BRExit?

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25th June 2017


Are you tired of the spin
and the political scare mongering?

Vote Leave have built their case around immigration but they do not fully present their case.

As I understand it, the “Vote Leave” leaders express confidence that Britain can survive on its own as the 5^th Largest Economy. I do not share that confidence, because unlike any general election, a referendum is held without a manifesto and there is insufficient legal precedent to help politicians to decide whether the outcome is in any way binding on the elected government.

Inaccurate
Vote Leave Claims!

£350Mil to the EU every week?

Claimed to be incorrect, but the Vote Leave web site provides no web site link to consolidate the claim. To give you a clue, the petrol companies pay VAT on a daily basis. We are running out of time, but I would love to see how much HM Treasury pays to Brussels on a weekly basis. It is all about the bigger picture!

The EU is a danger to our NHS

How, why? No link provided to explain their statement

Vote Leave also suggest they will:

Spend your money on British priorities?

Being in the EU means that we have to allow any EU citizen who wants to come to the UK to enter. This puts huge pressure on local hospitals which have to deal with many more patients.

A poor Fib, if you ask me. 

On arrival in the UK in 1971 the British Home Office registered me as a resident alien. Two years later I was granted an EEC Residents permit. I was barely sixteen and my father arranged these visas for me with help from the school teachers in Scotland.

As a comparison

In 1980 my British employers sent me to France to cover for local staff holiday absence during the summer season. On arrival I was given a four month visa and a French visitors ID card. During my stay I was given a local salary and had to pay all relevant local tax and social security contributions.

 Seriously!! 

British Politicians are very good at misdirecting attention. 

Urgent Considerations

1. Immigration can be sorted and controlled without having to leave the EU
2. NHS expenses are undermined by years of poor administrative governance and consistent historical evidence of sub-standard hospital management. This has nothing to do with the EU.
3. A 10 year period to allow a complete overhaul and modernisation of the Tax Collecting methods used by HMRC.