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The Brexit campaign goes on about the ‘burden of red tape’ Can anyone give some examples?

ByPhilip Baker a member of one of the “SY2E – Remain in the EU” groups. The Brexit campaign goes on and on about the ‘burden of red tape’ forced on small businesses by the EU. What they never seem to … Continue reading

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Do the Leavers know what they are talking about? Penny Mordaunt doesn’t.

In an interview with Andrew Marr, Brexit campaigner Penny Mordaunt gave another example of the Brexiteers’ scare campaign. The existing member states of the EU all have a veto on whether new members are allowed to join. This is a … Continue reading

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Why do EUphobes resort to insulting people rather than setting out a post-Brexit alternative.

Today another group of people have come out in favour of the UK Remaining in the EU. This time it is 250 actors, artists, musicians and writers who set out the benefits to their industry of the funding and collaboration … Continue reading

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Are there any parallels to draw between the aims of Adolf Hitler and those of the EU?

Are there any parallels to draw between the aims of Adolf Hitler and those of the EU?: Andrew J Chandler, a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups analyses the parallels drawn by Boris Johnson … Continue reading

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Time marches on and some people stay the same.

There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed there are those, … Continue reading

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Madness or Sanity

By Peter Sain ley Berry a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups Is it better to be a big fish in a big pond or a small fish in an ocean?  It is a … Continue reading

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What has the EU done for us? It has helped us in the achievement of our individual goals

With thanks to Chris Lyons, a member of one of the SY2E groups. When anyone starts talking about Europe, they inevitably start from a personal point of view of ‘what has Europe ever done for me?’ For those ex-pats living … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Britain and the EU

Thanks to Chris Radford a member of the Say Yes 2 Europe – Remain in the EU alliance. The more I see, read and hear about the vote on Britain’s continued membership of the EU the more convinced I am … Continue reading

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Is 1966 where the leavers are trying to take us back to?

By Jason Hunter a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. Things were so great before the EU that the UK should not only leave the EU but also abandon the Internet, mobile phones and … Continue reading

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So far it’s Remain that has made its case and it’s Leave that’s just offered empty promises

By Paula Kirby a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. This is a very slightly edited version of something I posted on a friend’s FB page yesterday in response to one of his friends, … Continue reading

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