Interesting.
1) and 2) are a vote for motherhood and apple pie, both of which all reasonable people are in favour of.
2) can be achieved in or out of the EU, examples abound.
1) is unfortunately not the terms on which the EU operates, so I don't see how that leads you to a 'remain' vote. Certainly if you want to make sure that [immigrants] "represent *at worst* financial and social neutrality to [the receiving country]" then you need to vote 'leave'.
I don't know what to make of 3). It isn't necessary to be a racist, xenophobe, Kipper, or a member Britain First to have a 'leave' inclination.
As I've said before, I don't think either path is necessarily wrong - whichever way it goes, much depends on what we make of it.
I think the idea of Britain being semi-detached or having special status is actually worse than being in or out. It sets us against other members. Political union per se doesn't frighten me, it must be the ultimate, ideal aspiration of every reasonable person; but I'm not ready to be ruled by the EU apparatus that does not seem to me to be fit for that purpose; also the EU is too large and disparate to do it at the moment, and I see no 'roadmap' to its being achieved.
It's interesting that 'remain' is seen as lowest risk by so many, and indeed is often presented as the key argument. I don't see it that way - it seems lower risk to me to have more autonomy once the interregnum is past.
There's a lot for UK to deal with now, and in the years to come. Not directly related to the referendum, but I found this morning's Start the Week economics discussion very interesting and it reinforced my instinct that the EU may not be the best context in which to operate.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0713zf1
Last edited by: Manatee on Mon 22 Feb 16 at 16:05
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