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Brexit

Brexit has been a major mistake for Britain. It's going to decimate the UK's economy, and is going to be very bad for all the British people living in other EU countries. What is your opinion on Brexit? Can the UK survive it?
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2 points

I feel that the wave of 'death wish' nationalism which was whipped up by some self serving politicians such as Boris Johnson with his blatantly untruthful claims about how Brexit would result in an additional £350 million per week for the N.H.S. will bring misery to millions of Brits, a devaluation of the pound sterling, the relocation of many large corporations into mainland Europe, a reduction in tax revenue, an increase in benefit payments, a reduction in public services, a further contraction of the armed forces and a deepening resentment towards the AWFULLY EXCLUSIVE ENGLISH.

The poor old limey's will have to join the long snaking queues at passport control for non E.U. citizens.

The aforementioned list is only the tip of a very nasty iceberg which will sink poor old HMS Great Britain.

All the unacceptable elements of the E.U. Mafiosa administration could have been changed from the inside.

2 points

At the moment all the U.K., is doing is engaging in a damage limitation exercise.

If the U.K, wish to remain within the E.U, single market they're going to have to comply with most of the elements to which they're objecting.

This will leave them in the ridiculous position of having no say in the policy making processes of the E.U, parliament whilst have to toe the line of the Brussels dictates.

Well done the Brits.

British politicians talked embarrassing nonsense about ''forging new markets'' with the rest of the world.

Dear fools, the rest of the world is only interested in doing business with you if it is in their national interests.

On average it is 6 times more expensive to obtain new customers than it is to maintain your existing client base.

If British manufacturers lose all or part of their European market how do the gung ho Brexiteers know that this inevitable loss will be made up by new or additional exports to other nations?

The broken down fools do not know.

Don't rely on Donald Trump's AMERICA FIRST administration or the western wary Chinese.

At the very best you guys are in for a very rough ride and there will be more people cheering at the negative results of your eye-watering stupidity than there will be crying.

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I was in Spain when the U.K. was resisting entrance into the EU. I purchased a camera to replace one stolen from my luggage while it was in Air France's custody. The sales lady asked if I was American. I said yes. She said, "That's good, if you were British it would cost you more." They didn't like their independence then, they will like it less now. When you quit a team, they usually don't like it.

1 point

It's horrible. I have been hoping that I've been dreaming for the past year.

I remember when Ireland hadn't joined the EU yet. There were only dirt roads, and their economy was terrible. I hope that doesn't happen to my home, our I may be forced to move to Ireland or somewhere else in Europe.

3 points

You should try Pakistan. I hear that it's nice there and that they love liberals.

1 point

Totally right. I feel that many people didn't know what the consequences were of leaving the EU. Their economy will be crippled after this. I hope there's a chance of turning back on the decision, because they've all made a big mistake.

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My reasons for wanting to leave the E.U. are primarily democratic in nature. The E.U. parliament does not propose legislation, rather legislation is drawn up by the E.U. commission, which is appointed, not elected. This means that the people have less power relative to regular parliamentary democracies because they are one step removed from the people who actually write and propose law. Simply put, commission members have less accountability to the electorate because their power is not dependent on the electorate, unlike in parliamentary democracies. The E.U. parliament; those that are actually elected to represent the people can merely vote on proposed legislation, they cannot propose legislation nor can they repeal existing legislation. As a result, if the E.U. commission proposes a horrible, unjust law, and the parliament passes it, the people and their elected representatives have no recourse for removal of that law.

Another of my concerns about democracy in the E.U. also involves it's ability to represent the people. When one is governed on a smaller scale, one can be greater represented by their government. This is both because one makes up a larger percentage of the voting population and because different issues have different importance to people living in different areas. This is demonstrated by, for example, the cities of the U.S. being more left leaning while the countryside is more right leaning (Source 1). These contrasts are magnified when one considers the political and ideological differences between nations. It is also an immediately apparent fact that a government is more accountable to it's citizens when it is more local. A multinational government based in Brussels, for example, has less reason to be afraid of unrest in London than unrest in Brussels. Moreover, it is easily demonstrated that at larger numbers accountability and representation is reduced. If one has 100 citizens and one ruler, it merely takes ten outspoken citizens for a problem or concern to be made apparent. If one has one million citizens, however, it takes one hundred thousand protestors to have the same effect.

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(1) http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/11/political_landscape