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Let’s look at each paragraph what you said at 17.06 from a factual perspective..
I think what's been an eye opener on this thread for me is the extent to which people don't understand how legally subjugated the UK will have to be in the future to:
1. the rules of the WTO and
2. the very poor standards set by other countries for example the USA weaker food regulation.
By contrast were involved in EU legislation as driving force, drafting many of the key treaties ourselves. The British government has voted against EU laws 2% of the time since 1999. Official EU voting records show that the British government has voted ‘No’ to laws passed at EU level on 56 occasions, abstained 70 times, and voted ‘Yes’ 2,466 times since 1999.
With the very few items we disagreed with we obtained exemptions. The matters affected where we consent to coordinate regulations only affect limited areas ( mainly food , agriculture, environment and some workers rights.)
The UK contributed 0.7% of GDP to the total EU budge.Using £350 million arguments is just more smoke and mirrors to draw attention away from the stark facts and get people arguing about the wrong thing. It's a common 'cheater' tactic.
The UK would not have paid anything for future eurozone bailouts. This was already been agreed by all EU leaders. The 2015 UK-EU deal from February, which would have applied if we had voted to stay in the EU, expressly stated that the UK would be reimbursed if any such expenditure were made.
We and had complete control over 99.3% of expenditure and made all our own laws over health, pensions, individual taxation, local government, defence, policing,crime, punishment, education, fiscal policy, property, inheritance, marriage, planning, succession, estates, company law.That's not my idea of loss of sovereignty.Indeed the Withdrawal Bill white paper expressly admitted we retained complete sovereignty throughout.
There is also a very poor understanding of the free movement laws, the low amount of benefits paid non-workers and other immigration related beliefs on this thread. In particular the net contribution EU Migrants is £ 2,300 more to the exchequer each year in net terms than the average UK born adult.
Agreed there cannot be discrimination between a polish worker and a UK worker, or a Polish benefit scrounger and a UK benefit scrounger. Except there are hardly any Polish or other EU ones.
So wish to Leave all you like, but there's some real ignorance and outright lies from Leavers on this thread about our relationship with the EU.