So much of the debate so far has been disputing the effect of staying or going on our economy. Personally I am prepared to except that leaving the EU will have some adverse effect on the performance of the UK economy in the short term. Those that level at the leave campaign that they cannot forecast exactly what will happen are right - it is impossible to know. At the same time as a staunch leave voter I would argue it is impossible to be sure how things are going to work out in the EU if we stay. Clearly the Euro is still in trouble and the problems with indebtedness in the southern EU countries has only been kicked into the long grass for a while. The debt problem has not been resolved by any means and still hangs like a massive black cloud over EU future prosperity.
I could also argue that a freed up UK economy will be energised and revitalised without the dead weight of EU restriction and as an entrepreneurial nation we can go out an create a good living for ourselves as a nation with confidence. In the medium and long term I have no concerns and believe we will be better off. However enough about economic matters and GDP.
My point in this blog is we should be thinking about much bigger and more significant issues when deciding to vote than the short term level of GDP. It is not all about economic performance.
I believe the big question is what sort of society do we want to live in.
It is clear to me our country is overcrowded. It is very clear the principle of free movement of people and the inward migration of people to the UK as a result, is massively and madly out of control and there is no end to it. It is clear we do not have the land, the houses, the infrastructure, the health system, the schools system or the social services system to cope. The answer is build build build - more roads, more motorways, more airports, more rail lines, more housing estates, more schools, more hospitals, more power stations, more intense farming. They will all need more people - so no problem with even more migration. At current rates of net migration the UK - particularly southern England is going to be one vast urban sprawl and the UK the most densely populated country in Europe (despite its size). This is no way to live. It is a horrible prospect for the future. Migration might be marginally making us wealthier (although there is plenty of evidence it is not - see house prices) but even if it is - it is not worth it. Inward migration is destroying our country rapidly - and there is no end to it. Weight of numbers are changing our way of life - undermining it.
We are also bound by EU laws - EU regulation. We have given up our precious and hard fought for democracy to the undemocratic EU. It is scandalous and unprincipled. The move towards a more federal Europe will definitely gain even more momentum from a UK vote to stay.
So if you want to increasingly live in an overcrowded urban jungle, where your lifestyle and traditions are swamped by migrants whose only loyalty to the UK is their economic progress and to a society who has given up its democratic principles to the EU - then vote stay.
I could also argue that a freed up UK economy will be energised and revitalised without the dead weight of EU restriction and as an entrepreneurial nation we can go out an create a good living for ourselves as a nation with confidence. In the medium and long term I have no concerns and believe we will be better off. However enough about economic matters and GDP.
My point in this blog is we should be thinking about much bigger and more significant issues when deciding to vote than the short term level of GDP. It is not all about economic performance.
I believe the big question is what sort of society do we want to live in.
It is clear to me our country is overcrowded. It is very clear the principle of free movement of people and the inward migration of people to the UK as a result, is massively and madly out of control and there is no end to it. It is clear we do not have the land, the houses, the infrastructure, the health system, the schools system or the social services system to cope. The answer is build build build - more roads, more motorways, more airports, more rail lines, more housing estates, more schools, more hospitals, more power stations, more intense farming. They will all need more people - so no problem with even more migration. At current rates of net migration the UK - particularly southern England is going to be one vast urban sprawl and the UK the most densely populated country in Europe (despite its size). This is no way to live. It is a horrible prospect for the future. Migration might be marginally making us wealthier (although there is plenty of evidence it is not - see house prices) but even if it is - it is not worth it. Inward migration is destroying our country rapidly - and there is no end to it. Weight of numbers are changing our way of life - undermining it.
We are also bound by EU laws - EU regulation. We have given up our precious and hard fought for democracy to the undemocratic EU. It is scandalous and unprincipled. The move towards a more federal Europe will definitely gain even more momentum from a UK vote to stay.
So if you want to increasingly live in an overcrowded urban jungle, where your lifestyle and traditions are swamped by migrants whose only loyalty to the UK is their economic progress and to a society who has given up its democratic principles to the EU - then vote stay.
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