Eddie Izzard talks to you about the EU Referendum! Monday 23rd May

Hi,

I am currently undecided about which way to vote as I am sure many are. What advice do you have to finding out real unbiased information and facts as this seems to be quite an obstacle.

What is the main reason you want us to stay in the EU? I think the EU does many positive things for the UK economy but the amount that it costs us is quite shocking. On balance do we really get out what we put in?

This is the first time I will be able to vote in anything so i'm conscious to use it wisely.

Cheers.

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I agree with you, we are better in than out and we have no chance of making the EU work better if we leave it altogether. The EU isn't perfect - either is the way the UK or any other governmental system is run.

But it's worth doing - what we are trying to do, work across a whole continent, it's an incredibly difficult thing, it's never been done before, and of course it isn't easy but I strong believe it's worth trying.

David Cameron has tried to renegotiate something, it may not be enough for some people but we won't fix it by running away and hiding.

Eddie - do you think that, particularly as talks are ongoing between the EU and US over TTIP, the NHS will eventually become privatised. What are your views on this?

as a 15 year old, how does this affect me/ should i be taking an interest in it?

Do you think that 16 and 17 year olds should be able to vote in the referendum?

Here's a question: loosely related to the referendum (kinda)... outside of British comedians, what European comedians do you rate? I have to admit I can't think of any that regularly appear on our TV screens, which feels like a wasted opportunity.

Yes I really do. It's not happened yet but I think it's only a matter of time and I am sure the next time we have a referendum, on whatever, 16-17-year-olds will have a full say.

When they're not choking them with dumb regulation for the sake of it all the time. Having said that, this is good for big business since these regulations and red tape can often only be navigated by them as they have the money and heads to do it. So SMEs are strangled before they can grow enough to compete with the big boys. It effectively serves as a protection racket.

It's little wonder that big business tends to be pro-EU and SMEs anti.

My question for Eddie is: what did you think of the head of the In campaign's head - the ex M&S chief exac admitting that wages for the low-paid will go up if we leave the EU because we won't get the same amount of cheap labour from the continent competing and driving down the wages?

Everyone knows that the wages for these sorts of jobs get driven down but is this a good thing in the bigger picture since automation is taking over lots of jobs at the moment?

Hi Eddie

As someone not extremely well versed in politics, can you help me understand the pros and cons of being in and out of the EU? How do we benefit or suffer because of it? I want to be able to form an opinion with all the facts. Right now, I'm pretty lost on what is for the best. And will the change affect students in anyway? I don't think we can handle taking on more struggle for the sake of our education.

I'm a big fan of yours and have a lot of respect for you. Thanks

England is the most densely populated nation in Europe, and one of the most dense populated in the world, how many people do you want to live in this country?
70 million, 100 million, 1 billion?

How many is too many?

Why is it that people such as yourself seemingly want to see the destruction of our nations countryside (you cant have population increase without urban sprawl).

There is not an economic expert in the UK or the world who is seriously suggesting that our economy would better if we left - the Treasury, the CBI, the IMF, Barack Obama, everybody thinks our economy is stronger as part of the EU.

The other side can't even agree on a settled view outside of Brexit. Europe is not perfect, nothing ever is, but I am for a fair Europe that is fair for everyone.

I approach this from more than just an economic point of view but a humanity one - if history shows us anything it's that we human beings can live and work together. We are the United Kingdom, not the disunited kingdom.

That's what we have been trying to do since the war. It's difficult and too bureaucratic buts its absolutely worth fighting for. We can't change a thing from the outside.

Eddie, can I first say that I really likes what you had to say on Andrew marr yesterday and think you spoke a lot of sense.

I would like to ask if you belive that the ultimate fate of the EU is to become a single nation, and if that is the case would it really be a bad thing?


https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density
U.K. Is 53rd with 3 EU countries above it...

I said "England", please learn how to read.

There are lots of reasons they should vote in, particularly economic ones which will help secure jobs and security which all families want. But most of all, they should vote in for your sake - Europe provides so much opportunity for our young people, the right to travel, to work, helping create the jobs of the future.

Me and so many others have had opportunities from Europe that the generation before never had, I want you to have even more benefits from Europe.

Good luck with your exam.

Yes but people are going all over the uk and it's so often anglocentric people interchange those terms...
Anyway that still leaves Malta with 4 times the density and the Netherlands are pretty much equal so your claim is still wrong.