Should the UK LEAVE the European Union?

Answer 1

I wonder how many of the people who wish to leave are Scottish, Wales or Northern Irish. What would happen if those countries seeded from the United Kingdom in referendums, which appears to be more an more likely with every passing decade.

If the UK leaves so it just has a trading agreement with the rest of the EU, it would be devastating to the UK economy. It would destroy your image on the international stage. Other European countries account for more thatn 53% of visitors to the UK. If the UK left it would severely damage that industry which is the third largest in your country and international tourism is worth £11.9 Billion a year.

Then there is an impact on exports. The image of UK produce will be tarnished not just in European countries, but all over the world equating the UK with isolationism and xenaphopia, it may not be rational but image rarely is.

Then there is justice. There is a reason why the European Court of Human Rights was set up. It was to protect citizens from their own countries government, including the UK.

There is also the fact that if the UK left to just becaome a free trade member, it would have no control or input in what standards are introduced by full EU members.

The EU also has the political weight to block mergers or acquisitions that would harm consumers. The many laws that are passed by the European Union are not only to protect citizens of the its member states, they are also shaped by their representatives in that organisation which are elected in the form of the European Parliment and the European Council(the heads of government of every member state).

Saying the EU is controlling the UKs destiny is like saying the London Parliament is controlling Scotland's, it is true because representatives of the country are involved in the decision making process.

The reason the Commision is unelected is the same reason the Lords or the Irish Seanad is unelected. It is to prevent a branch of the government being influenced by local/constituencial issues and think about the continent's wellbeing as a whole. The UK is a big international player, but the EU as a whole is the stongest force in the WTO and is gaining influence in other areas to the benefit of all member states including the UK.

Leaving the EU would be a bad move for the UK and its citizens, consumers and industries. Relying on the US is unwise, they have flip-flopped on who their closest freinds are, the EU brings together the continets citizens together in a way of interdependence, we need each other, the Irish need the French in the same was as the UK needs the Germans and the Italians need the Spanish. We buy from each other, we sell to each other, we protect those that need protecting in each others states, and together we can lead the world by showing it an example of cooperation of what used to be bitter enemies and what is now the richest, most peacful and prosperious region in the world.

Answer 2

You have no idea how happy that would make the rest of the EU. One less country undermining the cause of European Unity

Answer 3

They already left.

Answer 4

no