws have certainly helped our British environment ,our beaches are far cleaner than they were a few decades ago for one. My view...I would prefer a fusion. EU countries controlling their own borders and immigration and the rules governing businesses operating in that country. I would still like the combined overview of worker protection ,environmental laws and collective cooperation to help raise the standards of living in all European countries. Turkey and Israel are not in Europe and should not be encouraged to be so. They need to lead their own group of countries with similar regional needs and beliefs and outlooks. All I would say, ( as an unskilled forklift driver for Asda ) is that the relentless procession of immigrants from Eastern Europe, has led to the bosses having the confidence to impose the worst working conditions that I`ve seen since I left school in 1975. Nothing else comes close. 400 people work at the Asda distribution centre in Avonmouth. The bosses could get rid of them all, and replace them ten times over with cheap foreign labour. And they act accordingly. Voting "out" may be a leap in the dark, but I`ll be *ed if I vote to carry on with things as they are. Without jeapordising your job by speaking on a public forum , (edit /delete your company name out is my advice) how are conditions getting worse ? What are the three things you believe have got worse since you began ? For what it is worth I believe driving a forklift is a skill as are many other tasks you perform at work no doubt ,the word unskilled is used to belittle people .
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Post by inee on Jun 8, 2016 20:01:19 GMT
Unlimited immigration is preferred by large business ,it allows low wages to thrive. It's been the reason for encouraging immigration forever. The low class labourers were essentially slaves in the past . The black death plague changed that. The reduction in scum class meant the wealthy didn't have enough people to do their menial jobs. For the first time the poor could demand more or upsticks and go work for somebody who would pay more. There is no coincidence that with birth rates dropping amongst "white" western europeans new lower class people are required or those on the low wages will be able to demand more money. Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers better off. On the other hand the business community may try hard to erode workers rights and safety laws. This will be ok if we have a fair government but if we have a government financed by big business we are screwed. 60 hour weeks before overtime anyone ? Leaving the EU could make the poorest workers worse off. EU environmental laws have certainly helped our British environment ,our beaches are far cleaner than they were a few decades ago for one. My view...I would prefer a fusion. EU countries controlling their own borders and immigration and the rules governing businesses operating in that country. I would still like the combined overview of worker protection ,environmental laws and collective cooperation to help raise the standards of living in all European countries. Turkey and Israel are not in Europe and should not be encouraged to be so. They need to lead their own group of countries with similar regional needs and beliefs and outlooks. All I would say, ( as an unskilled forklift driver for Asda ) is that the relentless procession of immigrants from Eastern Europe, has led to the bosses having the confidence to impose the worst working conditions that I`ve seen since I left school in 1975. Nothing else comes close. 400 people work at the Asda distribution centre in Avonmouth. The bosses could get rid of them all, and replace them ten times over with cheap foreign labour. And they act accordingly. Voting "out" may be a leap in the dark, but I`ll be *ed if I vote to carry on with things as they are. I detest that place with a vengeance especially around xmas time , jona feckin lewie 24/7 thats torture
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Post by inee on Jun 8, 2016 20:17:37 GMT
I think the remain campaign is sh**ting itself big time now, oh how very strange that the registration website allegedly died as the deadline approached, causing the deadline for registration to be extended.
think i should send cameron a tin foil hat
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Post by aghast on Jun 8, 2016 21:13:08 GMT
We won't leave. Even if we vote to leave, we won't. I said this before, but I like to repeat myself.
If the vote is 'out', we'll enter into some kind of trade pact with the EU which involves us staying part of the single market in return for making a big contribution to the EU budget and accepting free movement of goods and people into the UK from the other member states.
This will be voted on in parliament and passed by a big majority despite howls of protest from the outees. Cameron will quit after a leadership challenge. Boris will stand but Osborne will win and it'll be business as usual for the EU.
I think this will happen if we vote to leave, and it's wrong. And I say this as a 'remain' voter.
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Post by You can call me Al. on Jun 8, 2016 21:31:22 GMT
The biggest bloody problem the general public have is the soddin FACT that we are being fed unproven information by politicians who are proven liars.
They cant be bleedin trusted so how the hell are people supposed to make an informed decision.
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Jun 8, 2016 21:55:37 GMT
As opposed to the liars and scaremongerers on the other side who say the whole thing is German conspiracy to win WWII by stealth, the EU is creating a superstate a la Hitler, our bananas will have to be straight, our chocolate cannot be called chocolate, we are forced to allow free entry to evil Eastern European criminals, and we will be forced to have a quota of gypsy MPs, There has been so much bollox on both sides and neither has much credibility in my view. I try and read the American and Asian newspapers online to see if they have a more impartial view, but I think the truth, as I suspected all along, is that nobody knows if it would be better for us to leave or stay. I'm no liar or scaremonger , i bought up in one of these threads (a long while back the points of the eu mirroring some of the third reich's policies on europe, these are not exaggerations but existed back then and exist now, but because the name hitler is used everybody seems to go on shutdown and shout racist or antisemitic etc. Where instead they maybe should do a little research look at some of hitler's land and worker resettlement plans (now called eu migration) and its almost the same. An awful lot of companies that funded the third reich are still around now and doing very well, The real problem with boris is that he jumped on this and in doing so came across wrong, all he had to do was read up on it, before opening his trap. free entry to evil Eastern European criminals this happens as well you cant deny it it's well documented ,it's well known but we choose to do nothing about it as the EU will not allow it. but it's also criminals from other countries that are over here. one example is a torturer living in bristol who was a state police enforcer in his own country came her claimed that he would be killed back home so is allowed to stay. What really gets on my tits these days is crime cannot be reported factually as it's no longer allowed to group crimes by the type of person committing them, just another way to pretend immigration works and is very rosy in this country, if only we had an immigration policy like that of australia, then things would be a lot better. Be wary of the yank press as it's more restricted than ours, take 911 as an example a well known american activist had to keep looking online to the uk as the media reports were more accurate than the yank ones. You are correct no one knows what will happen either way, however this country has survived for a long time on its own and also as a union, but has been weakened since joining the EU . look back to things like the frogs blockading british goods at the ports years back. we didn't crumble go to war or die did we. For me i want out, just think of what this country could do with the millions a day we give to europe, kin hell we could build enough council homes country wide in very short order to completely obliviate homelessness, but no lets continue to spunk money against the wall to europe as lets face it who gives a f**k about the people on the streets many of whom have fought for this country only to be sh** on on discharge and left to fend for themselves, but most dont realise and just see homeless people as druggie wasters, we are all only a few months from being homeless if life takes a sh** on you. sorry mate but what are you on about?
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Jun 8, 2016 21:59:31 GMT
Interestingly Ireland & Spain are presently the the top two highest growing economies in the EU so I guess you could say the EU helped them survive/now prosper, although Greece seems a basket case but that may have always happened anyway outside of the EU? Portugal & Italy a bit like the UK just seem to plodding on. I haven't seen any real evidence that the UK economy will propser any better o/s of the EU. How can you ignore the evidence of hundreds of years? mate, times change. Things change. Capitalism changed. How you can ignore all of the leading economic authorities predictions (OECD, World Bank, Bank of England, IFS) in favour of listening to a large blond child, Donald trump, lets privatise the nhs Michael gove and the leaders of the French national front and ukip is beyond me. Big money is already pouring out of the country at the very prospect of the possibility of brexit.
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Jun 8, 2016 22:02:38 GMT
Actually, f**k it I'm going to say it. This whole referendum has some very dark racist undertones in my opinion. At the beginning I didn't really care to be honest but the more I read and hear the more I realise that it's about elitism and entitlement. How boringly predictable from the British. I am genuinely worried that they might actually be stupid enough to actually vote to leave because the general public are largely gullible fascists. We don't trust Europe but we sure as hell lap up some xenophobic propaganda.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 9, 2016 8:14:06 GMT
Maybe I've watched too much Star Trek but I really believe that the human race will only be properly civilized when we have a single world nation. Like a United States of the World if you will. As much as I resent the milking of money that gets poured into unelected bureaucracy sadly remaining in seems to be the only/best way to reach that ultimate end game.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 10:39:23 GMT
Actually, f**k it I'm going to say it. This whole referendum has some very dark racist undertones in my opinion. At the beginning I didn't really care to be honest but the more I read and hear the more I realise that it's about elitism and entitlement. How boringly predictable from the British. I am genuinely worried that they might actually be stupid enough to actually vote to leave because the general public are largely semi-retarded gullible fascists. We don't trust Europe but we sure as hell lap up some xenophobic propaganda. Oh dear.
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Post by inee on Jun 9, 2016 10:48:33 GMT
Actually, f**k it I'm going to say it. This whole referendum has some very dark racist undertones in my opinion. At the beginning I didn't really care to be honest but the more I read and hear the more I realise that it's about elitism and entitlement. How boringly predictable from the British. I am genuinely worried that they might actually be stupid enough to actually vote to leave because the general public are largely semi-retarded gullible fascists. We don't trust Europe but we sure as hell lap up some xenophobic propaganda. Ah i see it now those who don't agree with you are either racist or gullible fascists, those who want to leave are the same. So prey tell how does wanting control back into our own hands make us racist or fascist, how does leaving and trading in the wider global economy make us the above, do you also realise that a few of these large financial institutions are american. You don't get more fascist than realising that you may lose the vote and extending the deadline for registration for those who aren't intelligent enough to register before the deadline. You also asked what my other post was about ,it was a reply to several things bought up in this thread, so to be fair you'd probably have to reread the thread to get the post . There i s nothing elitist about wanting out and running our own laws, nothing elitist about slowing imagration to stabilize the country, nothing elitist about putting our own first, to the point of sorting homelessness. Just think with the money we pay out how many council houses could be built , to house people on the streets, how many could be built to remove the scourge of buy to let mortgages and private landlords pushing up rents, how many houses could be built to allow those who are starting out in life as an adult to buy their own houses. Whether you want in or out don't you find it odd that until obama threatend and frightened sorry had a word cameron, cameron was very quiet, but suddenly ramped up the remain campaign and fraudulently spent our money on a pathetic leaflet to every one entitled to vote, Obama can be dealt with easily, if he got tricky over trade agreements then tell him us companies would be treated in kind the same as any us bases on uk soil, then an agreement would be sorted within the hour. as the yanks have more to lose than us from not trading. As an aside i for one do not want one of the best military in the world totally under the control of europe, again isn't it strange how the discussion on the european army has gone quiet until after the vote
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