This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – EU growth seems to be stalling compared to the UK and other developed countries. The reason is hard to explain – but it could be due to the EURO and over-regulation? However should we in the UK wait and see why and if the […]
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EU – Business
This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – The EU rules are very complicated and favours mainly large companies and penalises SME’s due to complexity. Large businesses are able to move their facilities to Eastern Europe to save on salaries and other costs as proven below. Government procurement seems to be overly […]
EU – Employment
This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – UK Unemployment increased significantly since joining the EU in 1973. Although some can be blamed on various recessions or bad political decisions the picture is consistent and unemployment has never been back down to 1971 levels since joining the EU. Workers rights seems to […]
EU – Free movement of persons (Former Immigration)
This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – Because in reality it is just too complicated unless you are one big country (like the US). The paper work is complicated and again benefits large multinationals with a HR department that can help their new employees with the paperwork. Also the lack of […]
EU – Environment
This section is not complete yet – but getting closer… This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – Sorry I thought this area should be a “IN” for the EU but wherever I have looked so far the result is negative. For instance if we had stuck to the US EPA car […]