General Discussion
I'm not saying the EU is perfect, it is far from it. The EU needs major reforms and these will take time but removing ourselves for very little gain if any at all is not the answer.
Thanks burneside :-)
Just off the top of my head * Freedom to live and work anywhere in Europe * Consumer rights * European coordination and cooperation in the fight against crime * Research into renewable technologies * Strict standards for electrical appliances * At least four weeks' paid holiday and extended parental leave * Part-time workers have the same rights as full-time staff * ...
But it is a fallacy to believe one would lead to the other. Plus the next person would say the money spent subsidising carer's going swimming would be better spent on X.
So is Morty Vicker, Mrs C then? Whoever Mrs C is! I assume someone who has been kicked off here before?
@Lynne i have tried to point out how small our contribution is compared to revenue but people still think we can save the nhs with this money if we aren't in the eu. which is rubbish because you trusting mps like gove to spend it on the right services. the reason the nhs is underfunded is because the government chose to not because we are sending money to the eu. this is assuming we actually ...
Because it is hard to give a figure for. Anyone who does is purely speculating. £161m we pay is after the money we get back through funding and the rebate. That is what we know. Now we make money being in the EU due to free trade etc but that figure is finger in the air stuff.
The leave campaign does seem to more active that the Remain side. Leave are still spouting their lies, opinions and propaganda. I cringe when you do hear from the Remain campaign and they do the same thing! As said by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American Astrophysicist, on Twitter " In any election, there are only ever two kinds of voters: those who are informed and those who are not."
" I bet the disabled person who can no longer go swimming because TDC now insist their carer has to pay and cannot afford to do so wouldn't agree with you." This has nothing to do with the Big Weekend. There is no guarantee if the Big Weekend didn't take place that the money would have been spent to subsidence this. This is a separate funding issue that should be addressed with ...
https://fullfact.org/europe/membership-fee-eu/ You are right it could be anything between £8-15 billion :-) I was basing on a few reports saying we pay £161million a week but one source was the BBC which is a little less reliable to be unbias this days. Still stand by my statement that it is worth it being in the EU and Hawking :-)
