I have more to add
My opinion thats been rated 8 to 2 in favour of dislike of my post,it seems to be a true reflection of this forums overall rejection of the Eu by a large majority
Whilst I have not changed my own stance one bit,I do have some thoughts that may not be so contencious
Its all to do with the latest rantings of the man who I believe is mainly responsible for the majority vote to leave the Eu,one Tony Blair
It was he who caused one of the main issues that has divided the UK
In a selfish and very damaging way he opened the door to a worldwide increase in immigration that has repercussions to this day,all done so that the new labour vote would likely increase on the back of these new arrivals and secure his type of socialism for a generation,it backfired spectacularly
The referendum was a democratic vote where the majority held a different view to my own, I accept that for the will of the people of the UK and can go along with that choice that was made
What I find annoying is to read this fake socialist in the news dishing out ideas that he thinks will sort out the problem,when it was himself that caused the problem in his time in office
His failings in this and his lap dog stance with the American president in foreign conflicts makes him the last person for anyone to take heed
He needs to shut up,enjoy the fortune he has amassed on the back of a working mans party and maybe emigrate himself
You comments are very much the consensus of remainers who have a very shallow narrow minded reasoning of why people voted out without digging deeper
It has cost my mates business somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 a million pounds to comply with an EU directive just so he can sell his goods having got approval in the UK this does not carry across all EU member states as you would expect and so the spend continues in each and every state he has customers he has to get it approved by their approval authority, on top of this some crazy EU bureaucrats were considering monitoring the background levels of ethylene in the atmosphere and raising a tax on ethylene production for fruit ripening if levels were found to be increasing
There are probably many more similar examples of EU bureaucracy that is costing business millions of pounds that is ultimately passed onto the person buying the goods
Add to that the corrupt EU commission who are a law unto themselves and apparently answer to no one
The remainers really need to look at the wider issues of the EU instead of just accepting the status quo it is very patronising continually being told why I and many others voted out when the reasons given are no where near the real facts, both referendum campaigns were very poor and light on fact, what was the deal that Cameron's shuffle diplomacy negotiated that the EU said they would renege on really says a lot about the EU, yes the out campaign promised things that were pie in the sky but both sides did that
Barnier is making out he is playing hard ball with the leave negotiation the truth is he has nothing to work with because the EU hierarchy won't allow him any scope and the EU are hoping that leaving doesn't happen. To revoke article 50 now would allow the EU to set the terms of our continued membership and give them a free for all
The problem at the moment is two fold
There are the financial markets who seem to be propping up the Euro when the Euro zone could be a bit of a lame duck with a budget black hole once brexit goes through
And the non democratic remainers who are fighting for democracy telling us we got it wrong and we need to carry on voting until we get it right
This country is in a hole right now because so many people are talking it and brexit down at every opportunity let's be positive and move forward
