Brexit referendum campaign took off on Friday, ten weeks ahead of June 23

Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

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Campaigning in Britain's Brexit referendum officially started on Friday, ten weeks ahead of a vote that will hand Britons their first chance to have their say on Europe since 1975. With opinion polls suggesting the British public are deeply divided on whether to stay in the EU, the Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities. Read full article

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ChrisR
The biggest assets to the LEAVE camp is not Boris but the twin vipers of Camoron and Osborne.

'Ossie' now claims that income taxes will have to be raised to cover the £36Bn black hole BUT it transpires the Treasury got to that figure by adding another 3M immigrants!

Has it not dawned on these twats that when the UK is once more sovereign it can close its' borders and admit only those it wants to admit?

The EU claim of course that to deal with them means the UK MUST take immigrants, overlooking the fact that the balance of payments is in the EU direction! I wonder if the people selling to the UK want that to stop: do bears crap in the woods, does Merkel look like an old hag?
Apr 18th, 2016 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
If the government ever told us the truth abt the EU and what's coming down the pipe,
they would be gone by now,

lies upon lies,
but at the end of the day we will see who the fools are.
Apr 18th, 2016 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
It will be interesting what freedom of movement might exist if the UK leaves the EU. There are many UK citizens living and working in the EU so the borders won' suddenly shut. However what the UK will have more control over is taxes and benefits of any potential EU immigrants and this may slow the number down.

The UK is already a land of immigrants and the current generation of new migrants will eventually meld and join in and become just as British like previous waves. One of the great things about this is that the UK is on track to become the most populous country in not just the EU, but Europe. Currently it sits behind Russia (146m) and Germany (81m).

There are many detractors that harp on about how unimportant the UK is and how undeserving of a UN P5 seat etc. and yet it will become the largest country with the largest economy in that region of the world outside of the EU.

I'm all for the UK leaving the EU. But this is not because I am anti-EU. The EU has a lot of strengths and benefits. However it is not a good fit for the UK. But it will continue to exist and will still be one of the UK's major foreign preoccupations even after Brexit.
Apr 18th, 2016 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 3 Skip
“new migrants will eventually meld and join in and become just as British like previous waves”

Not happened yet with the Afro-Caribbean, Pakistanis (Muslims) and the rest of the Muslims of various nationalities.

Indeed, a report recently published pointed to the upcoming threat of 'Two Nations' in the UK, this being Islam and the rest of the population.

The present push to Sharia Law, so 'heroically' supported by the legal profession (until told to stop it and obey the law), shows the threat to the UK way of living very clearly indeed.
Apr 19th, 2016 - 10:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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