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Quartz said:

The UK is the 3rd biggest net contributor to the EU, I believe the UK should have every right to have a favourable deal, yes preferably being useful to both the UK and EU. https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-one-biggest-contributors-eu-budget/

This eventually lead to a complete break down of parliment (and eventual replacement of the speaker) as the deal Teresa May made was basically capitulation to the EU as a colony and never actually leaving.

Back when the UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) it was based mainly upon economic interests to benefit both parties, however evolution has gone much beyond that, as in the European Courts having the power to override the courts of european countries themselves. People see this as power that has simply gone too far (an extra layer of bureaucracy that can not be overturned by a nation) and want out.

For the record I did vote leave and personally have no prejudice towards Europe and the people that live there, however I do believe the European Union has been seeking too much power in the last few years and now it appears to be close to falling apart.

the UK economy benefits by £70bn NET per year from the EEZ

it's true that the deal was not actual leaving, but Boris deal is practically the same thing... no? it just keeps NI in the customs union in case of a no-deal where May's was keeping the whole UK until a trade deal was fully agreed

the European Court is there to ensure that the EU's laws and standards are obeyed by all countries, I don't see why it is a bad thing, is there any case where the ECJ abused its power? this was just an excuse to scare people, Nigel Farage has got a point on many matters but he is exaggerating almost always

countries have the right of veto in all major EU decisions anyway

just for the record, pro-EU/referendum parties got 2.15 million votes (52.7%) more than the Leave parties (47.3%), it's the broken electoral system that Boris should be thanking for his huge win



don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^