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Do the Leavers have a plan for something BETTER than the EU – if so how about telling us all?

The problem is that different groups want to leave the EU for different reasons. So long as these reasons are kept vague there is no problem but the moment people try to describe, which they rarely do, how they see … Continue reading

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Can the Outers explain how leaving the EU would be BETTER for the UK?

The Outers keep banging on about being in charge of our own laws and yet if you ask them what they would do with their reclaimed sovereignty they are split with everyone wanting something different and no-one having any settled … Continue reading

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Just how big is the Cabinet rebellion, perhaps we just need a sense of perspective?

Widely reported in the UK press today is that Liam Fox claims that “up to” 5 Cabinet ministers will rebel against the UK remaining in the EU. This is in stark contrast to previous assertions that the majority of cabinet … Continue reading

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Shout for Democracy

Parliamentary petition to Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum Posted on Facebook by Lyn Pigney:- If you, like me and my family, all UK Citizens then as now, have decided to move across La Manche to live, I think … Continue reading

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EU ‘sceptics, ‘philes & ‘phobes and what do the Leavers have as an alternative that is BETTER than the EU?

These words have been much used (and misused) when talking about the UK’s membership of the EU. In particular the word sceptic, is frequently abused and interpreted as anti. A sceptic is somebody who does not accept things at face … Continue reading

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Brexit: Nothing More Than A Contemporary Mode – Part 2

Following on from his previous post https://sayyes2europe.eu/2015/10/10/brexit-nothing-more-than-a-contemporary-mode/ Dave Matthews continues to explore the questions about what happens in the event of a Brexit. There are some huge questions being bandied around the UK and Europe at the moment, concerning our presence and … Continue reading

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Brexit: Nothing More Than A Contemporary Mode.

Every day we read that the Exit Campaigns are gaining presence, that their voice is finally being heard. That the UK public are standing up to an undemocratic union, a fascist movement, a money swallower. Eurocrats are being branded as … Continue reading

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Ever Closer Union of People – not Nations – but what comes next is the most important.

One of the things that is often forgotten when talking about the Treaty of Rome, the keystone of the European Union, is what comes after the phrase “determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples … Continue reading

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The soft peace is just as important as the hard peace

We, on the yes side of the debate, the commonsense, modern, forward thinking side of the debate, are ourselves far too divided and far too focused on the economic arguments for staying in (overwhelming though they are). The key is … Continue reading

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