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Could have something to do with this:

Old schoolmate sends open letter to Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Schoolfriend breaks 34-year silence and pens open letter to the man who brought about Brexit,

"Dear Nigel… I wish your teenage fascist views had been dealt with..."

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Oh dear, it's not quite turning out as you hoped and expected I see Ami. :cool:

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Who knows, the amount of Gold that team GB are going to be carrying home might even make up for the gold reserves that Brown mucked away.

What a time to be alive !!! :thumbsup:

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Ami:

>>...small land mass which supports a proportionately large population,...<<

I don't want to enter into yet more back and forth over the "migrant" thingy, but your post does point to one of the issues that obviously garners a lot of votes. I believe you should have said "DIS"proportionately. Brits have accepted millions of Jonny foreigners :sarcasm: over the centuries, but many have now seen that the country is full. It's nothing to do with xenophobia, refugees, EU migrants or anything like that, although some will put it like that.

The world's in one hell of a mess, all over. And overpopulation has a great deal to do with it. Like rats in a small cage.

Merkel's knee jerk reaction to the asylum crisis (which ain't going to go away) without any regard for the rest of the EU merely shows up the effective direction of the EU for what it is - and more people didn't like that than did in the referendum.

Which again comes down to national accountability and sovereignty.

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I covered benefits before.. keep up luv:starsmile:

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It's going to be a very interesting benchmark - the last Olympics prior to Brexit. We'll be able to verify in 3 or 4 Olympics' time whether the Brexit effect has been good, bad or indifferent in terms of sporting prowess. If the UK does enjoy the post-Brexit economic boom currently being forecast by Leavers I guess some of that might be ploughed into the sports facilities and training and development that lead to increased participation in sport and enhanced medal prospects.

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This might offer some perspective about why Britain fears Europe

Brits are hard-wired to keep the rest of Europe at arm's length, despite the facts

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Especially for you,Ami. ;). :lol:

UK to avoid recession and world economy to ‘stabilise’ as Brexit shock passes - but US poses biggest risk to global growth

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Ah but the all important housing starts are headed up, along with wages and a strong demand for qualified workers.

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Yes, those Roman foreigners and those French foreigners who invaded our shores throughout history were eagerly accepted by the Brits of those times.

As for Britain being 'full'.

European population densities

While there are many countries with lower population densities in Europe, there are also many with higher densities.

In 2012, it was calculated that only "6.8% of the UK's land area is now classified as urban" (a definition that includes rural development and roads, by the way).

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We'll see what happens should Britain leave the EU. We really won't know until probably sometime around the next elections. And a lot can change in that time.

Looks like the banks are going to exit either way. The uncertainty about how the government can deal with this paradox outweighs the benefits of simply moving to a more stable and predictable jurisdiction.
Banks Won’t Wait Around to See What Brexit Deal the U.K. Can Get

World’s biggest banks already plotting mass exodus from London after Brexit

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I was wondering why the tabloids hadn't yet started screaming about all these new jobs going to "Johnny Foreigner". I figured that argument must be pretty much dead now, since we've "left" the EU.

But I reckon any shock headline is worth tossing together another fear editorial:

Shock EU migrant figures REVEALED: 2.2 MILLION now work in Britain - Daily Express


A HUGE rise in EU migrants working in Britain has renewed calls for an accelerated Brexit.

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Yes, you are right I don't think the British exactly welcomed the Romans, it took a hundred years to conquer, then they 'took over'.
Possibly Theresa Boadicea May, will do better than her ancestor!!

I thought her Statement was at least promising.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speech...er-theresa-may

As to overcrowding it is schools, NHS etc. which are affected by over crowding.

The beauty of the open country side has always been valued by the British and also by migrants who settle in UK. It was certainly one of the reasons why OH decided to stay a for few years when came to UK just for exams.
I come from Norfolk originally and a large number of immigrant origin people come to the coast there for holidays.

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UK jobless total falls to 1.64 million

So if we remove the EU nationals from their jobs, we can employ the 1.64 million unemployed and still have over half a million job vacancies for those we want to give visas to.

Assuming every one of the unemployed has the skills and the willingness to actually take those jobs.

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Well, in the words of Mandy Rice-Davis, the Grauniad would say that, wouldn't they?

The "rest" of Europe is hardly as integrated as the Grauniad would like. Common language? Infighting about borders? Some countries being effectively ruled from Frankfurt?

The idealistic view of a Europe with a common outlook and purpose isn't what I can see from my perspective.

These arguments are going round and round. Only time will tell, and I am afraid that the outcome will be what neither Remainers nor Brexiters will like.