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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Of course you are, but I repeat, the money is not insignificant.
You know what desperate lives some people are living in the UK. Surely, that money would be better spent on them. Or the NHS. Or schools. Anywhere but the EU, which does very little for us.
If you are looking to Labour to better manage the welfare system, good luck with that. Marxists Corbyn and McDonnell will succeed only in bringing this country to its knees.
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I do know what desperate lives some people live as i have first hand experience of it from my youth.
Here in lies the rub however, there's no evidence to suggest whatsoever that if and when we leave the EU and if we were to reduce our foreign aid by 50% that the resultant savings would be passed on to those areas most in need.
The North East of the UK has as a whole has been ignored and left to rot by successive governments with little to no investment from the UK government, The fact that there's been more investment £ from the EU into the North East than there has been from the UK government should tell it's own story.
I firmly believe that had the equivalent money been available from the UK government it would have been used for different purposes and in different geographic areas.
The EU has done a significant amount for the UK, some of which we take for granted and are forgotten about.
I agree with you on your final point, the country requires a fundamental change in the way our political system works.
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Originally Posted by Mick
I get why you feel this way. But we have to preserve democracy. Politicians are accountable via the ballot box. Every vote should count.
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Fully agree, regardless of political allegiance, Brexit stance.
You have the oppurtunity to make your voice heard, This is a right that millions of people around the world would love to have.
Use it.