Current Affairs EU In or Out

In or Out

  • In

    Votes: 688 67.9%

  • Out

    Votes: 325 32.1%
  • Total voters
    1,013
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peteblue said:
Probably the same things we export now.....

Machines, engines, pumps: US$63.9 billion (13.9% of total exports)
Gems, precious metals: $53 billion (11.5%)
Vehicles: $50.7 billion (11%)
Pharmaceuticals: $36 billion (7.8%)
Oil: $33.2 billion (7.2%)
Electronic equipment: $29 billion (6.3%)
Aircraft, spacecraft: $18.9 billion (4.1%)
Medical, technical equipment: $18.4 billion (4%)
Organic chemicals: $14 billion (3%)
Plastics: $11.8 billion (2.6%)

And a few other bits and bobs.....
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It'd be interested to see how much of those exports are created by British owned businesses...
 
peteblue said:
Quite a few on here have raised the issue of EU funding for Liverpool as a key driver.....it never occurred to them that it was our own money of course.....
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Do you really think this right wing government will carry on funding projects that provides jobs and improving the city as the EU has.. Done..
 
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...m-farron-ukip-lib-dem-yougov?CMP=share_btn_tw

The British public will not accept a Brexit deal that leaves them worse off financially, a new poll suggests. In a sign that a majority of the public would be unwilling to accept an economically damaging hard Brexit, half of those who voted to leave the EU in June, including 62% of Labour voters and 59% of those in the north, would not be willing to lose any money at all as a consequence of Britain’s withdrawal.

Just one in 10 would be willing to lose more than £100 a month. Pollster Peter Kellner, the former president of YouGov, said the results suggested that Theresa May “could have real difficulty in delivering a Brexit that satisfies those who voted for it”.

He added: “This is the first poll to look specifically at whether leave voters are willing to accept any financial loss as a result of Brexit. The answer is that few are prepared to.”

The poll, conducted by YouGov for Open Britain, the successor organisation to Britain Stronger in Europe, also shows that one in five (22%) of voters do not expect Brexit to have any impact on their finances. Just 5% believe they will be better off, while 28% expect to lose money and 45% do not know – despite Vote Leave’s now infamous pledge that quitting Brussels would boost the public purse by £350m a week.

Another poll, by consumer magazine Which?, also indicates that the economic effects of Brexit are a major worry for much of the public. It shows that almost half the population (47%) are worried about Brexit, up eight points since September, with nearly two-thirds concerned about its potential impact on food prices.

Brexit voters in areas where a majority of people backed EU withdrawal are among those most unhappy to be left worse off, according to the study – including 59% in the north and 54% in Wales and the Midlands.

Even among Ukip supporters – whose party has demanded May reject the article 50 process and instead leave the EU immediately by repealing the 1972 European Communities act – a substantial number, 39%, do not want to incur a financial loss because of Brexit.

Campaigners in favour of a soft Brexit believe the findings could convince the government to think again on potential plans to pull out of the single market – and could reignite a contentious debate over whether Brexit voters were aware that their ballots meant leaving the single market.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, said: “It’s clear the British public don’t want a hard Brexit at any cost, despite what the Tories might think. They no longer support membership of the single market and have given up on people who don’t wish to sign away a blank cheque Brexit.”

A leaked memo from a meeting between Brexit secretary David Davis and the City of London Corporation last month implied that the EU’s “inflexible” approach to the free movement of people meant it was “unlikely the UK would achieve access”.

Open Britain’s poll also suggests that the prolonged period of uncertainty since the 23 June referendum has chipped away at the pro-Brexit majority. If a rerun of the vote were held tomorrow, remain and leave would be tied at 44% each, with 5% not voting at all and 7% undecided.

YouGov surveyed 1,615 British adults, weighted to reflect a nationally representative sample, online between 5 and 6 December.
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peteblue said:
Quite a few on here have raised the issue of EU funding for Liverpool as a key driver.....it never occurred to them that it was our own money of course.....
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Yes and that was a brilliant scheme - however their have been some wasteful ones cycle tracks that have been laid ruining the frontages of houses and the cyclist use the road they have also ruined the property values etc, and not been used!
other areas the wastage on failed schemes is enormous!
sometimes the local authority have little say in what the EU funds are spent on or they are typical whitehall mandarins who spend EU funds in haste!
 
peteblue said:
Unfortunately I can't read this, but I expect they are disappointed that the expected Financial Armageddon and descent into WW3 didn't happen as they were promised..........
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Recent events have shown these opinion polls to be exactly what they are - totally unreliable.

The opinion poll on Brexit said Remain would win - they didn't.

Opinion polls stated Clinton would win - she didn't.

Lies, damned lies and statistics.
 
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