General Discussion
Part 1 here https://dawlish.com/thread/details/46527
We pay in for the benefits and we get funding back out. Why haven't the Government come out and said they will fund everything that is currently funded? If we pay in more than we get out then surely that would be an easy commitment and would alleviate some of the fear?
I guess it depends on what someone views as important. For me that seems scant return for the billions we are charged.
To name a few: Freedom to work/reside/study/retire in any of the 28 countries Common EU regulations on the transportation and disposal of toxic waste 13% of EU budget earmarked for scientific research and innovation/EU funding for research European Regional funding - Cornwall and Wales benefitted massively from this and our Government won't replace those lost funds ...
Well, I honestly can't think of any benefit for the UK from being in the EU. Can anyone?
The petition has 5.4 million signatures now. If it is so easy to fake why did the "leave with no deal" petition only get 540k signatures (and by the way got a response and a debate in Parliament)? Although some of those signatures look "dodgy" {"name":"United ...
@Lynne @Scapegoat I might have to steal that
This is @S capegoat's description of Brexit which I love so much I'll repeat it again here. Brexit - They promised us unicorns. T hey gave us a lame donkey with an ice-cream cone on its head.
@Paul concerning the benefits of being the EU I already know your answer "... we would still have that"
I don't believe for a second that the EU wants to become this superstate that some people believe but if it did and tax and budgets are set centrally (no different to the UK now and regional areas). The UK had a massive influence in the EU and it would have still been our MPs and MEPs discussing and voting on each bit of legalisation. Let's assume everyone gets to vote in the election of the ...