If we vote for Brexit what happens

setmefree2

No one has the courage to say it but perhaps the greatest economic benefit to the UK from being in the European Union is immigration, and nowhere is this more obvious than in London. The city has become a melting pot.
The constant flow of people in and out has made it one of the most dynamic and creative places on the planet. And London’s prosperity is the country’s prosperity. The dynamism of the capital and the South-East drives the whole of Britain.
This City has been transformed in the last 30 years. It began in the Eighties as a dowdy place where the shortage of money showed through in dirty streets, dull shops and lack of variety in everything from theatres to restaurants.

A generation later, it has become one of the world’s most dynamic metropolitan centres with a growth rate that beats New York and matches the Eastern powerhouses of Singapore and Hong Kong.

The numbers also emphasise how London has become the business centre of Europe and underline the insanity of even thinking about turning our back on it.
The city is home to more than one third of all European Fortune 500 firms and attracts three times more corporate headquarters than any other city in Europe. They are not here in anticipation of a post-Brexit world where success is measure by our signing a free trade agreement with Fiji.

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/anthony-hilton-immigration-the-power-behind-london-s-boom-a3193916.html

antrobus

Sapphire wrote: »

...Now that Germany is starting its undemocratic activities again (courtesy the unelected, bullying Frau Merkel and bureaucrats like Juncker and their 'ever greater political union'), and that the next crisis will be the Euro (this will be serious, in my view), many countries, like

Mrs Merkel is not unelected. She is the elected member of the Bundestag for Stralsund–Nordvorpommern–Rügen. Junkers is not German; the fact that his given name is Jean-Claude should be a clue.:)

And the ever-closer union is written into the treaties. It applies to everyone. Except us, we've now got a pass.:)

CLAPTON

setmefree2 wrote: »

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/anthony-hilton-immigration-the-power-behind-london-s-boom-a3193916.html

Clearly written by some-one who never lived in London 30 years ago.
It was a fantastic place then and continues to be a great place today.
Of course, thirty years ago it was possible for young people to buy family sized houses in many more parts of London than it is today.

But a melting pot it certainly is : given the current trends, the UK born will be small minority in 20 years, but there are great restaurants and coffee shops every few yards.

setmefree2

CLAPTON wrote: »

Of course, thirty years ago it was possible for young people to buy family sized houses in many more parts of London than it is today.

So you want to tank the UK economy just so your kids can get a cheap house in London? I suspected as much tbh.

CLAPTON wrote: »

But a melting pot it certainly is : given the current trends, the UK born will be small minority in 20 years, but there are great restaurants and coffee shops every few yards.

How sad. The people of Yorkshire and Lancashire still behave like this. Little Englander.

setmefree2

German finance minister undermines key Brexit claims

"Nonsense," says the Leave campaign who maintain that Britain can quit the EU, retain the parts of the single market they want (free movement of goods and services) and stop EU migrants from coming to Britain (end the free movement of labour).
Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble appears to have just said that will not be possible.

Schaeuble clearly states that ongoing access to the single market would only be permitted if Britain agreed "to pay" in the EU budget and if we "accept freedom of movement" of people as well as goods and services.
This looks like a very significant intervention, not least because immigration is also at the heart of the EU debate.
For the first time the EU's most powerful member state is revealing the trade terms that Britain would be expected to agree to in the event of Brexit.
Those who want us to leave the EU believe Britain could secure a better deal than either Norway or Switzerland. Schaeuble suggests Britain can't - the arrangement would be very similar.

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-03/german-finance-minister-issues-stark-brexit-warnings/

setmefree2

BMW warns staff in UK Rolls Royce factories of Brexit risks

The heads of six British companies owned by German car giant BMW, including Rolls-Royce and Mini, have warned thousands of staff that jobs could be affected if the UK decides to leave the European Union, according to a report.

For BMW Group, more than half of Minis built and virtually all the engines and components made in the UK are exported to the EU, with over 150,000 new cars and many hundreds of thousands of parts imported from Europe each year. “Tariff barriers would mean higher costs and higher prices and we cannot assume that the UK would be granted free trade with Europe from outside the EU.”

He also expressed concern about the ability of the firm to attract employees from outside the UK following a ‘Brexit’.
“Our employment base could also be affected, with skilled men and women from most EU countries included in the 30 nationalities currently represented at the home of Rolls-Royce here at Goodwood,” Mr Muller-Otvos said.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-referendum-bmw-warns-staff-at-uk-companies-owned-by-german-car-giant-of-brexit-risks-a6908676.html

CLAPTON

setmefree2 wrote: »

So you want to tank the economy so your kids can get a cheap house in London?

The welfare of the UK people and their per capita GDP will grow faster without the costs and restrictive practices and tariff walls of the EU.
Unemployment is high in the EU due to its illogical economic and social policies : we have been fortunate to grow our non EU trade rather get sucked into integration with a failing group of increasing isolated countries.

However, if I had to choose between a miniscule increase in GDP but a fall in the welfare of the people of the UK and to maintain this green and pleasant land I would choose the latter.
I don't want cheap houses in London : I simply want people under 40 there, to be able to live in a family sized property rather than live in a flat share.

You appear to want to sell your children's future and have unrestricted population growth, without any consideration of the long term consequences.

CLAPTON

setmefree2 wrote: »

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-referendum-bmw-warns-staff-at-uk-companies-owned-by-german-car-giant-of-brexit-risks-a6908676.html

shock and surprise: businessmen want cheap labour and so vote for unrestricted immigration.

CLAPTON

setmefree2 wrote: »

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-03/german-finance-minister-issues-stark-brexit-warnings/

german minster says that the EU will withdraw from WTO to spite the UK.

setmefree2

CLAPTON wrote: »

You appear to want to sell your children's future and have unrestricted population growth, without any consideration of the long term consequences.

I'm confident that my kids are going to have a great future here in London or wherever they want.

As a poster said to you previously - if the English born population went through a baby boom would you want to restrict people to a one baby policy? If the answer is no and you don't have a problem with unrestricted English population growth then you really need to have a good look at yourself....

....Seriously if your kids are struggling to have a good life in London they should move out...England has tons of great cities...

....or maybe they should consider other parts of the EU - we have unfettered access to so many other great cities....