#Brexit. WHY I VOTED FOR BREXIT

 

#Brexit. WHY I VOTED FOR BREXIT

“I voted to leave because the EU is anti-democratic. The best estimates indicate that between 15% and 55% of the laws we are subject to in Britain are now passed by faceless, unelected, largely unaccountable bureaucrats in Brussels.”  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-i-voted-for-brexit-eu-referendum-leave-214749510.html;_ylt=A0LEVzQSXINXKNwAoLxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZnQ1MnZ0BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjIwODlfMQRzZWMDc3I-

“About 13% of people living in the area are migrants from the EU. Most are from eastern Europe. For many of the locals, this is why they're planning to vote for Brexit -- leaving the EU -- in Thursday's referendum.” http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/20/news/brexit-eu-referendum-arguments/index.html

“Furthermore, I was struck by a number of parallels between the Britain-EU relationship and that of Singapore and Malaysia prior to Separation. In both, there is a lack of a common culture or unified identity.” https://kopitiambot.com/2016/06/28/brexit-why-i-voted-leave-a-singaporean-in-uk/

“We are deciding whether to be guided by a Commission with quasi-executive powers that operates more like the priesthood of the 13th Century papacy than a modern civil service; and whether to submit to a European Court of Justice (ECJ) that claims sweeping supremacy, with no right of appeal.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/12/brexit-vote-is-about-the-supremacy-of-parliament-and-nothing-els/

“The ideals of the Enlightenment – a preference for reason over tradition, for economic individualism over state control, for tolerance over bigotry, and a belief that relationships between nations should be governed by the rule of law – remain close to my heart. The same notions guided the founding fathers of the post-war European project.
The EU has since betrayed those ideals.”  http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/06/16/chancellor-why-i-have-voted-for-brexit/

“It is not about wealth, it is about history -- about who the British think they are.

For the majority, they are too far from their history, their roots are stretched, and the blame for it falls on migrants -- not personally but as an all-consuming force for change. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/24/europe/brexit-aftermath-robertson/index.html
“Yes, I voted to leave the European Union. I did so for all the usual reasons that were cited over the past months: democratic deficit, huge central staff salaries, waste of resources in Brussels and Strasbourg, loss of both sovereignty and oversight of UK laws.” https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/1-july/comment/opinion/why-i-voted-for-brexit
“To give you guys some perspective on how big this really is, Boris Johnston, former mayor of London, said, “The Americans have their independence day tomorrow; if we leave, Britain will have its independence day!” That was enough to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, and I don’t think I am the only one in the crowd who went wild after hearing that.” https://sofrep.com/57439/brexit-why-i-voted-to-leave-the-european-union/
“Fact is – Venezuela would LOVE to have a referendum like Brexit – to be able to exercise some autonomy over and away from the tyrannical ideologues who’ve destroyed their once rich country. Instead they starve and/or die, while the media denigrates grannies drinking tea.”   http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/06/28/greg-gutfeld-brexits-babies-why-leavers-won-and-losers-cant-stop-crying.html
“We’re subsidizing them, and what do we get out of it except for a load of laws that we don’t vote for?” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/world/europe/britain-eu-brexit.html?_r=0
“I am by no means committed to voting Brexit; I am undecided. But neither do I find the Remain camp’s overtures particularly appealing. Social media has been particularly irritating and, in some cases, counter-productive.” https://www.threadsuk.com/why-i-may-vote-brexit

“Now I see the EU and Britain as a couple, they are in a relationship and have been together for so many years, having dealt with many issues in the past - however lately the EU begins dictating Britain, telling them what to do, who they can be with, who they can see etc.” http://www.girlsaskguys.com/trending-news/a28849-why-i-voted-on-a-brexit
“For centuries, England has been filled with English people, plus some others from nearby regions.  Go visit Norfolk and also stop in Great Yarmouth, once described by Charles Dickens as “…the finest place in the universe,” and which, for whatever decline it may have experienced, still looks and feels like England.  London does not.” http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/06/why-brexit-happened-the-lens-of-japan.html
 “The EU doesn’t exist. I’m slightly behind in my reading so I have only just made it through Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. One of his key insights into how humans came to dominate the planet rests on the idea that we are the only group of beings that have a language that “allows us to talk about things that do not exist at all” — apart from in our imaginations.” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/64e0ff1e-e1f6-11e5-9217-6ae3733a2cd1.html#axzz4E5leWMzf

“#1 Reason To Vote Brexit: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, & The IMF Seek Remain” http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-10/1-reason-vote-brexit-goldman-sachs-jpmorgan-imf-seek-remain“But they are concerned that supra-national institutions wear down these national institutions, damaging their ability to address uniquely British concerns.” http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/06/17247/
“We have (because the EU has) no trade agreements with China, India or most other Commonwealth countries. EU–Australia talks are being held up by a dispute over Italian tomatoes. Even the EU-Canada deal, which everyone thought was agreed, now risks being vetoed by Romania because of an unrelated row about visas for Romanians wishing to enter Canada. It’s a costly failure.” http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/six-best-reasons-vote-leave/
“Two issues in particular show this. One is the manner in which it ensured that the poor paid the costs of the reckless banking institutions during the crash.
The other is the manner in which it has tried to suppress the movement of refugees that many of the EU countries created through their ill-considered foreign policies in North Africa and Syria.” http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/brexit-leave-eu-why-stay-2852149-Jun2016/

“There was no real way for the people of Europe or the UK to sack the EU Government when they think it has got it wrong and needs to go. Without such a pressure release valve, discontent grows and grows.” http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2016/06/why_brexit_won.html
“They don't think that the European Union has ever done much for their area and blame the EU for the decline of the fishing industry in Hull. It was a thriving business when the UK joined the EU in the 1970s, but now is pretty much non-existent.” http://www.wmur.com/national/why-this-british-town-backed-brexit/40252844
“"At the end of the day, if you start threatening a person they react by going completely the opposite way," he says. Just as he'd wanted to run his own firm, he liked the idea of the UK taking control of its own decisions. He'd voted Leave.” http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36654388
“1) Those two posh boys in Downing Street will be out of a job and we won’t have to listen to their lies about the world ending if we Brexit.” https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1302001/10-reasons-why-you-must-vote-brexit-in-thursdays-crucial-once-in-a-lifetime-referendum/
“It was not because I thought the stock market of £ would go up or down,
it was simply that as my fore bearers fought German dominance twice I
was not willing to surrender to them now” http://uk.d-i-y.narkive.com/i7sDPkSX/why-i-voted-brexit

“The idea that much of English economic life would be decided in part by Germans and French was bad enough but having to share their cities and towns with Turks, Poles and Romanians was too much for the English to bear.” http://www.organizedrage.com/2016/06/the-british-or-rather-english-voted-for.html
“It takes six months to open a business, months to get a VAT number, months to open a bank account… If I had started my business again today, 20 years later, I’d fail - not because business is bad, but because there’s so much paperwork.” http://www.thelocal.de/20160628/why-i-support-brexit-as-a-british-expat-business-owner-in-germany
“My continued interest over the years led me to believe that the EU not only needs fundamental reform, but it is actually “unreformable”.” http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Brexit-debate-Why-IT-pros-should-vote-to-leave

“In a House of Commons debate, he said: “We on this side are not prepared to accept the principle that the most vital economic forces of this country should be handed over to an authority which is utterly undemocratic and responsible to nobody.””
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436853/brexit-vote-restore-british-democracy-vote-leave

“Some in the ruling Conservative Party, like Cameron, have become more of the “house cats” of the ruling class. They defended multi-culturalism, unbridled immigration policies and the siren song of globalism.” http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/24/exclusive-mike-huckabee-brexit-vote-matters-americans/

“Basically, Britain asked for very little and was cordially invited to piss off. That is what we should do, I think.” http://warontherocks.com/2016/06/why-does-the-united-states-oppose-brexit-i-cant-say/

“The Brexit vote reflected the class aspect of the Rebellion. The London Times post-election analysis , notes socialist author James Heartfield, found the upper classes 57 percent for remain, the upper middle class fairly divided, while everyone below them went roughly two-thirds for leave. It doesn’t get much plainer than that.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/03/brexit-and-beyond-the-great-unruly-rebellion-against-the-neo-liberal-crony-capitalists.html

“Unlike the UK parliamentary elections, in which we vote for an individual constituency MP, the EU elections run a party list system. Thus we vote for a party, not an individual.” https://knealesm.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/today-i-will-vote-for-brexit-here-is-why/

“The town's century as a seaside holiday destination died out with the 1960s; after Britain joined the European common market in 1973 its fishing fleet was next; and its skyline-dominating steelworks, which produced the steel for Sydney Harbour Bridge, was mothballed by its Thai owners in 2015.” http://english.astroawani.com/world-news/english-town-voted-brexit-out-love-109457

“These included Gujarati and Punjabi migrants from an earlier age, who have seen eastern European migration, from Poland and Bulgaria for instance, displace them in the low-skilled job market.” http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/how-indians-voted-on-brexit-and-how-leave-will-impact-them-1423027

“Famously, he described the EU as a fascist super-state established according to the Nazi blueprints.” http://www.deliberation.info/why-do-we-vote-for-brexit/

“THE BRITISH vote to leave the European Union is the result of the nation's unconscionable inequality, the destruction of the working class, the glorification of the financial elite, and a repudiation of the condescension and contempt of the political and media elite towards ordinary people.” http://socialistworker.org/2016/06/30/clashing-views-on-the-brexit-vote

 “The Borg use a process called assimilation to force other species into the Collective by injecting microscopic machines called nanoprobes. The Borg are driven by a need for ‘perfection’, and assimilate other races to further that goal. They cruise the galaxy in cube shaped ships and they announce to a ship, a civilization, a planet: WE ARE THE BORG. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. […]We are not The Borg. Nationality is not a joke.” http://themoderatevoice.com/why-im-not-joining-in-the-brexit-criticism/

“So why leave? Because Britain, with the world's oldest Parliament, can reassert its authority over and responsibility to its own people, their laws, customs and traditions — and so I can go into a pub and buy a pint of beer and not have to ask for "473 milliliters of beer."” http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2016/6/why-brexit-makes-sense

“The Borg-like EU has absorbed 28 countries and 500+ million people (by buying their venal politicians) and demands that we immediately express family-like solidarity for much looser bonds.” https://vixpervenit.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/catholics-should-vote-for-brexit/

“Today, there is effectively no British automotive industry. There are plenty of manufacturing plants in the UK, but virtually all of them are owned by foreign companies. MG is a Chinese brand. Jaguar and Land Rover are directed from Mumbai. Mini, and most of the intellectual property that was once part of British Leyland, is in the custody of BMW, as is Rolls-Royce. Lotus is under the Malaysian Proton umbrella. Bentley belongs to Volkswagen. Aston Martin is owned by a multi-national consortium of investors. The only automaker of any size under both British ownership and British control is McLaren.” http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a29715/why-brexit-could-help-bring-back-the-british-auto-industry/

“Besides rendering countless British fishermen unemployed by fishing regulations, the thing that seemed to annoy most British voters was the threat to ban the ubiquitous high-powered electric tea kettles. Threats to ban them caused a rush to buy more of them -- and other small appliances, like toasters, before Brussels destroyed their breakfasts and afternoon teas just as it had earlier forced them to replace incandescent bulbs and proper vacuum cleaners.” http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/06/on_brexit_just_call_me_cassandra.html#ixzz4E6ixGJtY
“I voted to leave. Not because I am a racist. Not because I am a xenophobe.
I voted to leave because I am proud to be British. I believe that we have enough intelligence to decide on all of our laws.” https://liammobrien.com/2016/06/27/brexit/

“Eram pro-UE, simţind că europenii au standarde mai bune de viaţă decât noi, dar m-am simţit deziluzionat atunci când UE s-a extins pentru a include ţări precum România. Nu văd cum a fi într-o uniune cu state ratate poate fi bun pentru noi.” http://www.gandul.info/international/10-britanici-explica-de-ce-au-votat-brexitul-o-uniune-de-state-ratate-15522422