That poll stated 53% wanted to leave the EU: http://news.sky.com/story/1042576/poll-voters-unmoved-by-cameron-eu-message

I get many of your points, and there should be a full and fair debate. I don’t think that claiming that people shouldn’t be entitled to vote because the politicians know best, as Mr Milliband and many Europhiles preach, is the solution though.

I don’t think £50m a day is peanuts, and I think that even the suggestion of such is part of the problem we face with our economy. Much of the money we give isn’t used for trade. It’s used in EU projects.

Many of my problems with the EU can also be levelled at national government, but I see the EU as a political layer that is not required, and costs us both our money and our freedom.

I’m glad that you’ve benefitted from open borders, but on the whole I would suggest it does us far more harm than good.

Another EU failure: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21206881

I’m filled with despair! I am a pro EU membership British citizen! As far as I am concerned it would be a disaster and the general public do not realise the problems it entails!

Before somebody says “The British public should be allowed to decide”! That is all well and good but in my opinion the British public whipped up by a very EU-hostile press do not understand the complexities or what we would loose to make a reasoned rational decision!

People keep on demanding a referendum not realising what that actually means and assuming it is a simple in out process.

So, you think you know better than everyone else?

It doesn’t really matter of you do, that isn’t how democracy works (or at least it shouldn’t be)
On such an important issue, everyone should be entitled to their say. Whatever their reason, educated or not.

There are many issues that we can not solve due to our EU membership.

And are you saying that you agree with us sending £50m per day to the continent?

We have reached a critical point in Europes history. The rest of the continent is going Federal. Before long it’s going to be a single currency superstate, but a very troubled one. We do not have a common heritage with Europe, and we are very different in many respects, as are the northern states from the southern ones.

We either go all the way in, or leave. There will be no middle ground before long.

And I’m for out. These faceless beaurocrats spend our money like its going out of fashion, and then have the nerve to demand more?!

Thankfully, I have the majority of the population on my side, and I can only see support for leaving grow over the coming years.

And I believe a referendum is inevitable now, wether the Conservatives are elected or not.

But here’s a question for you: If and when a referendum does take place, how do you think that the UKIP and the eurosceptic Conservative MPs would react to a decision in favour of staying in the EU? Would they accept it as the will of the people, or would they carry on much as before?

The same way that any loosing side in politics behaves. They tend to dissappear, until an opportunity to say ‘I told you so’ presents itself.

I think a more interesting scenario would be for the people to vote to leave the EU. There would be many mainstream politicians who would realise that they are completely unaware of what the people of the UK want.

Given the headline of the Express today, I can only see the UK leaving in all honesty.

I wish Kermit would offer flights from Florida to the Caribbean in the Sunderland, what a fantastic adventure that would be 😎

Don’t fancy Japans chances, with 1-3 Billion Chinese, plus add to that, all that could be recalled from all the Chinese takeaways in G.B, held here in reserve.:)

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Its not that straightforward, there’s no way that any war involving Japan wouldn’t also include the USA, which could easily escalate to include the UK.

IMO any potential conflict would probably be on a similar scale to the Falklands war.

Large Chinese or American companies are hardly likely to set up a European HQ in a country that is outside the single market.

And yet… http://www.swisscham.org/bei/pdf/Headquarters_in_Switzerland.pdf

No UK government has ever advocated or supported Sharia law in this country, and what laws foreign governments choose to implement in their own domain is their own business.

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/preparing-for-trial/shariah-in-britain.htm

It entirely depends on your point of view. The vast majority of Muslims ive met are totally peaceful, and are about as nice as people get.

However, many of them would like to live by Sharia. They don’t want to violently enforce it on others, but they still want it all the same. This is fine for now, until such a time as they become the majority in the UK (which, going by current trends, is only a matter of time now. I’d even suspect that their are far more practicing Muslims in the UK now than all other religious groups combined), and then our democratic society will favour their system.

At what point is it a danger? Now, or when it’s too late?

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want future generations of my family having to live in an oppressive religious regime.

Instead of the government supporting Sharia law, they should have been opposing it.