chr1s1973
Striker
They say that, but I don't know how many leave for unskilled jobs they wouldn't have likely got work permits for anyway. This is anecdotal, maybe someone has better stats, but I reckon a large proportion of those who migrate to the EU do so to retire and similar (temp work, holidays etc) rather than for purely economic reasons and better opportunists. Maybe I'm wrong.This I agree with. I just also think the people voting UKIP are blinded by what they want in country, without looking at the facts behind it (like when BNP got voted into Europe 5 year ago)
Correct - especially as we also have our own currency, so nothing much should change. The issue might come with traveling to these countries for work etc. As much as people come to UK to work, people from UK also go into Europe for work.
They always say that big business, who have their own agenda will leave, largely due to higher transfer payments etc. I still don't see it myself. I'm less concerned with migration personally, I'm more interested in retaining power. The EU is a dated concept, brought out of the second world war and developed in to something else due to self-interest in Continental Europe. I'd far rather, as I've said for nearly 20 years now, we formed new alliances and trade agreements with countries were are more economically in cycle with and those which are developing economies. Our hands are tied in so many ways to do this while we are bound to the EU.