Author Archives: Grahame Pigney

I, Phillip Plowright, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

We have had peace in europe for 70 years. How many brave men and women gave their lives so that we could enjoy it. Go to a war grave cemetery and feel the absolute loss. We enjoy it because we … Continue reading

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I, Barry Weekes, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

Having lived and worked in France for 13yrs I want my grown up kids to be able to have the same free movement I have had in the Union, plus I don’t want to go back to the bad old … Continue reading

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I, Rebecca Weaver, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

I’m an American – British citizen living in Brussels. I used to be skeptical of Europe but having witnessed the benefits – for education, for businesses, for a cleaner environment, for travel and for my children – I’m IN.   … Continue reading

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I, John D Thomson, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

David Cameron said today – “If we want a bigger economy and more jobs, we are better if we do it together,” “If we want to fight climate change, we are better if we do it together. If we want … Continue reading

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I, Paul Holland, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

I believe in the purpose of the European Union. It is as noble a concept now as it has always been. It was set up to ensure peace in Europe by raising the living standards of its people. It binds … Continue reading

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I, Isabelle Cobourne, want the UK to Remain in the EU because…..

Please vote remain because you are a tolerant and open minded country, because you have always been a international key player, because you have always been there when Europe needed you! Because you ARE European, because the EU project is … Continue reading

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Who Is to Blame for Brexit’s superficial appeal? UK Newspapers – Specifically Boris Johnson

A perceptive piece by Martin Fletcher who witnessed the consequences of Boris Johnson’s “self serving” journalism about the European Union. LONDON — No one should be surprised that Britain could vote to leave the European Union on Thursday. For decades, … Continue reading

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I am worried. Worried about my future and the future of my country .

From David Livingston A member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups Its 4:30 in the morning and I cannot sleep because I am worried. Worried about my future and the future of my country . … Continue reading

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Nigel Farage tries to show that all of the EU will arrive in the UK – that doesn’t even pass a basic sanity check.

Nigel Farage proposes that 508 million people ‘could come to the UK’ from other EU countries. Hang on a moment 65 million of those already LIVE in the UK, while the idea of the entire populations of France, Germany, Austria, … Continue reading

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What the Quitters are Scared to tell you: Their Antarctica/EU comparison is nonsense.

Boris Johnson & his acolytes opened the Wembley debate with some of their usual nonsense – “Only Antarctica is worse”. Let’s just examine what this is about, it will take a moment or two and we’ll have to go a … Continue reading

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