OK. No wars on mainland Europe since 1945. Cleaner air to breathe Cleaner water to drink Cleaner beaches Cheaper goods as we can buy from anywhere in Europe providing more competition. Easy movement around Europe once past the first Border. The choice of working, living and retiring anywhere in the EU. Consumer rights EU funding for many local projects particularly in Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and the North East of England. Big research grants. Taking on big corporations in the fight against tax avoidance. Workers rights in regard to paid holiday, sex discrimination,, part time and agency workers rights. Cheaper mobile phone calls Cheaper air flights The Erasmus student exchange programme. All these are of benefit to the majority. It would be hard to argue otherwise.
I agree with you duke, why argue with the majority against something that will benefit the majority. Don't suppose you noticed a little vote we had in the 23rd of June 2016 did you?
Banks seem to have decided what they will do already. HSBC Planning To Shift 1,000 Jobs To Paris Because Of Brexit Confusion | The Huffington Post
No wars on mainland Europe since 1945. Are you absolutely positive on this? What about: Nagorno-Karabakh War 1998-1994 Ten Day War 1991 Georgian Civil War 1991-1993 Transnistria War 1992 Bosnian War 1992-1995 First Chechen War 1994-1996 Second Chechen War 1999-2000 Russo-Georgian War 2008 Kosovo War 1998-1999 Donbass War 2014-Present There are plenty more to cite if needed. Big research grants. Again are you sure? The UK Allocation of Science and Research Funding 2015/16 document from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) revealed that its overall investment in UK science and research would be £5.8bn for the Financial Year 2015/16. By contrast, the European Research Council (ERC), the organisation that funds projects done through EU science networks, has a budget for 2016 of £1.3bn; and that is to fund all 28 EU countries and the 13 non-EU countries that currently participate in the ERC funding programmes. Given that the UK received around 14.4% of ERC funds from the most recent funding programme (FP7) [evidence here], we could expect around £190 million of EU science funding in 2016. the article it was taken from: UK Science is not reliant on EU Funding – Scientists for Britain Although not a valid source it links to the documents in question the are valid sources. I suggest before you make claims you look for researched and citable evidence first :Facepalm::Banghead:
I cant appreciate the irony in Dukes posts enough after that comment ROTFL :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
Hmmm, Strange what he said post Brexit vote then. That itself contradicted a previous statement by him. He wants to make his mind up. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/30/hsbc-plays-down-chance-of-moving-1000-jobs-out-of-london-on-brex/ HSBC, massive Remain supporters? Sabre rattling maybe as he doesn't even know the outcome yet. They key word is "plans". They'd be foolish not to plan for an eventuality. So what's your point here? Any comments on the physical jobs that have been announced or created since the BRexit vote? Google, Nissan?
What's Paris got to offer that we haven't and when all is fine after Brexit if those banks choose to leave but find it was better where they were then they should be sent to the desert and trade from there
Anyway reading the article it's a threat to Thereasa May because the banks want their cake and to eat it It's all threats oh if you do this then we are going to do that oh blah blah blah
Remember @Ducbird 8 years ago we wanted to send all bankers to the desert to die. Now he thinks they are people to be coveted and the duke is claiming a national disaster in the event of 1000 of them moving a few hundred miles. Is he talking abount city bankers or paediatric consultant surgeons here?, he does get confused about things a little.
What ! :Jawdrop: Remainians refusing to accept the result, banging on about "soft Brexit", which isn't Brexit and predicting doom and gloom when we leave the EU. :Nailbiting: Surely not :Wideyed:
I would say there's the door off you go see how well you do in EU because if it was that good they wouldn't all be here in the first place would they
