Should the UK remain part of the European Union - TSR HoC Referendum

In your opinion yes.

Do we have purple phoneboxes? But could we?

I've got three problems with the EU.

Fisheries - There is simply no excuse for the complete and utter **** up that is the European fishery policies. Every single year our sea is raped. Iceland refuses to join the EU simply for this reason. All because of politicans are afraid of fishermen protesting. If a oil worker said that Petrol doesn't cause Global warming. Would you believe it? Well the EU seems to ignore it's own scientific advice every single year and listen to the fishermen who swear that EU seas are full of fish.

Not only that. EU law allows fishing boats to go to Africa and rape the seas there. Certain countries like the Portaguese and the Spanish are known to illegally fish in Somali waters. The number reason for piracy of the Somali coast. Why should we fund these backward nations who simply see the EU has a cash cow?

Common Agriculture policy - It is complelety and utterly disgusting that the EU spends 50 billion Euros every single year on farms. Farms that produce to much products. Whats complelelty retarded is that the EU research budget is 6.4 billion. Instead of looking into the future. The EU is just a way for certain nations to suck money from others. The EU will give money away to farmers in France and Poland. Yet the Polish government makes it illegal for non Polish people to buy land. So their farms will forever remain backwards. If they want our money they should be told to **** off.

Internal Immigration - What kind of an idiot thought it was a good idea to allow unrestricted immigration across the EU for all nations? They should have made an exception for the poor countries like Poland or Romania. Since the date of the UK joining the European Community. There has never been a flood of Danish or Swedish workers into the UK. Thats because their country is good enough. Yet more Polish people have arrived in the last 6 years then the number of Indian people who have arrived in the last 50 years.

Internal Immigration - What kind of an idiot thought it was a good idea to allow unrestricted immigration across the EU for all nations? They should have made an exception for the poor countries like Poland or Romania. Since the date of the UK joining the European Community. There has never been a flood of Danish or Swedish workers into the UK. Thats because their country is good enough. Yet more Polish people have arrived in the last 6 years then the number of Indian people who have arrived in the last 50 years.

That was Tony Blair's fault for not setting a 'transitional cap' on migrants from Poland. Ever wonder why you never heard about loads of Polish immigrants in Germany or France? Both those countries capped the number of migrants that they would take. It was the UK's fault not the EU's

There is now a cap on the number of immigrants from Romania.

What you're saying isn't completely true...

Yeah, you don't hear a lot about "Polish" immigrants in Germany, however they do have a big problem with Turkish immigrants. So it's not all perfect there.

Turkey isn't in the EU, so thats got nothing to do with EU immigration.

I though both sides were meant to give the list of people that were on that side - so Jangra should have had Adorno/Sergio etc. Not a big deal.

The European Union is, as it always has been since the United Kingdom joined it, beneficial to our country.

Membership makes economic sense:

53% of all UK imports come from within the EU, withdrawal from the EU would mean being forced to renegotiate trade with the nations that we import half of everything that comes into England with no guarantee of the terms dictated by the Single Market of the EU.

Likewise in 2009 the UK exported £124.2 billion of goods within the EU of a total £225.7 billion (55%). Withdrawal from the EU would again pose major problems with what is more than half of all exports from this country.

The EU guarantees that the 26 other member nations must show no favouritism in trade, thus our partners in Europe, if importing such goods, are obliged to buy from and sell to us, a guarantee we cannot do without. Increasing the complications of this trade by withdrawing from the single economy of the EU is certain to cost the UK dearly, in both the short and long terms. When dealing with half of all foreign trade we make, we cannot afford to take the hit of leaving the EU.

Membership makes political sense:

The United Kingdom is undoubtedly a major player in Europe. While we recognise there are serious and valid concerns about the authority which Brussels has over the United Kingdom it is worth bearing in mind that this does not represent an erosion of British independence. We have refused to join the Euro. We have refused to abolish border control between our nation and the rest of the EU. We have refused to accept a 48 hour working week as mandatory and maintained an opt out. We have done all this and maintained all the economic benefits the EU has to offer.

From outside the EU, our power to influence international events will be severely damaged. The EU has extensive international influence. Controlling one quarter of the world’s economy is certainly not something that can simply be ignored. To sacrifice our position in the EU, is to sacrifice any say in the directions and aims of the EU. If we are to remain a modern superpower in a global world as ours is becoming, we must be part of global institutions, of which the EU is one of the largest.


The United Kingdom can maintain both independence and the great financial benefits the EU has to offer us. There is no prospect of some kind of European superstate any time in the foreseeable future. The UK can maintain both independence and continue being a part of the EU, as and when we can’t we are capable of withdrawing, that time is not however now. Thus we implore you to vote yes.

What the actual heck, I wrote this:

The European Union is, as it always has been since the United Kingdom joined it, beneficial to our country.




For the pro-EU case from scratch. Uncannily similar. Now I'm not a stickler for being credited but still...

This justifies reform not to leave it, just because your angry with some of the policies you want to quit involvement?

That was Tony Blair's fault for not setting a 'transitional cap' on migrants from Poland. Ever wonder why you never heard about loads of Polish immigrants in Germany or France? Both those countries capped the number of migrants that they would take. It was the UK's fault not the EU's

There is now a cap on the number of immigrants from Romania.

Demand your name be placed there

QFA

Blairs fault was what happened until the borders with Poland and the other 8 others were opened. The Bordes of Poland and the other 8 countries were opened and free migration was allowed in 2007. Germany,France and the other countries that decided not to allow the Eastern Europeans to come here were forced to allow people to enter. The cap was limited.

Can this be arranged pretty please

Most of my list didn't do anything in the way of contribution lol.

You did, however, forget to adorn that please with a cherry.

Thats exactly what I said about Poland, the EU did allow us to opt out by setting a cap but Bliar chose not. The UK's decision not Europe's.

Just to reiterate, there is a cap on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants. That was Browns decision, not the EU's.

I would suggest you push for sugar on top with these negotiations.

When Romania and Bulgaria join. The Government won't be able to enforce these rules. We will have thousands of Gypsies trying their luck on the streets of London. I'm already pissed of at them. Imagine more coming in.