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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't believe the mortgage one although the logic is that the price of sterling will drop: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...rge-osborne-eu
Remain are going to empathise the fear angle all campaign. They want to underline that it's a risk so when people go into the booth they'll be thinking 'well, it is a risk' and hope that will sway them. Polling suggests that if Brexit is perceived to be a danger then Remain will win. They can't let any suggestion that everything will be fine cut into their campaign. |
I don't think anyone on the Leave side is suggesting everything will be fine. There are bound to be teething problems as with all new ventures. I'm under no illusions that things may be 'difficult' at first but the longer term prospects of a Brexit will make it worthwhile. We have austerity now so maybe a couple more years of it is what we will need to sustain the economy - a price worth paying in my opinion.
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Never have so many attempts to be factual be so wrong in so many understated ways. And all in two paragraphs.
No they are not entitled to any benefits. The effect of EU immigration on the UK is small compared to non EU immigration - and in or out of the EU that will not change.
I don't think it will be effected much either but the point is that we will control it, not the EU and the only way to get immigration down from both areas is to leave the EU.
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As we we import more than we export, the potential lack of free trade will drive up the costs of both imports and exports which in turn will drive up inflation. To control this, interests rates will need to rise which means that mortgages and other borrowing costs will increase. Bit more complex than this but that is the simplistic version!
Isn't the whole point of leaving the EU to reverse that? Sorry I don't agree with this costing more for the simple reason that the EU nations will want to trade still and will not make it that difficult. We would return to the way it worked before we joined the Common Market. We traded well enough with them then so why not now? I see shades of what happened when Scotland and England united here. The English Banned Scotland from trading with the Colonies so we went bankrupt and had no choice. Nah can't see the EU doing that really.