Name me one good thing that we have from the EU...

[Maursh]

which we would not have if we left. I am not after scaremongering rhetoric, but facts. I really like to have a balanced point of view, but I cannot for the life of me see any reason to remain. So give me some FACTS

lol I'd never heard this.

The photo of Mitterand holding hands with Kohl always makes me a little emotional, as a French person. Great moment in history.

I like that our govenment ministers get to go to the Council of Europe to discuss the issues that affect all of our countries together. This gives them a huge opportunity to talk to our nearest neighbours and ensure that problems are resolved peacefully.

Also I love that so many of my neighbours are from other European countries. I feel bonded to them as friends and I think that that personal connection reduces the risk of war happening in the future.

I also think that having lots of friends and neighbours from other countries dilutes the insularity that could arise if we were all just locals. When I was growing up, there was a huge advantage for people who had many many relatives in the local area, but now most of my neighbours are incomers. The newcomers do not have the prejudices that an insular local population would have and they are very open to making good new friends. I think that is a very healthy thing.

A requirement that when a public body is using public money to buy services, works or supplies it must follow a procurement process which is transparent, non-discriminiatory and treats all potential suppliers equally and publish details about how it has awarded contracts and to whom and why they were the winners of the competition.

It makes it much easier to avoid the kind of corruption - such as where a local authority chief exec orders big contracts to be placed with e.g. a firm that his brother is a director of.

These kind of rules are written into UK law now and I don't think they would be repealed even if we leave the EU. But the principles are European.

A requirement that when a public body is using public money to buy services, works or supplies it must follow a procurement process which is transparent, non-discriminatory and treats all potential suppliers equally and publish details about how it has awarded contracts and to whom and why they were the winners of the competition.

Yes! This is a brilliant thing!!

eatsleephockeyrepeat - That didn't work out too well in Greece.

still waiting for the link to the tax proposal springing or did you get all that from Guido?

We have a lot of business money invested because we are in the EU. English is the first language of the world, so is one reason businesses like the UK. Paris and Berlin will probably get a lot of our business if we leave and we will lose lots of jobs which will affect everybody.

A lot of things didn't pan out too well for Greece! The complete misrepresentation of their government debt being a biggy.

Do you mean tendering regulations? What part did they play in Greece's problems as I've never heard the two things linked?

Just read eatsleeps post. I don't think Boris followed this.Heatherwick went to USA with Boris before tender for Lndon garden bridge,other architects got different specs fHeatherwic won - apparently?? Personally I don't fancy Boris for prime minisyet ay all and if we brexit he will probably be conservative party leader

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