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« Reply #120 on: June 06, 2016, 10:23:10 PM »
I'm afraid in or out the NHS will never be safe under the Conservatives! My feeling is either way it is only a matter of time😢.

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« Reply #121 on: June 06, 2016, 11:28:47 PM »
I'm afraid in or out the NHS will never be safe under the Conservatives! My feeling is either way it is only a matter of time😢.
half the problem with the nhs is the appts are taken by foreign nationals, currently legally here, but have never put anything into national ins payments, which is causing a deficit in funds. Add this to the fines the nhs have inflicted on them due to the waiting lists not being given appts in time, and there's no wonder it's in a mess. Easy answer, vote no, reduce the freeloaders and reduce waiting times and let the people who pay the national ins benefit in a more timely fashion....end result....a more stable nhs.
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« Reply #122 on: June 07, 2016, 01:27:04 AM »
It's not about the economy.
It's not about immigration.
It's not about trade.
It's not about the NHS.
It's not about who is or isn't telling the truth.
It's not about the fact that the European Union is in a state of near collapse that will drag us down with the rest if we stay, when it inevitably implodes.

It's about the treasonable act by those who signed away our sovereignty with the Maastricht Treaty. I do not wish and never have wished to give away my rights, enshrined in law, which still stands on the statute books despite the actions of the traitors, making me subservient to a European super state. A vote for that is a classical example of turkeys voting for Christmas.

It's that simple. I want my freedom as a British Citizen. Nothing, NOTHING else matters.
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« Reply #123 on: June 07, 2016, 08:06:27 AM »
I'm afraid in or out the NHS will never be safe under the Conservatives! My feeling is either way it is only a matter of time😢.
half the problem with the nhs is the appts are taken by foreign nationals, currently legally here, but have never put anything into national ins payments, which is causing a deficit in funds. Add this to the fines the nhs have inflicted on them due to the waiting lists not being given appts in time, and there's no wonder it's in a mess. Easy answer, vote no, reduce the freeloaders and reduce waiting times and let the people who pay the national ins benefit in a more timely fashion....end result....a more stable nhs.

Who pays more money in taxes 'foreign nationals' (which must include everyone who is not a UK citizen - French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Indian etc) or those UK citizens who are in receipt of job seeking benefits?

Of course there are other strains on the NHS; chronic underfunding, too many managers rather than physicians, an increase in demand on resources for obesity and mental health problems etc.

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« Reply #124 on: June 07, 2016, 08:25:28 AM »
Last day to register to vote.

Whether you vote remain or leave, VOTE.
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« Reply #125 on: June 07, 2016, 10:48:45 AM »
I'm afraid in or out the NHS will never be safe under the Conservatives! My feeling is either way it is only a matter of time😢.
half the problem with the nhs is the appts are taken by foreign nationals, currently legally here, but have never put anything into national ins payments, which is causing a deficit in funds. Add this to the fines the nhs have inflicted on them due to the waiting lists not being given appts in time, and there's no wonder it's in a mess. Easy answer, vote no, reduce the freeloaders and reduce waiting times and let the people who pay the national ins benefit in a more timely fashion....end result....a more stable nhs.

You do realise, I hope, that the foreign nationals who are 'currently legally here' will also be 'currently legally here' AFTER a Brexit vote? Unless they have committed a criminal offence, they will have the right to remain in the country. Furthermore, if we choose to remain as part of the single market, then freedom of movement will be retained, since it is a fundamental requirement of remaining. The UK will simply not be permitted any exemptions on this.

In any event, even if we choose to ditch the single market and its requirement for free movement as well, the numerous reciprocal travel arrangements made on a piecemeal basis after a Brexit vote will likely mean net migration is reduced, but by absolutely nowhere near the levels stated by the leave campaign. There will be no Australian style points-based system, and it is disingenuous of the leave campaign to suggest that there will be. If you're voting 'out' purely on the immigration issue, prepare to be horribly disappointed.

Here's some more information about the true, unrecoverable costs to the NHS from foreign visitors: https://fullfact.org/health/health-tourists-how-much-do-they-cost-and-who-pays/
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« Reply #126 on: June 07, 2016, 11:33:34 AM »
Ok, Let's address one point at a time.

There is now very little doubt that if we remain in the EU then the NHS as we know it will eventually cease to exist.
Also, if we remain in the EU, with no control over who enters our country, before it ceases to exist in it's present form it will become increasingly under pressure and unable to cope with demand.


As LadyGaGa pointed out, the NHS will never be safe under a conservative government.  They ran it down in the 80’s under Thatcher and throughout the last 6 years they have run it down again. 

"That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, then you hand it over to private capital."
Noam Chomsky

Sound familiar?

In or out, the NHS is screwed so long as we have a Tory government.  If you have any evidence to dispute that, go ahead and post it otherwise I will assume we all agree on that point.


The timescale for these two eventualities is impossible to ascertain, but we know that in Germany for example, the millions of migrants that Merkel is intent on letting in  will be given EU passports if they stay,  and will therefore be able to move to any part of the EU that they choose.
The same will apply to the millions of Turkish citizens who Cameron is so keen to let in to the EU despite what he is now saying. 


The first thing I simply have to do is take issue with your use of the term “migrant” with regard the people whom Germany has taken in.  I assume you are talking about the 800,000 Syrians that ended up in Germany? They are Refugees.  What we are seeing here is a massive fallout from the wars that have been raging in Syria and Iraq.  If you wish to get into the why’s what’s and whatever’s that another discussion but in a nutshell, that entire region was completely destabilized by the U.S.’s (backed by Europe and particularly the UK) desire for regime change in several countries. You don’t have to look too far using Google to see the kind of devastation that they are fleeing and I think a bit of humanity wouldn’t go amiss.

So I think that’s the first issue we need to address which is to distinguish between economic migrant and refugees.  We have economic migrants which are those coming from the likes of Eastern Europe to create a better life for themselves and refugees who are entering bordering nations on an unprecedented scale to escape the devastation in their own nations.  I think Turkey as a nation is taking a heavy brunt from the latter and is looking to the west to help take some of the burden.

We can debate the rights and wrongs of all that, but again, that’s another more dedicated discussion.



Nobody knows the exact figures,  but we do know that millions of pounds are transferred to the EU every week - this fact has never been disputed,  the debates always end up in petty squabbles over the exact amount, how much we get back as a rebate etc, but these things don't make much difference, the fact is that millions of pounds that now leave our country every week will stay in this country if we vote to leave.


The petty squabbles over exactly how much are of the order of about £200m a week, so not exactly insignificant.  The main problem is though, that you have simplified the fee we are paying into a simple cash equation, i.e. we pay £xm per week for membership… and that it.  It’s a bit more complicated than that.  As I mentioned on a previous post, there are many unquantifiable benefits of being in the EU, the most obvious being access to the free market.  That means anything any company in this country makes can be sold anywhere in the EU without paying any kind of tariffs or duties.  Companies such as the Japanese car makers Nissan and Toyota build their cars in the UK, employing thousands, so that they can sell them throughout the EU without paying import tariffs. The UK is attractive to them because we are members of the EU and common market.

I could go on, but I think you will find that the common market gives our economy a large boost in terms of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and also in terms of employment, tax receipts, etc. It has been pointed out by several economist that as little as a 0.7% drop in our GDP would result in us losing more than the cost of EU membership.  We may go it alone and be successful, but it is a jump into the unknown.  Therefore, it is s a risk economically and as yet, the Out campaign have failed to produce any kind of credible economic plan. It's all very well saying we'll negotiate, but for me, its too big a decision to be left down to these kind of back of a fag packet plans.


The other thing that we know for sure if we do leave the EU is that we will not have an unelected committee of faceless American and European corporate fat cats selling off our NHS.


How naïve, if we vote out that is precisely what we will end up with. Just look at the credentials of all of those involved in the Out campaign, even "man of the people" Nigel Farage is an ex banker.  If we isolate ourselves from Europe, we will be forced into an even cosier alliance with the Americans.  Check out the trade agreements they have already signed with Canada and Mexico and decide for yourself what kind of deal we will get on our own with BoJo at the helm. 

I totally agree with Dipdodah though, whatever your opinion, make sure you do actually get out and vote!

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« Reply #127 on: June 07, 2016, 12:46:15 PM »
The word 'migrant' means someone who moves from one country to another, the reasons for this movement can vary but the definition of the word remains the same.

Without going through all this obfuscation and disinformation the facts remain clear :-

Vote in for mass uncontrolled immigration and the selling off of our NHS, and most importantly as Fairfax has said, the complete loss of our sovereignity.

Vote out for control of our borders, for the opportunity to vote out any future government that wants to privatise the NHS, and vote out to avoid losing our hard fought for Sovereignity and to avoid being dictated to by a bunch of unelected, unremoveable, faceless beaurocrats.

Whether anyone votes or not would appear to ultimately be a personal choice IMO, no need for patronising comments on that score   :dan

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« Reply #128 on: June 07, 2016, 01:23:03 PM »
The word 'migrant' means someone who moves from one country to another, the reasons for this movement can vary but the definition of the word remains the same.

Without going through all this obfuscation and disinformation the facts remain clear :-

Vote in for mass uncontrolled immigration and the selling off of our NHS, and most importantly as Fairfax has said, the complete loss of our sovereignity.

Vote out for control of our borders, for the opportunity to vote out any future government that wants to privatise the NHS, and vote out to avoid losing our hard fought for Sovereignity and to avoid being dictated to by a bunch of unelected, unremoveable, faceless beaurocrats.

Whether anyone votes or not would appear to ultimately be a personal choice IMO, no need for patronising comments on that score   :dan

Quick 'fact' check here:-

1 - 'Unelected' - incorrect, we elect the European Parliament every five years.
2 - 'Dictated to' - incorrect, only the *elected* EU Parliament has the power to create EU laws. The EU Commission, which includes representation from the United Kingdom, merely helps enforce them.
3 - 'Control of borders' - see my post above. If we leave the European Union but remain in the European Economic Area, we must also retain the free movement of people, which means there will quite literally be NO change to the current border arrangements. If we opt to leave the common market, then the oft-touted benefits of 'being like Norway' would no longer apply. We might choose to defy the treaty and impose a cap anyway - this will come with consequences.

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« Reply #129 on: June 07, 2016, 01:25:04 PM »
The word 'migrant' means someone who moves from one country to another, the reasons for this movement can vary but the definition of the word remains the same.

Without going through all this obfuscation and disinformation the facts remain clear :-

Vote in for mass uncontrolled immigration and the selling off of our NHS, and most importantly as Fairfax has said, the complete loss of our sovereignity.

Vote out for control of our borders, for the opportunity to vote out any future government that wants to privatise the NHS, and vote out to avoid losing our hard fought for Sovereignity and to avoid being dictated to by a bunch of unelected, unremoveable, faceless beaurocrats.

Whether anyone votes or not would appear to ultimately be a personal choice IMO, no need for patronising comments on that score   :dan

You've pretty much proven what I suspected which is that you are closed minded. You have described reasoned debate as "obfuscation and disinformation". In other words, anything you disagree with is disinformation and anything you agree with is fact. That's fair enough of course, you're entitled to an opinion, but then so are other people so don't be surprised if you get challenged on it when you post it on here or on other public forums. I'm open minded and if you can disprove anything I've posted, feel free to challenge it and if merited, I'll change my opinion accordingly.

Regarding the term "migrant", the full definition is pretty specific according to my dictionary and is as follows "a person who moves from one place to another to find work or better living conditions". (I guess you just quoted the bit you agreed with and ignored the bit you didn't assuming it to be "disinformation"!!) I suppose you could stretch "better living conditions" to avoiding being murdered by ISIS, but I'd consider that a bit of an understatement personally. The definition of Refugee : "a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster". I think those definitions vindicate my original point personally.

Regarding me encouraging people to vote. I'm genuinely sorry if you felt patronised, however, voter apathy is a major issue, with our current government being elected by just 24% of the eligible population. I won't apologise for encouraging people to exercise their democratic right on such an important issue that will have long lasting effects whichever way it goes. Even if an increased turnout means Exit wins, I would still encourage people to vote.

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« Reply #130 on: June 07, 2016, 02:05:18 PM »
Whilst the subject is worthy of debate I would like to know the In or out at the football club. There has been little information regarding the retained list which was always available from John Blackwell. Three signings have been made and Jay Rollins and two or three who played bit parts last season. I have purchased my season ticket but the lack of information coming from the club is doing nothing to promote these sales. The Chairman stated the playing budget had been improved and there would be initiatives to raise money for the shortfall on the new stadium funds, What are they? and when will be able to offer our help as supporters?. This season is going to be tough and we need to be hitting the ground running and not repeating the failures of last year. I accept the manager may be well into the process of getting players in and is not in a position to reveal until they have signed on the dotted line, but surely someone at the club should be keeping the fans interested.

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« Reply #131 on: June 07, 2016, 02:10:06 PM »
Whilst the subject is worthy of debate I would like to know the In or out at the football club. There has been little information regarding the retained list which was always available from John Blackwell. Three signings have been made and Jay Rollins and two or three who played bit parts last season. I have purchased my season ticket but the lack of information coming from the club is doing nothing to promote these sales. The Chairman stated the playing budget had been improved and there would be initiatives to raise money for the shortfall on the new stadium funds, What are they? and when will be able to offer our help as supporters?. This season is going to be tough and we need to be hitting the ground running and not repeating the failures of last year. I accept the manager may be well into the process of getting players in and is not in a position to reveal until they have signed on the dotted line, but surely someone at the club should be keeping the fans interested.





Well while I was writing the above the club reveals information I am asking foral though it is not very encouraging.

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« Reply #132 on: June 07, 2016, 06:03:35 PM »

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« Reply #133 on: June 08, 2016, 03:28:38 PM »
Don,t think anyone will rush out to vote on the basis of the Cameron v Farage debate last night ,   weak performance from both .

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« Reply #134 on: June 08, 2016, 07:19:34 PM »
I am going to throw in a conspiracy theory ;)

With the registration website overloading last night, and the deadline to register now tomorrow, who would this hiccup help most?

Leave or remain?  Considering the majority of people struggling to register are younger voters ???
The older I get, the earlier it gets late