View Poll Results: Should Britain leave the E.U. ?
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So many are concerned about Britain losing it's Sovereignty..
It's just my uneducated opinion and I've not backed it up with hours of internet research but I don't think we have had Sovereignty since WW2..
Our culture was Americanised decades ago, our Royal family is on par with Disney World. We have no colonies left, our Navy is about as threatening as pedal boat fleet and we have to pretty much import everything that we enjoy.
So what is this Sovereignty we speak about ?? What do we want to go back to ??
Do we want to go back to sitting on a wet windy concrete seaside deckchair savouring meat pies and cold mushy peas ?
Where does this idea come from that if we leave the EU we will revert back to some promised land of 'Britishness'
The EU is BROKEN !! I can't and won't argue with that. It needs dramatic reform.
But if we leave that will just leave our spineless politicians to jump into bed with someone else.
So are we to become the 51st State of the USA next or maybe a new Chinese colony ??
There have been so many comments how we will be better off out of Europe ?? So please, tell me what comes next when we leave ??? What is the future ?? How will it be better ??
I, like most people have no idea....
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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
So many are concerned about Britain losing it's Sovereignty..
It's just my uneducated opinion and I've not backed it up with hours of internet research but I don't think we have had Sovereignty since WW2..
Our culture was Americanised decades ago, our Royal family is on par with Disney World. We have no colonies left, our Navy is about as threatening as pedal boat fleet and we have to pretty much import everything that we enjoy.
So what is this Sovereignty we speak about ?? What do we want to go back to ??
Do we want to go back to sitting on a wet windy concrete seaside deckchair savouring meat pies and cold mushy peas ?
Where does this idea come from that if we leave the EU we will revert back to some promised land of 'Britishness'
The EU is BROKEN !! I can't and won't argue with that. It needs dramatic reform.
But if we leave that will just leave our spineless politicians to jump into bed with someone else.
So are we to become the 51st State of the USA next or maybe a new Chinese colony ??
There have been so many comments how we will be better off out of Europe ?? So please, tell me what comes next when we leave ??? What is the future ?? How will it be better ??
I, like most people have no idea....
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I think that the Sovereignty people are talking about is the UK being governed (rightly or wrongly) by the UK elected members and not by the Un-Elected Eurocrats in Brussels. We vote people in to run the country and if they don't do the job well then we have a choice to vote in someone else at the given time. This choice is not given to us in the EU and rules/laws which may be good for one member of the EU may not be good for others.
As for becoming the 51st State of the US,  , I would rather stay in the EU
Wayne
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