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....

Hilary,

Are you trying to flirt or tease me with that image?

Drive into London, Birmingham, Bradford or any major city in the UK and you will see that it is not clean beaches or even smelly cheese that people are objecting to. Nor the EEC, as it was. Successive British governments have failed to control the influx of aliens, when they should have skin in the game, what chance when a federal europe? Maybe we are all bigots as the one-eyed man said, or simply object to the fact that this country has become the cesspit of Europe. Even a one-eyed man could notice that the horde of migrants Merkel imperiously allowed in consisted predominately of able bodied young men, many of whom refused red cross parcels because of the cross on them.

Drive into London, Birmingham, Bradford or any major city in the UK and you will see that it is not clean beaches or even smelly cheese that people are objecting to. Nor the EEC, as it was. Successive British governments have failed to control the influx of aliens, when they should have skin in the game, what chance when a federal europe? Maybe we are all bigots as the one-eyed man said, or simply object to the fact that this country has become the cesspit of Europe. Even a one-eyed man could notice that the horde of migrants Merkel imperiously allowed in consisted predominately of able bodied young men, many of whom refused red cross parcels because of the cross on them.

My word is that what they serve up in prison in Euroland , no wonder they come here .

iturama,

The UK isn't in the Schengen area, so, if you let illegal immigrants in, then it's not an EU problem, and you need to take it up with your local MP to press for tighter border controls.

Similarly, you stated previously on this thread that you didn't object to EU immigration, but you did object to all the other creeds of immigrant from around the rest of the world. That's fair enough, and I don't have an issue with that opinion, but seriously, non-EU immigration has got nothing to do with the EU whatsoever.

VICTIM,

I believe they serve duck gizzard salad in prison. It's one of my favourites. :o)

Is that HP brown sauce on there .

Unfortunately my MP is Theresa May, her of strong and stable government. Agree in the most part, but many of the illegal immigrants are making their way through Europe. Now you will notice that even countries in the Schengen area are talking about border controls. Its ok when the illegals pass through but when they start to linger, even the fine-minded start to get restless.

You get many illegals in Maidenhead, iturama? Presumably they're there for the Henley Regatta?

Heaven forbid.

Being the only Brexiteer on campus , BBC . sad times really .

512 days to go , not that I'm counting.

HP Sauce?

No. Any fool can see it's Balsamic Vinegar.

The drizzler missed the salad here and there, didn't he? Clumsy oaf!

He's from Barcelona.

No sense of humour obviously , Mr Fawlty .

Interesting??

Bankroller of Brexit denies claims he broke funding rules
Andrew MacAskill
3 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - Multimillionaire Brexit donor Arron Banks wrote to Britain’s Electoral Commission on Thursday to imply he was the subject of a politically motivated investigation amid speculation that Russia may have meddled in the 2016 referendum vote.

FILE PHOTO: British businessman Arron Banks, who has funded the Leave.EU campaign, is seen during the opening day of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) annual conference at Doncaster Racecourse in Doncaster, northern Britain September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Yates/File Photo
In his letter, Banks said his campaign hired an accountant and an auditor, a lawyer oversaw all spending, and its returns were submitted after discussions with the election watchdog.

The Electoral Commission, which is already looking at whether Banks’ Leave.EU group received any impermissible donations, opened a new investigation last week into whether Banks was the true source of loans to a campaigner.

The announcement of the investigation came after a lawmaker from the opposition Labour Party asked the government to look into reports by advocacy group Open Democracy that the origin of some campaign funds was unclear.

Banks questioned why only his campaign group was being singled out for investigation and alleged all the commissioners at election watchdog support staying in the EU.

“The Commissioners are fully signed up ‘Remainers,'” he said in the letter. “It really is quite incredible that an organisation that exists to ensure fair play in elections should be packed full of ex-MPs and ex-council leaders – jobs for the political boys!”

The Electoral Commission said it has received Banks’ letter and will respond.

Banks said politicians who support remaining in the EU are fuelling claims Russia may have meddled in the referendum and that voters were misled by a widely publicised bus during the campaign emblazoned with a slogan saying Britain was sending 350 million pounds a week to the EU.

The commission previously said it was looking at whether a company called Better for the Country Limited (BFTCL) - of which Banks was a director - was the true source of donations made to campaigners.

BFTCL was not registered as a permitted participant in the referendum but five registered campaigning groups reported receiving donations from it totalling 2.4 million pounds, the Commission said.

Banks, who was pictured with Donald Trump and leading Brexiteer Nigel Farage outside a gilded elevator soon after Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential election victory, was a registered permitted participant and gave three non-commercial loans to Leave.EU, totalling 6 million pounds.

The Commission said in April it was investigating Leave.EU’s funding as well as looking at whether its spending return was complete.

The Commission has the power to impose fines and other sanctions if it finds rules were broken.

Yawn .

Regarding '' impermissible donations'', does the £9.2m spent by DC's campaign for ''Remain'' come into that category? I recollect £zilch was spent on the ''Leave'' campaign

Arron Banks ,great guy ,put in a lot of money to help us vote OUT ..

One of the advantages of Scotland leaving the UK (I hope not)...is that England could remain on British summertime....can't get used to this hour change.....