Yes you did get it very wrong, durutti might be confused politically,
but he's no racist.
Right, well, like I said sorry.
Why did you describe durrutti as anti-immigrant rather than anti-immgration though?
The many people from other countries are mostly from A8 countries; in the rest of Europe; decided on agreement between European governments.
Millions of people born here in the UK now live permanently abroad (800,000 in Spain alone). What do you think would happen if the UK closed it's borders to migrants from Europe?
Well, this is the problem. The thing is, we're not properly part of the EU anyway, cause we don't have the Euro, and we're not signed up to the social chapter. And that in itself has already been destructive of the well-intentioned attempt to promote the EU as a social democracy, in that because we compete unfairly against those in Europe who have implemented the social chapter, people in France have seen that their economy suffers in comparison, and voted in a real shit. (at least that's my guess)
The problem is that there's always been this tension between people who favour the EU because they think they'll get more social justice from Brussels, and those who think it's a good way of making capitalism more effective. At the moment, the latter group seem to be getting their way.
I think this is because the EU allowed us to opt out. I don't understand why they do this. I think it would be quite reasonable to say, if you're in, be fully in, and sign up to a proper social democratic Europe, have the Euro and the social chapter, or else leave.
I guess if we were competing with the rest of Europe on a level playing-field, then there wouldn't be a disproportionate amount of migration to Britain compared with the rest of Europe.
I kind of agree with Tony Benn on this. It is well-intentioned, and not unrealistic to expect more social justice from brussels than from westminster, but elected representatives shouldn't give away the power invested in them, to a power over which their electors can't have any control.
Overall, I think we should leave the EU, -- but being fully in is a reasonable alternative. But given how difficult it is to exercise democratic control on westminster, how much harder is it to exercise it on the EU?