>>He and his govt felt that paying child allowance to people's from elsewhere whose children are not in this country was a 'no-no'.
As it happens, I agree that child support should be paid in the country where the children actually are.
But yes, we have to ask the EU and the reason is simple. We, the UK, stated and agreed that all relevant laws should be applied equally to all people over all member States. Nobody beat us into that, or held a gun to our heads, that is what WE stated that WE wanted.
That leads us into the principle that essentially you must treat all EU nationals in the same way that you treat your own nationals. Unavoidably.
If we don't like that, then we have the opportunity to walk away from it, but we will then walk away from the rest of the EU as well, be that good or bad.
I can understand why you might not like it, although it doesn't bother me, but its not emasculation. It is something that WE said WE wanted. And WE can say no. - hence the referendum.
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