Is anyone having second thoughts about Brexit?

No she hasn't. She just offered Nissan bribes to make up any competitiveness shortfall caused by Brexit. Nissan can still close the factory and walk away if they see fit - just as they could before the referendum.

the real power in the EU is the EU Council, which is composed by representatives of the Member States' Governments

each of these Governments, in turn, is supported by a majority in directly elected National Parliaments

the European Parliament (directly elected) is a co-legislator, but of course it is dominated by the same political parties which express the Governments

it is a rather complex institutional structure, and for this reason people have very vague ideas about it - but democratic controls and legitimacy are there

the Commission is mainly an executive/administrative body : it is named by the Council, following a confidence vote by the European Parliament. Very much like a national administration It can be dismissed by the legislators (Council and European Parliament)

of course, since votes in Council on important matters (e.g. external policy, fiscal affairs) are still taken by unanimity, this means that decision-making is often ineffective and cumbersome, since any State can veto a decision

the solution is a more federalised EU, not a watered-down version of it

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So then why is United States of America the most powerful country on the planet?

Because they have a structural integrity to their size. Trying to recreate such a size with complete strangers will never work, but then again you probably believe in the Internationale

So what you are advocating is handing the EU ultimate power, wrecking the constitutions and political systems of dozens of major countries - and hoping that it will all work out.

And talking about the structures of various European bodies doesn't actually say anything about how bad the EU actually is, or answer how it has achieved anything positive during its term of existence. All the EU has done is grow.

Yet here we are. Humanity is more connected and homogeneous than it has ever been.

It's not a belief but nation states are a thing that exist which are the result of cooperation from "complete strangers". That cooperation is currently strained in Spain with the internal illegal independence referendums going on. History

Go team Wobblies.

yes so as I said she has dealt with that also there is no competitiveness shortfall. The remainers talk about damage to the economy but don't talk about the damage already done to our fishing industry or our export markets outside the EU

No. You said she had "guaranteed" the Nissan plant. It is no more "guaranteed" than it ever was.

You didn't mention fishing, so neither did I. It is an entirely different argument and not nearly as simple as "EU destroyed the UK fishing industry". There are many factors involved in the decline (which has been going on steadily since the early 1900s! ). Also noteworthy is that Norway's (who aren't in the EU) fishing industry has declined faster than the UK's, as has Spain's (who are often cited by Eurosceptics as a country that has benefitted from EU fishing policy to the UK's loss). A group of fisheries experts wrote to the gov't asking them to stop blaming the EU for the state of UK fishing as this approach would not address the actual reasons and thus fail to implement effective practices.

Still, not like Leavers to ignore the actual issues, is it?

the EU is wrecking nothing at all. States have joined, according to their respective constitutional systems, and no State is forced to have closer cooperation against its will. I am even told that one State is leaving (unless it eventually gets cold feet)

the EU is a huge advancement for its Member States. It has allowed Europe to play an important role in World negotiations (especially in the economic area) and has ensured peace and prosperity, even in the face of the worst economic crisis since WW II

Unfortunately, the EU still remains to be completed : in particular, foreign affairs and fiscal policies need to be brought under majority voting

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Iceland's fishing industry has prospered most reasonable people agree that part of the decline in UK fishing is down to the EU.

The EU just does what it wants

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the EU does what its Member States and the European peoples want.

Legislative decision-making power in the EU is vested in democratically-elected Member States Governments (the Council) and in a democratically directly elected European Parliament. You should study the EU constitutional system

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the UK represents 16 per cent of EU GDP and 13 per cent of the population but only 3.6 per cent of EU officials.

Also majority voting is not democratic

the EU is not a democratic organization

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the EU does what its Member States and the European peoples want.

Legislative decision-making power in the EU is vested in democratically-elected Member States Governments (the Council) and in a democratically directly elected European Parliament. You should study the EU constitutional system

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Iceland's fishing industry has prospered most reasonable people agree that part of the decline in UK fishing is down to the EU.

Iceland's fishing industry has prospered most reasonable people agree that part of the decline in UK fishing is down to the EU.