by george matthews
johnthefireman wrote:I agree completely that the UK is much stronger with Scotland than without. I was very relieved when they voted to remain in the UK. It makes it even more surprising that the UK has been so cavalier about the importance of Scotland. The Scots may well now decide that they are stronger as part of the EU than they are as part of the UK, and who could blame them?The "Leave" campaign told a huge number of lies. I think Cameron is to blame for not taking the vote seriously enough - and indeed for calling the referendum at all. His campaign was very poor and failed to convince a section of the voters about the problems that Leave will cause. The above statement was one of their lies. I don't think leaving will have much effect on railways. Continental gauge trains will continue to reach London via the High Speed link - but no further. I doubt there will be much change to the amount of freight.
Philip wrote:The UK pays the EU much more that it gets backFigures about net payments are highly disputed as they are made up not just of headline sums which are explicitly in or out, but all sorts of other payments, services and influences, including some which are difficult to put a figure on. The leave campaign has already had to admit that the figures they used during their public campaign were lies.