Well said.
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but we'll still have to pay a fee to be part of a free trade agreement, but then have no legal influence over policies.
^This.
The televised debate last night was more bickering, mudslinging and oneupmanship from all sides. However, the MSP Conservative lady (can't remember her name) was the most coherent speaker and I think won the debate on the night.
The leave campaigners were espousing their cause in a way that irritated the fuck out of me. Putting over a weak argument and then culminating their speech with their slogan more often than not just grated. A few of them also leaned on the old chestnut of 'speaking as a parent/grandparent'. I already assumed they have family, fortifying a statement with that prefix means nothing and is an attempt to either sympathise with the voters, or get the voters to sympathise with them. If the argument is hollow and unsubstantiated or even if it isn't, referring back to your family to make it seem that you're one of us doesn't wash.
Some people I know seem to think that leaving will allow us to literally shut our borders to immigrants, and somehow that's a panacea to sorting out the housing shortage, low wages and lack of school places.
I hope we stay in and the wife hopes we do too. But that's mainly because she's a teacher, who was detrimentally affected by Gove's policies as education secretary, really doesn't like him and will shift heaven and earth to be on the opposite of whatever side he's on. |
