And if the slender majority had been the other way? Then the current Remainers would staunchly quote ‘democracy’ as a reason for not allowing the Brexiteers a second vote!

Democracy is an continuing process, real democracy would be having a second vote after the terms and conditions are made clear by what leaving the EU will mean. If the Leave case is strong people will vote to accept the deal, having a vote on the terms is the most democratic thing I can think of, I do not understand why that would be going against…[Read more]

I agree Valentin people like myself will suffer as a result of this referendum being held if Brexit is not reversed. The people in the referendum where simply lied too and as a result we have a goverment pursuing Brexit knowing that Britian’s best interests are not outside the European Union. Every inpact study has shown any type of Brexit will…[Read more]

But if just Slovakia decides it wants to trade with Ghana, then all of the EU has to accept and negotiate, when it’s just a couple small countries who want to be involved with each other. The EU is too big and is part of too much of each country’s national decisions.

So you’re saying that the only thing keeping the EU ‘in check’ is Britain? Doesn’t that tell you that there is something wrong with the institution as a whole?

Of course we would still trade with the EU, but it would be on our independent terms. And then not be trading with other countries as 1 tiny block in the EU monolith, so we can do better trade deals with more countries, that would make up for any EU trading deficit.

If it’s about “big government” being annoying, I think that the remedy would be to instill free-market ideas at the EU level. If you are ideologically opposed to big government, and you win elections at the EU level, you can spread your worldview to 500 million people instead of just 65 million. Besides, there is a very real possibility that the…[Read more]

It’s about how open the EU is to the rest of the world. The EU as a whole can decide to open up trade links with Guinea, or it can decide to close them. It’s better for the Guineans as well if they can trade with not only France, but also with Germany and Italy on the same go.

The UK decides for itself how easy it is for Australians to move to…[Read more]

True, the EU gives foreign aid, but the UK has a foreign aid budget of its own, too. And actually, if you want more aid for less money, you should do that through the EU because coordinated spending between 28 of the world’s most prosperous countries is more efficient than a spaghetti soup of 28 different aid systems!

Here you’ve got the whole misconception that decision-makers at the EU level are unelected. You know, the leader of the Commission is as elected as the British Prime Minister – lead candidate of the biggest party (thank you, Spitzenkandidaten!). The European Parliament is directly elected and more representative of the electorate than the House of…[Read more]