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Osem · 07-10-2016, 14:18

Opinions are going to vary and change on all of this as it's highly contentious and a massive step. I don't feel concerned about the message being given re immigration and neither does my wife and she's an immigrant too BTW albeit not one who had the right to just come, live and get benefits here - NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS was stamped in her passport.

What we mustn't forget is that things are changing in the EU too, largely not for the better IMHO and not due solely to Brexit (e.g. migration, banking crises, austerity, unemployment etc.). It's perfectly likely that the EU is going to turn into a worse place than it currently is and not necessarily remain something we'd want to be a part of. Over the decades it's proved virtually impossible for the UK to really change the EU much so I don't really think if we'd stayed in we'd have been able to influence these matters, prevented the rise of the right wing parties or avoided the impact of Eurozone woes on the UK. The political reaction we're seeing across Europe is the direct result of the unwillingness of the Eurocrats to listen and change course.

The EU is a behemoth which clearly can't keep up with its own problems let alone the fast changing world events which are the cause of some of them. IMHO it's had its time and we're, regretfully, better off out of it but will never be immune to the problems it faces.

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Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Post-Brexit Thread Opinions are going to vary and change on all of this as it's highly contentious and a massive step. I don't feel concerned about the message being given re immigration and neither does my wife and she's an immigrant too BTW albeit not one who had the right to just come, live and get benefits here - NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS was stamped in her passport. What we mustn't forget is that things are changing in the EU too, largely not for the better IMHO and not due solely to Brexit (e.g. migration, banking crises, austerity, unemployment etc.). It's perfectly likely that the EU is going to turn into a worse place than it currently is and not necessarily remain something we'd want to be a part of. Over the decades it's proved virtually impossible for the UK to really change the EU much so I don't really think if we'd stayed in we'd have been able to influence these matters, prevented the rise of the right wing parties or avoided the impact of Eurozone woes on the UK. The political reaction we're seeing across Europe is the direct result of the unwillingness of the Eurocrats to listen and change course. The EU is a behemoth which clearly can't keep up with its own problems let alone the fast changing world events which are the cause of some of them. IMHO it's had its time and we're, regretfully, better off out of it but will never be immune to the problems it faces.