Dear All
I like the idea of a European Union, always
have, it has much merit.
However 27 countries show if anything, that
reform is needed, when Richard Ottaway, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select
Committee and MP for Croydon South stood up and gave his “defence”, he
says he got a lot of flak for it.
The EU is broken, and the Euro crisis has
exposed a terrible weakness, who would have thought we would have heard in
2013, that Greek pensioners were looking for food in bins?
Can a spirited defence be made by Richard
Ottaway on that bunny?
Nein, Non, No!
What about the rise of food banks in this
country?
There is the trade aspect which benefits
the UK, but what are we losing, and is that more important?
Whether we are in or out, London remains a
world financial centre.
As to the peace argument, times are more
enlightened than the 1930’s, and of course everyone is signed up to NATO.
UKIP is now the new kid on the block, they
like the genie can’t be put back in the bottle, and they will develop their
appeal, as they grow, they will take votes from different sections of the left
and right.
Although 20 of Britain’s most eminent
business leaders penned a letter to the Independent stating that the
"economic case to stay in the EU is overwhelming".
Let’s get it right, that’s 20 votes! And
only 20 votes!
People especially those at the bottom of
society see austerity, cuts to services, higher population, their lack of
advancement, and a host of other issues like housing, and they see control
being lost.
They aren’t getting help from anyone.
UKIP are the ones doing the talking now,
when was the last time something meaningful was done in Europe by the
Government?
And then that trickled down to the ordinary
punter who could see the nuts and bolts, generally things happen, and to the
public, it is just business as usual, to them nothing changed.
There is a good case for staying in the EU
and there could be made a good case for leaving it, however, people look East
and South and see chaos. The Euro virus is moving northwards, that needs
immediate attention.
A temp fix is to split the Euro into two
currencies, Euro North and Euro South, others have floated that idea in the
past, dogma has killed fixing the current problems.
But I would like to come to my pet idea, it
is the EU internal immigration policy, the broad brush, if you wish to ‘live
and work’ in another EU country, you must have certain resources. This would be
done on a country by country basis, in wealthier countries; you would need more
assets than say the lesser ones.
If the mainstream parties are not careful,
the old joke of ‘the people have spoken, the Bar Stewards’ will be coming to a
venue near you soon.
And as they say in cricket…. You’re out
(loudly)!
I hope it doesn’t come to that, but the
whole EU project needs fixed.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
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