Author Archives: Grahame Pigney

EU Freedom of Movement isn’t the universal unrestrained movement that some people think it is.

By Mike Meade a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. There is a prevalent notion that an EU country (like Britain) must accept the residency of any other EU national (like Romanians). This is … Continue reading

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Why the UK needs to remain in the EU

By Kate Fistric a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups There’s a perception among many Britons that the EU ‘doesn’t affect me’.  That, at best, the EU is some faceless machine run by pen-pushing petty … Continue reading

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Brexit economist dismisses Government Brexit predictions – so why don’t we just use his?

On Monday, in an article in The Telegraph, Brexit economist Patrick Minford said that the Treasury’s projections of the long-term and short-term effect of a Brexit were “flawed”. He finishes by saying: The establishment is wrong over Brexit, as it … Continue reading

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Leaving the EU – how to understand it…

From Philip Cresswell a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. You are a member of a golf club. One member is notorious for whingeing about membership fees, the state of the greens and the … Continue reading

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EU Referendum franchise challenge – a message from the legal team and Harry Schindler

From Leigh Day – 25th May 2016 So this is the end of the legal battle, we took it all the way to the highest Court in the country but unfortunately we were unable to persuade the Supreme Court justices of … Continue reading

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Millionaire Leave campaigner Arron Banks would privatise the NHS

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So the Leavers say the EU is undemocratic. Another Myth debunked.

Thanks to Paula Kirby, a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. I’d like to correct a very widespread misunderstanding. It is not correct to say the EU is unelected. It is true that the … Continue reading

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Why do the Leavers think it is OK to abuse people that disagree with them?

Some of you may have seen this photograph of World War One soldiers before. Yesterday a Brexiteer sent my wife a version of it disfigured with a speech bubble emanating from the soldier in the centre of the photograph. The … Continue reading

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