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It's not personal, Anon., in fact when I wrote the post I was unaware of exactly who it was that concerned themselves with bananas and lightbulbs. I appreciate you and UC are very sensitive so I'll endeavour not to upset either of you too much going forward. You can always put me on ignore of course, that's what Warren does, bless his cotton socks.
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I live in the UK and therefore accept the laws of the country in which I live whether I agree with them or not. Being dictated to by an outside organisation I do not accept there is a very big difference especially when that outside organisation makes up absurd laws for the sake of it. And I still don't accept the argument the UK Government has any say in such absurd laws.
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Because I vote for the Government of the UK based on their policies and therefore have a choice. The EU I do not vote for and have no say in what they do. I resent that immensely. That is akin to a dictatorship which the EU pretty much is in my view.
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Except MEPs are elected and the prime minister sits on the European Council (as do the heads of the other member states).
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You have no say in what the UK government does either. You can vote them out, but you still have no say no what the next administration does. Democracy is an illusion, it's a term bandied about, but I can't think of a single country that is actually one.
It is far from a dictatorship, though, that is just silly. No single person controls the EU, the council members, the MEPs, even the Commissioner changes, regularly, it is anything but a dictatorship.
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and just remember , over half these are not eu
and just remember , over half these are not eu
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But the UK's representatives have such a small say because if the rest of the EU members want something that benefits them our vote counts for nothing yet can directly impact us. I'm not interested in what the rest of the EU wants or what might be good for them I live in the UK and want to be governed by UK laws not what other countries think we should or shouldn't be doing through EU laws.
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But the UK's representatives have such a small say because if the rest of the EU members want something that benefits them our vote counts for nothing yet can directly impact us. I'm not interested in what the rest of the EU wants or what might be good for them I live in the UK and want to be governed by UK laws not what other countries think we should or shouldn't be doing through EU laws.
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i work in engineering and a majority ive spoken to want out.
but a few of my friends who work in banking or estate agency want in because it benefits them.
its about a 50/50 split which the poles seem to suggest to.
its going to be a close one but i think we will stay in sadly.
#2205
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And my personal view is I want nothing to do with it hence voting leave. I will say it again, i'm not interested in what might be best for Germany or France or any other country I don't live there and couldn't give a pig's ar$e what is best for them. I want what is best for the UK and that means stopping having the EU telling us what we can and can't do.
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Just as a complete aside, this business about Turkey. From what I gather this free movement doesn't extend to UK and NI. Also, interesting to some maybe, non EU countries use Turkey's labour migrants perfectly well. The workforce building the 2nd sarcophagus for the Chernobyl nuclear reactor No.4 (the one the exploded) is mostly Turkish. One would hope they do a good job
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And my personal view is I want nothing to do with it hence voting leave. I will say it again, i'm not interested in what might be best for Germany or France or any other country I don't live there and couldn't give a pig's ar$e what is best for them. I want what is best for the UK and that means stopping having the EU telling us what we can and can't do.
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And my personal view is I want nothing to do with it hence voting leave. I will say it again, i'm not interested in what might be best for Germany or France or any other country I don't live there and couldn't give a pig's ar$e what is best for them. I want what is best for the UK and that means stopping having the EU telling us what we can and can't do.
I have to say as well that I've got a feeling this idea the EU tells us what we can/can't do is a bit of an urban myth and happens nowhere near as often as the leave campaign would like to make out.
That's the less generous reply
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Call it what you like I pay my taxes for living in the UK therefore I am only interested in what is best for the UK and what will benefit my children/family. Why should I care about other countries and what they want or have my taxes paid to the EU to benefit other countries? I am entitled to my opinion whether you like it or not but once again you have to go labelling me narrow minded because you don't like it.
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Call it what you like I pay my taxes for living in the UK therefore I am only interested in what is best for the UK and what will benefit my children/family. Why should I care about other countries and what they want or have my taxes paid to the EU to benefit other countries? I am entitled to my opinion whether you like it or not but once again you have to go labelling me narrow minded because you don't like it.
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Call it what you like I pay my taxes for living in the UK therefore I am only interested in what is best for the UK and what will benefit my children/family. Why should I care about other countries and what they want or have my taxes paid to the EU to benefit other countries? I am entitled to my opinion whether you like it or not but once again you have to go labelling me narrow minded because you don't like it.
Totally agree with these sentiments, and if some UK residents wish to trade their rights for membership of a club comprised of an increasingly dodgy bunch of foreigners then they know how to cast their votes. And if supporting Queen and country is now reckoned to be unfashionably 'nationalistic' then I know how to cast mine.
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If you want whats best for your children, you should give them the most options and choices possible, not restrict them to an isolated island!
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Call it what you like I pay my taxes for living in the UK therefore I am only interested in what is best for the UK and what will benefit my children/family. Why should I care about other countries and what they want or have my taxes paid to the EU to benefit other countries? I am entitled to my opinion whether you like it or not but once again you have to go labelling me narrow minded because you don't like it.
But you automatically assume that what is good for everyone is somehow not good for the UK? Are we in some way special that things that are good for most people are in some way bad for us?
Bad for us and choice are two different things. Your example of bulbs is a prime one. It is good for the UK, but you lose some choice.
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Well I've seen it all now. Apparently (according to conspiritard *******)we have to take our own pen into the polling booth, because if we use the pencil provided someone will change our vote. It must be because a lot of these people haven't voted before, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PENCIL, there is no conspiracy here.
FFS - is this what we've become? - we don't need saving from the EU we need saving from ourselves!
FFS - is this what we've become? - we don't need saving from the EU we need saving from ourselves!