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So why should someone vote OUT?
Why people think the purple Tories are the answer I will never understand! Logical fallacies are rife in all UKIPs arguments (and most politicians to be fair) https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ . This https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/false-cause , this https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem , this https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope and this ...
Trump, Le Penn and Putin! Yes will need these nuclear weapons but not for a few Islamic nut cases. Why do you think by leaving the EU we would stop immigrants coming in? You would still not have a say, the government would. Any deals with the EU or EU country after we left would have caveats. We can't stop dealing with the EU after the exit and just be our own little island.
Good article on Sky News, seems like a balanced view on the common questions http://news.sky.com/story/1650373/if-uk-quits-eu-answers-to-the-key-questions . I am sure 98% people have already made up their mind which way to vote (if they are actually going to vote) and won't look past the headlines in newspapers :-(
Ok the EU didn't say cucumbers had to be straight or bananas bendy! They state standards to ensure they are free from abnormalities to ensure quality. This doesn't make such a good headline for The Sun or Daily Mail though. A list of Euromyths are listed here and links to the regulations http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/ . You can vote in or out but make sure it is ...
What no-one can say is how much it will cost us if we leave or how much we will gain by leaving. The best case estimates recently were we would be 0.8% better off by 2030 and the worse case between 6.3% and 9.5% worse off after leaving. These may be way off the mark and which group of economist do you believe is also difficult to assess.
Do people vote for their local MP based on the local issues they say they will tackle or by party? If we had PR those local issues won't be a deciding factor and may very well lose out on issues unique to your area getting the coverage in parliament that you want.
@BEE9 ticking the box "none of the above" will not do anything either though. I agree the current voting system isn't fair (but anything that keeps ukip out is a good thing ;-)). We need to encourage people to take up politics that aren't just from the usual backgrounds and ideally not career politicians! Unfortunately, the government aren't going to do anything to encourage that!! so how do we ...
I agree that it is an old boy's network and a lot of politicians are in it for themselves but we do have a democracy. There are good people that want this to change but it will take time (probably long after I'm gone!!). The problem is there are still people who don't vote because they don't see the point. This only helps those in power.
If one of your reasons is to control our borders then this is the latest Office of National Statistics report on migration http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/february2016 . Make up your own mind by seeking out the stats and facts. Just watch out for confirmation bias in your searching. ...
