RE: 50p31 May 2021 08:30
But snige, i voted for brexit, but it was not to stop immigration or the free movement of people. that was just an unnecessary side effect, a sort of, collateral damage.
My reasons were purely because...... the EU collective, the governors, the bosses, the people in charge of this great conglomoration of now 27 countries, are missing 2 things that every other soverign nation has and like all people in power, they desperately feel the need to attain these two things.
control of an army and the ability to raise taxes.
they want both, they are actively tryin g to get both and i dont think they have the common sense as a colective, to deal with either. Europe (in my opinion) dont have agreat track record when it comes to having armies.
IF, like at the start, all we had was a common market place, free movement of people and a total adherance to the rules for joining and staying within the EU experiment (see Greece, portugal, Italy) then it would be fine. but it isnt and there is only one way to tell someone that you dont agree with their ever expanding club, which has some rules that you dont agree with, and that is to leave.
It will hurt us for a while possibly, but you will note, that if we had remained within the EU, we would not now have 70% of our population vaccinated., 55% double vaccinated.
anyway, these were only my thoughts