Name a British politician - easy - lots -
Name a British Politician elected to the EU Parliament - ..... (without googling) .. well that was hard was it not? And when did you see one on TV last?
EU is ruling Europe from behind a big black curtain with no transparency at all.
No respect for member states money. All they care about is expanding the number of member countries to "expand" their power. That is why so many former Eastern European countries are now full members despite being so far away from the "idea(l)" of EU. Power mongers...
I don't doubt leaving EU will damage UK - but if UK does not leave - the next 200 years will be rough on the UK from EU because of all the offended bureaucrats with elephant memories. If UK leaves it will send a signal that is important - which is "We had enough" and that is a clear signal. It will hurt like ripping off a band-aid (or more like old scabs) - but big companies exporting to the UK will quickly make certain trade agreements will come into effect.
Does Audi, Mercedes, BMW and Porsche want to loose such a huge % of their EU market - not likely.. So they will set Merkels auto-pilot to steer towards the UK.
France wont say a lot as they are on the brink of a Greek style crisis. Spain is just recovering slowly - Italy is more focused on their own stuff. Scandinavia is finding out integration of radically different people is hard and is pushing against EU and have put in huge border controls to stem migration. The Netherlands are in trouble for all their business with Eastern Europe that made them a lot of money - is banned due to EU's Putin sanctions.
From my personal side on Brexit - yes my house might decline in value - yes income might drop - but I do think out is better than in (in this case).
But the bigger issue is without leadership reform in the EU - at some point there will be revolutions. That has happened to EVERY single "big" Government in History since beginning of recorded history and possibly before

. The more rules - the bigger the government - the more annoyed a population - the closer the society is to collapse from one reason or another. And maybe a Brexit can help initiate a "reform" - so we can get a "silent & non-violent" revolution.
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http://www.noagendashow.com/ - and despite being 'Merican (not Mexican) - they have a "reasonable" grasp of the European politics as well but with 'Merican angle.