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John Digby's latest comments
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15th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Thanks for the reply Wilf. However, those determined to go and work for the benefit of another country will still be able to do so. Before the advent of the EU, many people lived and worked in places other than their country of birth. The whole point is we do not want to be governed by an unelected commission that we cannot challenge. By leaving the EU we will be, once again, governed by a democratically elected parliament that we can de-select if they don't come up to our high standards of leadership. This will not be the position if we remain shackled to the EU commission.ViewDate:
14th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?The Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 were ex communist states and had nothing to offer the EU except a low paid workforce. That however was not fully thought through as it was surmised that those countries would raise themselves to the average of the richer countries. What, in fact happened, is that their low paid workforce migrated across to the richer north- western states and lowered the wages of the host countries. There are 9 nett contributers in terms of money supporting the remaining 19 countries that are net receivers of EU funds. It just happens that the UK is the second largest contributer and has seen our own monetary worth diminish, now being propped up with huge loans arranged by successive British governments.ViewDate:
14th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?What is your point Wilf? British people with skills leave our country after being educated for free and don't support the UK with taxes paid on their salaries. How is that a good thing? However, if we are not in the EU it does not preclude anyone emigrating to an EU country to work, as long as they have the required skills to do so.ViewDate:
4th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?I beg to differ Roof Top Crow, but the figure for 2015 is stated at £8.9 bn nett and that is a goverment ESTIMATED figure. In 2014 it was £10.4 bn so I cannot see it being, in reality, as low as £8.9 bn.ViewDate:
4th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?It is difficult, John Herb, because our government are run by the EU and the EU have a ruke that says "Member countries must not criticise the EU Parliament" Their hands are tied and their mouths gagged by the very people that need criticising.ViewDate:
4th Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Nicola Sturgeon wants the UK to vote to remain in the EU for her own reasons. However, she is also making threats to again call for a devolution referendum between the UK and Scotland. What she does not seem to consider is that Scotland is unlikely to be allowed to join the EU as they have little to offer, the majority of Scotland's oil platforms are currently mothballed. Subsequent to Scottish Independence, most of their economy would rely on tourism and on the UK's defence industry which is likely to be relocated to England.ViewDate:
3rd Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?1. If we were to retain the £55 million pr day that we send to the EU, we could afford to pay our farmers the going rate for their goods. 2. Your point is lost if you cannot back up your statement. I did not suggest deportation before custodial sentences are completed but subsequent deportation in both directions would be acceptable. 3. So, it seems, do you have your own objective. These are published figures that you choose to refute, again with no back-up. Much like the current scare stories the PM is condoning. Come clean and tell us what your objective for remaining is. 4. Granted what you say about oil and gas prices falling is correct but there is still a 15% EU tax on the bills. You have no idea what this all means for the UK government's environmental policies because the UK government don't have any environmental policies, they just reflect what the EU instruct them to do. What these policies have done is to force companies to use countries outside the EU for manufacturing where there is no EU tax on energy and these mainly African manufacturing plants are not regulated and produce more pollutants than ever. We still pay the tax but we gain nothing from being able to manufacture goods in the UK and world gains nothing in reduced pollution. Only the EU gain from imposing a 15% tax on our energy bills.ViewDate:
2nd Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?The EU is part of the most diverse continent on the Planet. It is divided by its languages. Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish This is not a Union its a diversity and it is trying to be Federal Dictatorship.ViewDate:
2nd Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Why Corbyn? Vote UKIP and get a government that actually believes in Britain. Labour are a spent force, dominated by non-British councillors and anti Britsh thinking. Corbyn was a eurosceptic before bein elected leader but soon changed his mind once in office. Cannot be trusted to follow his previous convictions having been indoctrinated to the EU high table with his hand in the EU pot of gold.ViewDate:
2nd Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?With Turkey poised to join the EU, a further 75 million EU citizens will have the right to migrate to the UK. We may be economically OK at present but that does not mean the situation will continue. Our infrastructure is on the point of being overwhelmed already. Our national debt is currently spiralling due to George Osborne borrowing at an unprecedented rate. If we remain in the EU, all those immigrants currently flooding mainland Europe will gain EU citizenship and be allowed, if not encouraged, to migrate to any EU country they choose. From recent history, that will be the UK.ViewDate:
2nd Mar 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?1. Free, unfettered immigration into the UK driving down UK wages and putting strains on infrastructure ( NHS, housing, benefits). 2. EU human rights laws that mean we cannot deport convicted EU criminals and their families. 3. EU workers in the UK can send Child Benefit at the UK rate back to their country of origin and the UK government have no say over this. UK benefits about 400% higher than Poland's costing about £1million per week. (Figures from http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/288 4. EU "Green" taxes add around 15% to household and industrial energy bills (BBC figures)ViewDate:
4th Feb 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Once again we see Cave-In-Dave standing up in the house of commons spouting lies when, even he, knows there is NOTHING new in the EU for Great Britain. Juncker was all smiles and gloating about how this was just a "Temporary" deal when infact it is no deal at all. We need to make sure all our relatives, children and their families and friends know that this referendum is our last chance to secure Great Britain for our descendents and they must not miss this opportunity to remain in an independent sovereign country with ties all across the globe and not to become a small part of a federal EU and just another star on someone elses flag. The EU is not Europe and Europe is not the EU.ViewDate:
21st Jan 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?You have experienced the EU at its worst and yet you are still of the opinion that we shoud remain? You should be ashamed. Remaining in the EU will make the UK susceptable to EU rules that are made and ratified by unelected beurocrats.They will eventually make it a rule that ALL members are united under a common currency and that will be the EURO. Not a wise move. In 2009 the £-Euro was almost at parity, today it stands at £ = 1.3 Euros and with the volatile situation in Germany is likely to fall even further.ViewDate:
21st Jan 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?tisim, we didn't vote to be RULED by the EEC as it was then. Successive governments have taken us closer to to a FEDERAL EU which removes our Sovereignty and and give the whole of the UK a single vote out of 28 nations. It is obvious why the younger members of the EU want us to remain and that is because they can send all their unemployed here and they still get a greater share of the handout than they contribute.ViewDate:
21st Jan 2016John Digby commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Absolutely NOT. Being part of it means by the end of 2017 we will be required to lose our sovereignty and become a federation member, adopt the Euro and have a vote in the EU of 1/28th part. Historically, every one of the federal laws our MPs voted against has been passed. The accounts of the EU have not been ratified by the auditors for 20 years. Surely you can smell a rat.