Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

Does this kind of behaviour encourage the mass exodus to the west?


Oxfam's Double Standards Award

'In it's recent report on the rigged rules of international trade,
Oxfam places the European Union at the head of its double
standards league'

Seems like a nice place, this EU!!!

hubrural.org/IMG/pdf/oxfam_europe_22_eng.pdf

grannyboy

Another case of how it all comes down to economics in the end.

PFI contracts for major works.

Despite being the fifth largest economy in the world in the late 70's early 80's we faced a serious crisis needing to replace crumbling hospitals and schools and build new ones for an expanding population and modern medical pratice (this predates rising migration). With a weak economy and no chance of raising taxes to fund public works getting the private sector to pay for it was the only way it would happen. This kept the cost off the governments books and all public borrowings low. Even if successive governments could have financed the cost it is very unlikely they could have built at anywhere near the much lower costs achieved by the PFI route.

Before you get all agitated and puffed up.
Look back at hospitals/schools built in the and 60's /70's, directly financed with public funds. These were very expensive, generally poor quality and expensive to maintain. Crap in other words.

Today, neither Labour or Tory could raise public funding for new hospitals/schools. PFI is the only route.
Most new schools are now funded by academies.

We even have to get the French and Chinese to fund our power stations and this can only be done by offering EDF a premium (30%) on all electricity supplied. The new power station in Somerset is set to be one of the most expensive buildings in the world (£20 billion) if it gets built. It is very unlikely to be built as the French are now dragging their feet and are afraid of Britx. The Chinese have planning permission for the small Severn tidal scheme in Wales, they will finance and build it themselves but it is stalled because they want 10% extra over the EDF deal for any power. Some 40%!!!!!! over existing power cost. Where do we get our power when our existing power stations shut down??

How is it we have to rely on overseas investors to pay for our infrastructure.?? and they benefit from the very high annual returns. Where are our smart ass city boys when we need funding?

We need a healthy, strong economy to fund infrastructure, amongst other things. Our national balance sheet currently is unable or too weak to even pay for the basic needs of our public works.

The EU is our largest market. We will stay in.

It always, always comes down to economics in the end.

Brexit will cost 100,000 jobs, Cabinet minister warns



By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor
3 May 2016 • 12:01am




A Brexit will cost up to 100,000 jobs while the NHS and other public services will face significant cuts, a Cabinet minister has warned.

Greg Hands, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said in an article for The Telegraph that the Single Market is the "most complete commitment to free trade that exists" and that alternatives are just "fantasy".

His intervention will fuel accusations from eurosceptic Conservatives that the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union is relying on negative "Project Fear" tactics to try to win the referendum.




More shock horror here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/brexit-will-cost-100000-jobs-cabinet-minister-warns/

It 's about the future , the eu is in decline as the newer countries basically can't support themselves putting more pressure on the larger countries , plus the influx of mass immigration on countries is unsustainable but seemingly impossible to stop . Throwing money at problems a la Merkel is papering over cracks . If they don't reform for the better now they never will . A straightjacket is all we can look forward to remaining in the eu , and more and more legislation .

Brexit will affect climate change ! that's a good one, Britain will forever have a haze of smog over it for leaving the EU.
Oh i forgot and global poverty . Not sure how but it would .

Yes, if we leave we will probably be banned from the Champions League, Olympics and Tour de France. It also goes without saying that Brits will have to pay more to visit the Eiffel Tower and Colloseum. As for speaking English in public places within the rump of the EU - God forbid.

They're waiting in the wings if you vote out....



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

I'm thinking of making an air raid shelter for the back garden , I've stocked up on tinned stuff .

No matter how you want to dress it up, it was Labour who
reverted to using PFI to build the schools and hospitals that
was needed through their mass open door immigration policies
and the commitments placed on the country by being a member
of the EU.

We can argue till the cows come home about why we are relying
on foreign firms to build infrastrcture projects, but whether or
not we're in the EU makes not one iota of difference, simply because
it's a business deal, China aren't in the EU...Not yet!.

Major leak from Brussels reveals NHS will be ‘KILLED OFF’ if Britain remains in the EU

A MAJOR leak from Brussels has revealed the NHS will be killed off if Britain remains in the European Union.



By David Maddox

PUBLISHED: 06:05, Tue, May 3, 2016 | UPDATED: 08:12, Tue, May 3, 2016






Hundreds of papers from the secretive trade talks between the US and EU have been released online.

They appear to confirm fears that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks between Brussels and Washington will, when ratified, lead to the health service being privatised or dismantled.

The documents, obtained by Greenpeace Netherlands, include a US proposal to have a committee with representatives from Washington and Brussels to meet each year “to review state-owned enterprises and monopolies” which would include the NHS.

The committee would meet annually and would not be guaranteed a representative from Britain.


More: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/666454/NHS-EU-killed-off-Brexit-Remain-Leave-referendum-Brussels-European-Union

NHS will be killed off , of course it will and everybody's teeth will fall out ,disease will be rampant and London will look like the Black Death again ,people will be wandering the streets at night like zombies looking to eat each other .

Max,

You are beginning to believe your own propaganda.

Is it wishful thinking.

Do you know what TTIP is Fred?

I have heard from reliable sources that if we leave Brits will no longer be able to occupy the sunbeds nearest the sea (they will be reserved for Germans) and that our national dress of socks and sandals will be banned from all coastal resorts. You will still be able to get the Daily Mail but only in a brown bag, for which you will pay an extra one Euro.

Grannyboy

Wasn't trying to score political points,
Labour or Tory need a strong economy to make the country run.

Economics apply.
Migration into the UK is necessary we need migrant nurses, doctors software engs etc.etc
Even you must accept that. We can't have zero nett incomming migration.

New hospitals schools have to replace old. The vast majority of the 60 million odd here need new facilities.

What's your point.??

Too many blame everything on migration.

will ,
Migration into the UK is necessary we need migrant nurses, doctors software engs etc.etc
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Yes we need those people on a points based system ,not hundreds of thousands of unskilled workers .
Every day coaches are arriving at Victoria Station The Romanian Express ,double deckers towing trailers one after another bringing in everybody and anybody .

Very concerning that someone needs to spend their job time on a BB than getting on with their job , maybe just a dreamer really .

exactly that jimmy

i saw somewhere in w/e press that a number of member countries would be very happy to join uk in an "eu outer circle", but confess i can't remember where i saw the article - and didn't get round to reading it either

Max,

TTIP.

No.

Explain what it is to me.

You'll have to do some reading, here is a selection of articles on the deal.


https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+is+TTIP