[Margaret Pilkington]

As you so rightly point out those 'experts' who predicted that everything would fall apart were wrong.
These highly educated people failed to see the financial crisis coming and we have had interest rates at a pitiable level for a decade.
Those who saved for their retirement have actually lost money.(and I know this is nothing to do with the EU...but it has everything to do with these self proclaimed experts)

I just feel that we were bamboozled (in respect of the EU)by the politicians over the years.
They led us into what was the EEC, and this became something we did NOT sign up to...and I don't know about you, but I hate to feel duped.
There was nothing at all we could do about it because we were never consulted.
I think that this was a calculated thing, as I am sure the politicians knew that many of us were uncomfortable with this state of affairs.
The EU wanted to become the Federal state of Europe...now,I do not want to be part of that.
I want our laws to be made in Parliament by people who have been democratically elected...and who can be accountable and removed by democratic process if they do not fulfil their obligations.

As for the Johnny Foreigner angle...this country has always extended a welcome, but when this means that the jobs, the wages are affected, then the welcome becomes a bit thin.