EU referendum

EU referendum

  • In

    Votes: 503 47.9%
  • Out

    Votes: 547 52.1%

  • Total voters
    1,050
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To be fair, to him, a lot of the questions seem to be about his perceived image and immigration

The black women was an idiot and the bloke banging on about the pharmaceutical company was a bit of a dick as well

They were real people with real concerns mate.......and especially the pharmaceutical guys was very knowledgable in his area and Farage just had no reply....
 
They were real people with real concerns mate.......and especially the pharmaceutical guys was very knowledgable in his area and Farage just had no reply....

The pharmaceutical bloke seemed to have a very niche question about his particular area, to be honest, I would be surprised if anyone could answer it at a Q&A like that

The women, started reasonably well but then kept interrupting and more or less ranting with anecdotal evidence and seemed to be aimed more st Farage's personality than the in/out debate

I also think ITV missed a trick. What's the point of having Q&A's like that if they don't have a panel on afterwards to pick the bones out of it? I'm not expecting them to be like Sky and milk it for a couple of days but a bit of feedback and fact checking would, I feel, been worthwhile
 
Without reading any other comment on here I have to say that was a fuckng awful debate (if you can call it that). Though BBC call it an event!

Both parties were dreadful, the questions were clearly notified in advance, a complete waste of time which makes me think, how the fuck can I vote to leave whilst staying in, not because the arguements were persuasive, on the contrary they were both making me vote the other way.

Finally Julie Etchingham (sp) was bloody awful. The audience was not very challenging either!
 
We are a nation that is not in great economic shape. We still have a lot of cuts come - which a lot of the public haven't really grasped yet, but all the same I think most feel a sense of insecurity over jobs and the future. Farage's dream of a better future is compelling, but I think most people accept it's laced with a fair whack of optimism too.
'Better the devil you know' is also rather compelling in a different way. Most people are risk averse.

Have to say, the interest in this seems far greater than the general election.
 
Farage said that 12.5% of our exports went to EU countries. Cameron said it was 50%
Who's telling the truth?

I sure someone else might be better answering your question but this info says 44% of our exports went to EU....so if true, its clear Farage is selling the lies....and Cameron knows what he's talking about.....(not that I'm saying thats always the case!;)

Sorry its a PDF file so dont know how to link......Dont know if anyone can break those numbers down....but I'm no expert so export is export to me!;)

In brief: UK-EU economic relations - Parliament
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06091.pdf

"The EU, taken as a whole, is the UK’s major trading partner, accounting for 44% of exports and 53% of imports of goods and services in 2015."
 
There is no majority that don't trade with them. The massive majority who trade internationally trade with the EU. Trading with the EU is typically the easiest option for most UK businesses.

if you're referring to the general majority of businesses that just don't import or export at all...
Of those that don't do any international trade, it's difficult to suggest red tape is preventing them trading with Europe, as they are not trading elsewhere either - which suggests any barrier to international trade isn't an EU specific thing.

Even those that don't import or export directly - greengrocers / florists / self employed etc, many of their materials will be sourced or transported via the EU though, so they might still feel the effects of change (either way)
Many, many businesses do not do business with the EU but they still have to conform to EU standards and red tape!
 
Without reading any other comment on here I have to say that was a fuckng awful debate (if you can call it that). Though BBC call it an event!

Both parties were dreadful, the questions were clearly notified in advance, a complete waste of time which makes me think, how the fuck can I vote to leave whilst staying in, not because the arguements were persuasive, on the contrary they were both making me vote the other way.

Finally Julie Etchingham (sp) was bloody awful. The audience was not very challenging either!

I didn't get to see much of it BigJoe but it's all getting a bit farcical (on both side). We've now got a German on the news - Gisela Stewart -as the spokesperson for us leaving the EU!
 
I also think ITV missed a trick. What's the point of having Q&A's like that if they don't have a panel on afterwards to pick the bones out of it? I'm not expecting them to be like Sky and milk it for a couple of days but a bit of feedback and fact checking would, I feel, been worthwhile

I thought that too - if only ITV had a news channel............................. oh hang on...............
 
We are a nation that is not in great economic shape. We still have a lot of cuts come - which a lot of the public haven't really grasped yet, but all the same I think most feel a sense of insecurity over jobs and the future. Farage's dream of a better future is compelling, but I think most people accept it's laced with a fair whack of optimism too.
'Better the devil you know' is also rather compelling in a different way. Most people are risk averse.

Have to say, the interest in this seems far greater than the general election.

Which cuts have the public not really grasped as of yet ?
 
Very polished from Nigel Farage cutting off that EU foreigner spouting rubbish like we are some small nation who can be bullied "sorry.. who are Spain!? we won't be bullied by ANYONE WE ARE BRITAIN !!" you have to love that as a Brit. The patriotism lacking in British politics for years.
 
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