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Saturday, 20 February 2016
BREXIT
I'm a real Europhile. I love being "European" and I'm not particularly seduced by nationalist feelings, perhaps due to my mixed heritage. But even given that, I can't see what benefit there is to staying in the EU, an organisation which seems to contradict so many of the moral and social principles I hold dear, aims at federalism when I value subsidiarity, and hasn't had any audited accounts for 20 years!! The only arguments I've heard for staying in boil don't to "bad things will happen if we leave". I don't buy it. We're a net contributor, we'll make a net saving by not buying in. For example, we are the 4th largest importer of BMW. Are you seriously telling me that Germany will want to jeopardise that market place?
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You will notice that most academics will come out against Brexit. But few will mention that the reason they are opposed is that EU grants for Research are very large, and many UK academics benefit from them. That would be a real hit for UK Universities; but it also helps one recognise that the academics advising us to stay in should really declare an interest...
ReplyDeleteWhat did I tell you? http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/article1669976.ece I notice no mention of the huge EU grants...
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrew, excellent points!
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