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QuoteReality Check: Did the UK lose its sovereignty in 1972?http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35766434
Reality Check: Did the UK lose its sovereignty in 1972?
The draft EU-Turkey migrant deal, at a glance
Reality Check: Would Brexit cost every household £850?The UK leaving the European Union would knock £850 off the average UK household's income, according to a report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics.And that's its conclusion taking an "optimistic" view. The pessimistic conclusion from the report is £1,700 per household.So beyond that, is it true? No, almost certainly not - it's a result of economic modelling.The problem is that any such predictions involve making big assumptions about what would happen in the event of the UK leaving the EU. Nobody knows what would happen if the UK were to leave the EU, so well-qualified people are trying to guess. There is little reason to believe they are guessing correctly. Predicting things is a thankless task - remember those opinion polls at last year's general election? If economic modelling should not be guiding your thinking, then why are we covering it?Because you can bet your last pound or euro that next week somebody supporting staying in the EU will say in a speech that leaving the EU will cost between £850 and £1,700 per household.
Brexit: what it means for house prices and the supply crisis A referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the European Union seems far removed from the UK housing market and whether or not an individual decides to buy or sell. This is the view of analyst Anthony Codling, of the broker Jefferies, who believes that whichever way Britain votes on June 23, build rates will not slow, nor will demand for new homes wane. The referendum “doesn’t move the needle”, he said. “To the average man on the street, [Brexit] makes no difference. Whether I want to move house or have another child makes no difference in or out of Europe.”
"...Nobody knows what would happen if the UK were to leave the EU..."
In 2015 the UK paid £13 billion to the EU, and EU spending on the UK was £4.5 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was approx £8.5 billion. There you go. We'll be at least £8.5 billion better off.
Quote from: Maik on Sunday, 20 March, 2016 @ 19:36:27"...Nobody knows what would happen if the UK were to leave the EU..."and therein lies my concern....it should be known.
Brexit campaigners say Easter eggs will be cheaper if Britain leaves EU'Consumers will be hopping mad to find out that the EU is actually making Easter more egg-spensive' Spokesman Robert Oxley said: 'Pro-EU campaigners are constantly rabbiting on about the supposed benefits provided by the EU."But consumers will be hopping mad to find out that the EU is actually making Easter more egg-spensive."
Brexit 'would trigger exodus of British expats from Europe'Britons living abroad in the EU are reportedly worried about the consequences of voters opting to leave the bloc British expats in Europe are reportedly concerned about the repercussions of Britain leaving the EU, with experts predicting an exodus from the continent if voters opt to leave the bloc.Access to healthcare, the value of pensions and the right to study overseas are among the fears British citizens abroad harbour, The Times reported.Already 100 British residents of Spain leave the country every day amid fears over the region's economic woes, it said.France has warned that if Britain opted to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum, Britons would no longer be able to access public healthcare.
British public must be told truth about immigration figures ahead of EU referendum, says watchdogExclusive: Office for National Statistics instructed to tell the public whether official immigration data "falls short of providing a full picture" The British public must be told the truth about migration ahead of the EU referendum, the Office for National Statistics has been warned, amid concerns official figures may be wrong. The letter revealed the UKSA’s concerns focus on differences between ONS migration figures and data produced by other government departments - which have shown a discrepancy of more than a million EU migrants over the last five years.Since June 2010, 904,000 EU nationals moved to Britain, according to ONS data, but in comparison the DWP issued 2.25 million National Insurance numbers – a variation of 1.3 million – over the same period. In the most recent ONS migration figures, published last month, overall immigration including non-EU nationals was put at 617,000 in the 12 months to the end of September 2015.In comparison, data from the Department for Work and Pensions showed it handed out 828,000 National Insurance Number registrations to foreign-born nationals in 2015.Although the figures cover slightly different time periods, they showed a potential discrepancy of more than 200,000 over just one year.
Analysis: The mechanics of leaving the European UnionPicture the scene: it's 08:00 on Friday 24 June*, and a weary David Cameron marches to the microphones outside Downing Street to react to the referendum vote to leave the EU.Ignoring shouted questions about whether he will resign, he reprises his reaction to his shock Commons defeat over Syria in 2013. "The will of the British people is clear," he says, "I get it and I will negotiate accordingly to implement their clear decision."Suppose that, or something like that, happens. What next, for the government and for Parliament? How would MPs deliver the decision the British people had just voted for?The first point to make is that the process cannot easily be separated from the political mayhem that would then unfold.
EU referendum: 'Project Fear' working as poll shows Remain taking a narrow leadDavid Cameron's campaign to warn voters about the dangers of leaving the European Union is beginning to win the argument ahead of the referendum, a Telegraph poll finds.The exclusive poll finds that the “Remain” campaign now has a narrow lead after trailing last month, in a sign that Downing Street’s tactic – which has been described as “Project Fear” by its critics – is working.
Reality Check: Are NI numbers a good migration measure?It's not hard to see how the two sets of figures would be different. The question is, should they vary this much...? Reality Check verdict: There are good reasons why the two numbers would be different, but they are strikingly far apart, and next month's figures showing how many of the numbers are active should help reconcile the two.
QuoteEU referendum: 'Project Fear' working as poll shows Remain taking a narrow leadDavid Cameron's campaign to warn voters about the dangers of leaving the European Union is beginning to win the argument ahead of the referendum, a Telegraph poll finds.The exclusive poll finds that the “Remain” campaign now has a narrow lead after trailing last month, in a sign that Downing Street’s tactic – which has been described as “Project Fear” by its critics – is working.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/04/eu-referendum-project-fear-working-as-poll-shows-remain-taking-a/
The great cabbage mythIt has been suggested recently that there are 26,911 words of European Union regulation on the sale of cabbage. The claim is not true, but it has a long and interesting history.With a referendum on UK membership of the European Union just around the corner, this cabbage statistic is proving rather popular on social media. It's cited as evidence that the EU is too bureaucratic and exerts excessive control over its members.