For me it’s a vote with your eyes, not your ears. It’s a leap in the unknown to an extent, but do I trust governments and institutions who represent big business, that have a proven track record of calling major financial forecasts wrong? Hell no I don’t!
If Boris becomes pm, he can be chucked out in as little as 3 years (that’s called democracy) but it could be 50 years if ever again that we get a vote on this. Who knows how far into federal oblivion we will be then. Don’t use the Boris pm red herring as an excuse to take the lazy option.
Will we have tariffs imposed? Probably, but the wto forbids them to victimise us on a personal agenda. And we hold the aces, we have a deficit of trade. Tariffs hurt them, not us. We have two choices, bring back manufacturing to this country, British jobs for the British economy, or get even cheaper goods from the Far East, as we won’t have to apply the tariffs we do now, being part of the eu. The only reason we rely on imports is because companies flagged out to the east as wages are a quarter of ours. And it might all be bs anyway, because big companies are only producing abroad to sell here, not buying from abroad. How can the Eu charge a tariff on their own product when the haven’t yet sold it?
For me I’ve watched my wages drop around 8% on paper, and 40% in real terms since 2003. We’re all hanging onto jobs because of the minimum wage, which means companies can only undercut each other to a point. What will happen when cabotage is lifted? Most firms will just pack up, when Eastern European hauliers flood the shores with empty trucks, on cheaper fuel, and cheaper wages. A vote to leave is a vote to protect jobs.
Since the last expansion of the eu, the influx of cheap labour has pushed many skilled and marginal waged jobs into low level employment. Real term wage cuts of up to 50%. What will happen with the next round of expansion, allowing more sub strength economies a seat at the table? The union is a busted flush.
And don’t believe all the crap about diminished workers rights. In real terms your rights are take it or leave it. Every employer gives the bare minimum, most stop right there. For a start no post eu government would be able to get rights repealed, and why would they? Why take the burden of maternity pay from the employer, forcing the worker onto state benefits? No surprise the rha has 60% of small to medium members in favour of out, while 80% of large hauliers want remain. These are the large companies employing drivers on less than £10 per hour at weekends, forcing drivers to book Boxing Day as holiday.
For me it’s a move away from unelected buearocrats and a return to sovereign governance, where every decision is held accountable with no ifs or buts, in a mandatory time frame.
For me I’m going to take a leap into the unknown, as I already know the eu doesn’t work. I’ve seen my wages go down, and the only way I can see a long term reverse, is a little short term uncertainty. I’ve survived up to now, I’ll be ok for another 10 years, but if we’re still in the eu, I’ve no doubt that I simply won’t have a job in ten years
