Silk wrote:jont- wrote:akirk wrote:I voted for 100% of the system that appoints both civil service and supreme court, and if we had major problems with either the UK people could vote in those who could / would change it - we can't do that with the EU as we are not the full constituency...
So where do you want to stop your power play? England? Your county? Your town? House?
What makes "The uk" the right level of control, rather than something smaller or larger?
The main problem is we have very little in common with the rest of Europe. The fact that we speak a different language sees to most of that. The USA works largely because they have a common language and culture - they are all Americans together. With Europe, that isn't the case. Just look what happens when one of the states of the EU, such as Greece, gets into bother - the rest of states don't give a toss. That wouldn't be the case with the USA.
How can you accept being told what to do by people who would need a translator in order to do so?
I don't speak politician either (far to many weasel words) and don't like being told what to do by them too
Have you been to Europe at all Silk? I have many european colleagues (and other nationalities too), and work with people from across the world on a daily basis. I suspect I have far more in common with most of them than I do with many UK citizens. And they all speak pretty good english - again, many seem to have a better understanding of the language than many native english speakers
I'm bemused by all those that think the UKs success has nothing to do with easy access to EU markets and ease of hiring people from there. And also why they don't think if we decide to leave, the EU won't treat us harshly "pour encourager les autres" not to leave. It seems vastly arrogant to think the EU needs the UK more than we need it. And I wouldn't bet on "common sense" prevailing once the egos of politicians get involved.
As for UK democracy and fairness, our inability to address the West Lothian question cost me many thousands of pounds compared to "equal" UK citizens living in Scotland, and it's costing the current generation many tens of thousands. Ironically EU citizens don't pay tuition fees in Scotland thanks to EU law, but UK law overrides and means English students studying there do have to pay