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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Migration is 'a' reason i'm voting out.Not 'the' reason.
I don't like the whole concept of what it has become since becoming the EU.I think in the beginning the EEC was a good idea but it has become a totally different authoritarian beast.The people who put forward the laws to be pondered over by the EU parliament are not elected they are 'appointed'.They imo don't really like the concept of nations and only want what is good for their organisation and not the member states.You may argue that what is good for the EU is obviously good for its members but i believe that the interests of the member states are only second to the interests of this giant bloated company we know as the European Union.

I don't necessarily disagree that there are plenty of serious flaws with the EU, however, I personally think there's plenty of scope for drastic reform into something great rather than just cashing in our chips and heading home. My main gripe really is that no one has tried particularly hard to achieve that. A few token gripes here and there but mostly just lumbering along, and then wondering why it isn't quite working.

I could understand the drive to dismantle it if we had been trying for years to find a better solution, failing to do so, and having no other option. As it stands, it all seems to be somewhat knee-jerk, ill thought out, and driven by misplaced economic and security concerns.