EU Referendum

[David1819]

Sorry am just fed up with the situation, wish we could just go again!!  So many people have now realised what their 'protest vote' may have done, between them and all those who want 'Britain to be great again' I am just about referendummed out.    

Don't buy into the scaremongering, Switzerland and Norway are not in the EU and they have more money in their pockets than we do.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

[sami]

Sorry am just fed up with the situation, wish we could just go again!!  So many people have now realised what their 'protest vote' may have done, between them and all those who want 'Britain to be great again' I am just about referendummed out.    

maggie one thing that never dies in us is hope,it may just turn out fine .we will be in uncharterd waters thats for sure,but we have the spirit to make anything work if we try,even hitler couldnt break the spirit in us

[sami]

Don't buy into the scaremongering, Switzerland and Norway are not in the EU and they have more money in their pockets than we do.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

iam with you on that one david,notice all who appear for the bbc look somewhat sad,cause their scaremongering didnt work as well as it did with the scots referendum

[maggie]

Don't buy into the scaremongering, Switzerland and Norway are not in the EU and they have more money in their pockets than we do.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

Norway is a democratic socialist country, they have got it right imo.  This country is a different thing altogether we have the right wingers in charge and they are in cahoots with the right wing press.

[sami]

was it sweden who said the the nordic block of countries are ready to do trade deals with us if we vote to leave

[maggie]

was it sweden who said the the nordic block of countries are ready to do trade deals with us if we vote to leave

don't know Sami but they aren't huge countries are they. Norway trades with EU and has more immigration than we do, he outers sort of omitted to mention that. 

[sami]

don't know Sami but they aren't huge countries are they. Norway trades with EU and has more immigration than we do, he outers sort of omitted to mention that. 

yes thats true,some people are taking it badly my mum in law and her sister were crying.uncertainty i guess about what may lye ahead

[David1819]

don't know Sami but they aren't huge countries are they. Norway trades with EU and has more immigration than we do, he outers sort of omitted to mention that. 

Its not so much the number of immigrants that's the problem its having control over immigration that's important.

High immigration drives up house prices. and causes higher demand for services. It benefits mortgage lenders, landlords and big business! nobody else

[maggie]

Its not so much the number of immigrants that's the problem its having control over immigration that's important.

High immigration drives up house prices. and causes higher demand for services. It benefits mortgage lenders, landlords and big business! nobody else

We have more people emigrating than immigrants coming here. We are an aging population and need young people to come here.
The problems we have with services and housing is because of our national governments and has nothing to do with the EU. 

[guest2181]

Imagine this scenario though - Johnson as PM and Trump as president..

 

[Steve_uk]

We have more people emigrating than immigrants coming here. We are an aging population and need young people to come here.
The problems we have with services and housing is because of our national governments and has nothing to do with the EU.

But young people get old. Are they coming here on licence or will they stay long-term, in which case we would need even more immigrants, when I'm sure there are old people in their own countries who need looking after.

[Caroline]

A prophecy fulfilled. 

[Caroline]

We have more people emigrating than immigrants coming here. We are an aging population and need young people to come here.
The problems we have with services and housing is because of our national governments and has nothing to do with the EU.

Totally agree!

[Roch]

We have more people emigrating than immigrants coming here. We are an aging population and need young people to come here.
The problems we have with services and housing is because of our national governments and has nothing to do with the EU.

Could it be that some of the people emigrating are doing so to get a better life elsewhere, in comparison to living standards in the UK?  And probably emigrating to countries that have a more strict criteria for immigration.

[Steve_uk]

Could it be that some of the people emigrating are doing so to get a better life elsewhere, in comparison to living standards in the UK?  And probably emigrating to countries that have a more strict criteria for immigration.

Some people are retiring to countries with a better climate and are leaving the workforce altogether; others are emigrating for a better quality of life. The UK is still taking in immigrants at an unsustainable rate even if the numbers are slowing down.