EU referendum deal (title edited)

[Blue Hefner]

Where does the word 'Brexit' come from? Is it one of those made up media words where they put two words together or does is actually have a meaning?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Where does the word 'Brexit' come from? Is it one of those made up media words where they put two words together or does is actually have a meaning?

BRitain and EXIT. GReece and EXIT becomes Grexit. We could have Frexit, Itexit, Spexit, Portexit, Luxexit and so on.

 

[malg]

Where does the word 'Brexit' come from? Is it one of those made up media words where they put two words together or does is actually have a meaning?

Media being cunts again. It's for the Twatter lot, who can't engage with anything unless it has a catchy name. #cunts.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Some of its accurate (especially around bureaucracy) but here's five areas where it's garbage:

1. It is often the elected Eiropean Parliament that blocks the UKs objectives. For example both the Cluncil of Ministers and the Commission supported easements to the European Working Time Directive to support doctors' training but these were blocked by the "elected" Parliament.

How did the UK MEPs vote?

2. Part of the reason we get less out of the EU than some other countries is because we have been reluctant partners. Worse that that, when in the last we used our veto to block other counties priorities we often floated about it. Contrast that with the French who've played a long game by supporting the Commission and other Member States and who then get their rewards when the big money (in the form of the Common Agricultural Pokicy is dished out).

We get less out because we are economically more productive. Our reward is to subsidise those who are not.

3. The notion that big business here will strengthen the worker' slot if we were out of the EU is fanciful.

He doesn't say that. He say's we would be free to regulate as we feel fit.

4. I had to laugh at Gove claiming credit for us for the end of slavery. Yes there was William Wilberfirce etc but parts of the country got rich on the back of slavery for a very long time.

What happened before does not cancel what happened next!

5. Not in Gove's statement as it doesn't suit his argument but the existence of the EU (and it's forerunners) has helped to keep peace the peace in Europe for seventy years. The no campaigners say this is all down to NATO but the reality is that the countries we used to fight most with (France, Spain and Germany) are not a threat with us together in re EU (as well as NATO).

This is nonsense. Nato is the defensive organisation. The wars we have seen since the formation of Nato have almost all been disunited countries breaking up to their original cultural groups and the EU has has no part in their prevention. The EU has NOTHING to do with defence.

 

[kaz7]

I don't think 4 months is long enough for us average joes to get our head around both sides of the arguement for in or out,both sides will be putting out false info,it'll be terrible if we make the wrong choice

 

[Blue Hefner]

BRitain and EXIT. GReece and EXIT becomes Grexit. We could have Frexit, Itexit, Spexit, Portexit, Luxexit and so on.

I thought that was the case but wanted to make sure. It's for a different thread but I fucking hate those daft two word 'words'! Why do they do it, to save space for more print or do they think the public are too stupid to understand two words?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I thought that was the case but wanted to make sure. It's for a different thread but I fucking hate those daft two word 'words'! Why do they do it, to save space for more print or do they think the public are too stupid to understand two words?

I think it's used or coined by those people who like to give us the impression that they know what it's all about!

 

[Gray]

The EU is no different from FIFA and UEFA they all hate us and only want us in to get what ever they can out of us whilst giving nothing back.

You only have to watch the Eurovision Song Contest to see what the rest of Europe thinks of us.

Definitely OUT for me.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

I don't think 4 months is long enough for us average joes to get our head around both sides of the arguement for in or out,both sides will be putting out false info,it'll be terrible if we make the wrong choice

It's an easy choice Karen.

Do you want to be responsible for your own future good or bad? or would you prefer to leave that to people who think they know better but who are not answerable to you?

 

[hgblue]

I don't think 4 months is long enough for us average joes to get our head around both sides of the arguement for in or out,both sides will be putting out false info,it'll be terrible if we make the wrong choice

Do you want to subsidise Europe to the tune of 10 billion pounds a year, or do you have any ideas on where that money could be spent here?