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Now that the UK has left the EU (no longer a member) it might be of interest to highlight the perceive advantages of leaving. A trade deal is still under discussion with the EU, noting the cut-off date of 31 December 2020.
The internet is a good source to tap, bearing in mind things are not so simple as the following reasons indicate. Every point has much deeper implications and lots of entanglements which would require about 600 pages. However, here goes:
1. The cessation of net contributions to the EU would allow for some cuts to taxes or increase in government spending.
2. Be able to make all our own laws with no oversight from external courts like the ECJ and Parliament to be supreme. The ultimate legal jurisdiction will be be Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
3. Be able to control immigration into this country, this in turn leads to greater border security.
4. Be able to strike trade deals with anyone in the world with no ‘interference’ from the EU.
5. Be free of all those really annoying rules and regulations which the EU has imposed on trade in goods and services.
6. Parliament will be sovereign. No external authority will have the right to impose directives. The average UK voter has more effective representation in Westminster than in Brussels.
7. The future direction of EU requires greater integration and so much less national sovereignty. The military forces, police and other security areas might become integrated.
8. The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) uses up over 35% of the EU budget and this goes to less than 5% of the population. Basically French farmers are being funded by British tax-payers.
9. Only 6% of UK businesses export to the EU but all have to abide by EU rules. According to an Institute of Directors survey, half of businesses thought the UK could make a success of Brexit, and 46% thought it would have a positive impact on red tape.
10. Leaving would encourage British firms to manufacture more and rely less on imports, particularly in industries that depend more on quality engineering than the cost of raw materials, such as cars, which currently account for 9.7% of our exports.
11. UK contributions to the EU have helped finance huge Spanish trawlers who have vacuumed up and depleted our waters of fish.
No doubt there are other perceive advantages of leaving the EU, but the above are for starters.
Good luck!
The internet is a good source to tap, bearing in mind things are not so simple as the following reasons indicate. Every point has much deeper implications and lots of entanglements which would require about 600 pages. However, here goes:
1. The cessation of net contributions to the EU would allow for some cuts to taxes or increase in government spending.
2. Be able to make all our own laws with no oversight from external courts like the ECJ and Parliament to be supreme. The ultimate legal jurisdiction will be be Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
3. Be able to control immigration into this country, this in turn leads to greater border security.
4. Be able to strike trade deals with anyone in the world with no ‘interference’ from the EU.
5. Be free of all those really annoying rules and regulations which the EU has imposed on trade in goods and services.
6. Parliament will be sovereign. No external authority will have the right to impose directives. The average UK voter has more effective representation in Westminster than in Brussels.
7. The future direction of EU requires greater integration and so much less national sovereignty. The military forces, police and other security areas might become integrated.
8. The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) uses up over 35% of the EU budget and this goes to less than 5% of the population. Basically French farmers are being funded by British tax-payers.
9. Only 6% of UK businesses export to the EU but all have to abide by EU rules. According to an Institute of Directors survey, half of businesses thought the UK could make a success of Brexit, and 46% thought it would have a positive impact on red tape.
10. Leaving would encourage British firms to manufacture more and rely less on imports, particularly in industries that depend more on quality engineering than the cost of raw materials, such as cars, which currently account for 9.7% of our exports.
11. UK contributions to the EU have helped finance huge Spanish trawlers who have vacuumed up and depleted our waters of fish.
No doubt there are other perceive advantages of leaving the EU, but the above are for starters.
Good luck!