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In reply to the discussion: OMG, what terrible news to wake up to [View all]PADemD
(4,482 posts)23. Interesting arguments at VOX.
Brexit: the 7 most important arguments for Britain to leave the EU
Although the "leave" campaign has often focused on emotional arguments about immigration, there are in fact many reasons those in favor of leaving believe it will benefit the UK. They come from across the political spectrum, and some of the arguments even contradict others. Here are seven of the most significant.
Argument 1: The EU threatens British sovereignty
Argument 2: The EU is strangling the UK in burdensome regulations
Argument 3: The EU entrenches corporate interests and prevents radical reforms
http://www.vox.com/2016/6/22/11992106/brexit-arguments
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There is a lot in between 'homogeneous one -world government' and xenophobic Balkanization
LeftishBrit
Jun 2016
#11
Blaming the problems of the past 5 years on the Tory successors to Thatcher is not silly
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#48
Everything listed in the sentence that begins with the words "What people DO have a problem with"...
Ken Burch
Jun 2016
#22
Surely the issues you list arise from the action or inaction of successive UK governments
TubbersUK
Jun 2016
#47
That didn't stop Sarah Palin attacking that strawman with death by English abuse, though
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#69
that is a huge choice for scotland . They should do what is in their own interest
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#3
The pound is down to a buck thirty three--that's as weak as I have seen it since the seventies. nt
MADem
Jun 2016
#4
Since it will take a couple of years for the BREXIT to be realized, maybe things will
still_one
Jun 2016
#5
The result over the next two years could be a return to the common market model perhaps with
Monk06
Jun 2016
#8
Some of the fright wing media owners, e.g. the Murdoch gang, are the same in both countries!
LeftishBrit
Jun 2016
#57
Spot on. Just as Reaganism continues to destroy the US middle class 30 years on, Thatcherism is
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#44
The UNITED Kingdom's days are numbered. Scotland will opt out and into Europe.
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#20
Scotland is already talking of a new referendum to leave the UK. It will happen,
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#27
Well, Spain is pretty keen on its fishing rights in Scottish (UK) territorial waters,
Denzil_DC
Jun 2016
#37
I just read the headlines too. I just didn't think it would happen. People voting against themselves
underpants
Jun 2016
#21
Rich sods, toffs, elitists - you mean Boris and Farage and Murdoch and the press barons? I think
LeftishBrit
Jun 2016
#76