For all those saying it's just rabid right-wingers who want out, have a read of this:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/pa...socialists-support-neoliberal-undemocratic-eu
It's published under a Creative Commons licence so I think I'm free to quote liberally from it.
And to prove members have little freedom of action: This adds to what I was saying earlier, that's it's much easier to close UK factories than those in other EU countries as Tata's European business has stayed largely unaffected. So it's hardly a level-playing field even though we're in the EU. We make it easier for companies to shut plants yet the EU ties both hands behind our back if we want to rescue them.
And for those who don't accept that the EU has prolonged austerity, it's an EU rule that budget deficits can't exceed 3% of GDP, meaning the classic Keynsian model of running a deficit in a recession in order to stimulate growth, can't be deployed.
And for those who still maintain that the EU is some sort of workers paradise, the author says this:
And finally, the author repeats what I've been saying all along, about further political integration being a necessity. This is painfully obvious to anyone with half a brain.
There is no "status quo" or "safe option" in this decision. It's either get out or go much further in. And if it's the latter, things are going to get much worse as fr as political extremism goes. Why do you think the EU wants its own army? Probably so Brussels can order French troops to put down riots in Austria or Greece.