UK Referendum 23 June 2016 - Will it be an EU BREXIT or Not?

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Imagine if we Vote Leave in 64 days’ time… We can take back control and free our small businesses from burdensome EU regulation which costs us over £600 million a week.


BBC: The Great Debate - On 21 June, the BBC will be holding a televised EU debate at Wembley Arena. The event will feature senior representatives from Vote Leave and the IN campaign. To reserve your place click here. www.bbc.co.uk...

Juncker admits that the EU is too meddling

Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday made some astonishing admissions, stating that the EU too often meddles in the business of individual member states. He acknowledged that ‘we are no longer respected in our countries when we emphasise the need to give priority to the EU’, before going on to say that the EU is ‘losing economic clout in a very visible way’. In an admission of defeat, he concluded that he couldn’t ‘go any further’ to try to reduce the level of spending by the EU institutions.

When even the President of the European Commission admits the EU isn't working, we know that it’s time to take back control. Every week the British taxpayer sends £350 million to the EU, and by Juncker’s own admission this will only rise and rise. After we Vote Leave on 23 June, we can spend this money on our priorities, instead of handing it over to an ever-growing and inefficient Brussels bureaucracy.



Business is divided on the EU

The IN campaign would like you to think that the world of business is firmly behind EU membership. However, the reality is that opinion is split in the business community.

The EU works for big business because they can afford expensive lobbyists to shape the rules in their favour. Indeed, multinationals are using EU law to cut their tax bills and reclaim billions of pounds from the UK Government. www.voteleavetakecontrol.org... ce=voteleave
Research by Vote Leave found that British taxpayers could be on the line for up to £50 billion because of rulings of the European Court attacking our tax system.

However, smaller businesses see the EU as costly and burdensome. Only 6% of UK businesses export to the EU, yet 100% have to comply with Brussels regulation. Yet SMEs often don’t have a say on these rules. After we Vote Leave, UK businesses will no longer be shackled by Brussels red tape, and will be able to focus on creating jobs and driving the economy.



Great reception for Michael Gove speech

Thank you to everyone who watched Michael Gove’s speech online yesterday. Over 50,000 of you tuned in to watch the Justice Secretary give his positive vision of life outside the EU. We will be looking to stream more of these events, so watch this space! If you missed out yesterday, you can read the full speech here.
www.voteleavetakecontrol.org...



Today’s must-reads:

Gove: Brexit would be start of democratic liberation of Europe - Times
www.thetimes.co.uk...

We DO meddle too much, says EU boss - Mail
www.dailymail.co.uk...

Michael Gove: If we vote to stay in EU it’s like voting to be hostages locked in the back of the car - Sun
www.thesun.co.uk... k-of-the-car.html

In an uncertain world, Britain would be safer running its own affairs - Daniel Hannan MEP, Evening Standard
www.standard.co.uk...

EU FACES RUIN: Staggering admission from Juncker as he admits EU DOES meddle too much - Express
www.express.co.uk...

Terrorists gain 'advantage' from EU open borders - EUobserver
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The first few pebbles toward an avalanche in the EU?? I've just the following.>>>>


The former German chancellor Helmut Kohl has warned his protégé, the

woman he chose as his successor Angela Merkel -

*that Europe cannot become a new home for millions of people

in need throughout the world. National policies of the lone- knight variety

must be left in the past. For the most part they have a belief which is

different from the Judeo/Christian beliefs which form part of

the foundations of our social order, and our values. The solution lies in

the affected regions...not Europe.*

The political giant did not name M/s Merkel - but left no one in any doubt that

his criticisms were aimed at her. Mr Kohl who is now rarely seen in public, is

said to be estranged from the woman he propelled to the heights of power.

Heads up from Vote Leave on EU Debate

BBC: The Great Debate - On 21 June, the BBC will be holding a televised EU debate at Wembley Arena. The event will feature senior representatives from Vote Leave and the IN campaign. To reserve your place click here.
www.bbc.co.uk...

Bank-funded Nick Clegg wants to stay in the EU

Nick Clegg last night gave a speech in the US claiming that if we Vote Leave it will damage our relationship with America. This ignores the fact that our strong ties with the United States of America go back long before we joined the EU, and that the US sees the UK as its greatest ally in Europe. However, Mr Clegg has a history of being economical with the truth.

He lied about tuition fees to get himself into Government six years ago. He promised a referendum on the EU but then backtracked on it. He used to warn we’d disappear off the map if we didn’t join the euro. Now he’s telling us it would be a disaster if we Vote Leave. Remember, this is coming from a man who was paid £36,660 www.mirror.co.uk...
by Barclays and £22,500 www.theguardian.com... by Goldman Sachs to make pro-EU speeches in the past six months.

The British public will be in no mood to be lectured by a politician with such a history of broken promises, especially when he is being bankrolled by those which crashed our economy. After we Vote Leave, we can take back control and hold our politicians to account.



Obama to intervene in EU debate

President Obama is expected to come to the UK tomorrow to show his support for the IN campaign. This is yet another example of Downing Street wheeling out big hitters to try to defend the Prime Minister’s failed renegotiation.

However, Mr Obama’s argument might carry more weight if the US had dropped its border controls with Mexico, or had accepted the judicial supremacy of the Organisation of American States. No US President would ever accept giving up as much control as we have to the EU.

The fact is that the EU threatens our national security and our relationship with the US and other key allies. Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove www.prospectmagazine.co.uk... likened the EU’s security services to the ‘leakiest ships of state’ and 'colanders', meaning that other intelligence services are reluctant to share information with them. www.dailymail.co.uk...
General Michael Hayden, the former CIA and NSA director, echoed Sir Richard, stating that the EU is not a ‘natural contributor to national security … and in some ways gets in the way of the state providing security for its own citizens.’

After we Vote Leave we can strengthen our relationship with the US and other key allies. We can build on NATO and the Five Eyes Agreement – with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – which British security has depended on since the Second World War. That’s why it is much safer to Vote Leave and take back control on 23 June.



Today’s must-reads:

Nick Clegg blasted for claiming it would be 'unpatriotic' to back a Brexit in the EU referendum - Sun
www.thesun.co.uk... um.html?utm_content=bufferc1a2e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Poor EU border controls put Britain in danger - Dominic Raab, Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk...

Ex-Bank of England Governor slams George Osborne’s 'simple minded' Brexit cost claims - Sun
www.thesun.co.uk... _content=buffer00a64&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

I do hope the SNP has made sure Jean-Claude Juncker approves of its manifesto - Tom Harris, Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk...

We’re so used to EU rule that we’ve forgotten how to do it for ourselves - Allister Heath, Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk...

originally posted by: eletheia


The first few pebbles toward an avalanche in the EU?? I've just the following.>>>>


The former German chancellor Helmut Kohl has warned his protégé, the

woman he chose as his successor Angela Merkel -

*that Europe cannot become a new home for millions of people

in need throughout the world. National policies of the lone- knight variety

must be left in the past. For the most part they have a belief which is

different from the Judeo/Christian beliefs which form part of

the foundations of our social order, and our values. The solution lies in

the affected regions...not Europe.*

The political giant did not name M/s Merkel - but left no one in any doubt that

his criticisms were aimed at her. Mr Kohl who is now rarely seen in public, is

said to be estranged from the woman he propelled to the heights of power.

Don't you think she is too kind to the extent that it adversely affects fellow German's quality of life? Not to mention the added threat to German life's from refugees or immigrants with malicious intent!

originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite

originally posted by: 83Liberty
a reply to: RP2SticksOfDynamite

They are incorrect in their response.

The UK doesn’t pay or "send to Brussels" this higher figure of £350m per week (£18 billion yearly).
The rebate is applied straight away, so the UK never contributes this much.

They would be correct if they said £250m per week (£13 billion yearly).

I have requested a response to your reply from them.

Still awaiting a response from General inquiries of Vote leave on the 350m vs 250m issues. Strange they not reply again this time. I chased them again.

originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
When it comes to Osborne and the economy in the same sentence, then you can safely assure that the forecasts are miles off.

When has any of his economic forecasts ever been correct?

The bloke is a complete numpty who lucked out with the price of oil driving down inflation. It certainly hasn't been down to any of his budgetary decisions.

it's certainly Project Fear being played out.

Both Cameron and Osborne stated they were willing to lead the U.K out of the E.U unless they could secure fundamental changes to the E.U. As we have seen, their changes have little effect on the U.K membership and they would never have campaigned for the U.K to leave.

Not just about correct forecasts but about whether it is possible to forecast so far ahead. Even the best guestimates there would be a huge margin of error. Its ridiculous to attempt to forecast years ahead when you are dealing with economics because the variables are so flux.

And as far as leading the UK out of the EU I think that is unlikely because pressure would be enormous on Cam and Osb to resign.

originally posted by: Freeborn
As many may know I'm no fan of the EU.

But I'm still open to other points of view.

Don't know if this has been posted before but I came across it on the BBC News website.
It's interesting as I've been completely unaware of any EU investment in the UK.

Travelling anywhere within the EU it's pretty much common place to see the EU sign saying 'funded by the EU' but I can honestly say I've only very, very rarely seen it here.

But apparently

Over the last 15 years, Cornwall has received more than £1bn of EU structural investment.

www.bbc.co.uk...

Between 2000 and 2014, £888m was invested in Cornwall from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). The money has financed infrastructure projects, airports, universities, road widening schemes, superfast broadband and local businesses.

Another £486m has been earmarked between 2014 and 2020.

I'm aware that the BBC may be pushing the governments pro-EU agenda but it is a good read and whilst alone it's certainly not enough for me to change my mind but it certainly is something that's worth bearing in mind.

Yes interesting read, but there is nothing there that suggests a leave voter should consider a change of mind.