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PADemD

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23. Interesting arguments at VOX.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 04:54 AM
Jun 2016

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

and will lead to another Scottish referendum...sadly. nt pkdu Jun 2016 #1
Why is it sad that Scots want to leave the UK? Corporate666 Jun 2016 #10
There is a lot in between 'homogeneous one -world government' and xenophobic Balkanization LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #11
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pkdu Jun 2016 #12
There is no xenophobic balkanization going on in the UK. Corporate666 Jun 2016 #13
Actually IMO quite a lot of it is... LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #15
Come on... Corporate666 Jun 2016 #24
Blaming the problems of the past 5 years on the Tory successors to Thatcher is not silly muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #48
How silly is it BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #52
Everything listed in the sentence that begins with the words "What people DO have a problem with"... Ken Burch Jun 2016 #22
That's just crazy talk Corporate666 Jun 2016 #26
"Thatcher has been gone for over 25 years"...so has Reagan. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #29
The culprit in both cases is neoliberalism Scootaloo Jun 2016 #53
Thatcher is different from Thatcherism. merrily Jun 2016 #33
Absolutely agree RelativelyJones Jun 2016 #36
I hope the UK's left is both wise and able to do what you wish. merrily Jun 2016 #38
Thatcher herself is dead, but that isn't the point: Ken Burch Jun 2016 #41
"the jobs still exist, but are mostly all occupied by immigrants" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #49
"It's a bald lie" could describe many of this poster's contributions. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #61
in the last few years? PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #54
Yes, a dead woman from the 80s DID cause a lot of our problems... LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #56
I'm sorry, but that is almost entirely total bollocks. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #66
Excellent analysis...and this sums it up: Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #28
Surely the issues you list arise from the action or inaction of successive UK governments TubbersUK Jun 2016 #47
Nobody is calling for "one-world government" Ken Burch Jun 2016 #19
This! Exactly. love_katz Jun 2016 #65
That didn't stop Sarah Palin attacking that strawman with death by English abuse, though muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #69
Yeah. Another serving of locally-sourced word salad from Our Sarah. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #70
My friends, that is Authentic Frontier Gibberish! (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #71
Someone should push for the EU to recognize it as an official language. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #72
OMG, all we need is to be used as examples by both Trump AND Palin!!!! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #78
Because Scotland wants to trade T_i_B Jun 2016 #60
It's likely to be a rough ride for everybody for at least the next week or so Warpy Jun 2016 #2
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
I hope so Mojorabbit Jun 2016 #6
itll be fine PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #55
They'll pull a Norway, I'm guessing. Keep what they like and leave the rest.... MADem Jun 2016 #7
The result over the next two years could be a return to the common market model perhaps with Monk06 Jun 2016 #8
I think that is an Irish curse, FWIW flor-de-jasmim Jun 2016 #9
I am very surprised - and a question ellenrr Jun 2016 #14
Interesting arguments at VOX. PADemD Jun 2016 #23
Oddly enough TubbersUK Jun 2016 #40
ah yes those 'burdensome regulations' PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #58
Very much so in my experience TubbersUK Jun 2016 #30
Well this just totally sucks.... BooScout Jun 2016 #16
YES.. LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #17
How awful. love_katz Jun 2016 #18
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
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #31
I most certainly can blame Thatcher.... BooScout Jun 2016 #42
Hear, hear. SO SPOT ON! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #46
More so expressly English nationalism, though. geardaddy Jun 2016 #63
Ane we see exactly how much influence Plaid Cymru has in Wales.... BooScout Jun 2016 #73
Absolutely spot on. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #67
Quite TubbersUK Jun 2016 #34
Don't get me started on Blair, lol BooScout Jun 2016 #43
Here's a link to an interesting article GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #81
The UNITED Kingdom's days are numbered. Scotland will opt out and into Europe. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #20
They will need good luck with that.... BooScout Jun 2016 #25
Scotland is already talking of a new referendum to leave the UK. It will happen, Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #27
They can leave the UK..... BooScout Jun 2016 #32
^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #39
Yup....he's an big unmitigated and absolute ass.... BooScout Jun 2016 #45
Someone on the BBC compared him to Eden and the Suez crisis muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #35
Well, Spain is pretty keen on its fishing rights in Scottish (UK) territorial waters, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #37
And Spain is looking covetously BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #50
Funny you should say that. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #79
What's sad is that the poorer areas of England and especially Wales geardaddy Jun 2016 #64
What is incredibly mind boggling is.... BooScout Jun 2016 #74
Exactly. geardaddy Jun 2016 #83
I just read the headlines too. I just didn't think it would happen. People voting against themselves underpants Jun 2016 #21
All my sympathy. BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #51
I really believed that this would not happen. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #62
and I have been on cloud nine. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #68
Bully for you. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #75
Rich sods, toffs, elitists - you mean Boris and Farage and Murdoch and the press barons? I think LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #76
Since I posted the above, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #77
Well, AA Gill said it best in last Sunday's Times GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #80
Boris against Brexit? Dworkin Jun 2016 #82
Welcome to DU. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #84
Unbelievable Dworkin Jun 2016 #85
Hang in there! Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #86
Thanks Dworkin Jun 2016 #87
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