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The Treaty of Rome was officially set up so that European countries could trade with other countries in the common market but the Maastricht Treaty which was set up in 1992 has become more of a dictatorship with Germany and France at the forefront possibly because France and Germany were two of the six original parties which founded the EU and it has been altered and reformed by the treaties of Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon to change laws and policies.

We pay £55 million a day to the EU to be part of this exclusive club. If we leave the EU we can still trade with Europe but also like you say Richie being in the EU gives free movement of people EU countries which benefits everyone. Farmers will be desperate to stay in the EU because of subsidy payments they get and also farmers will be worried about US imports which the European Union is already trying to block. Leaving the EU could be bad for big British businesses which trade in Europe and around the World but small businesses could thrive from leaving the EU. If we leave the EU then big British businesses will have to lay people off but then again Britain could start creating industry again like we used to before it was all sold off.

I think the big topic surrounding leaving the EU for most of the British public is immigration and I think there is a lot of scaremongering by right wing newspapers such as the Daily Mail and the Daily Express. One good thing which Britain did was we never signed up to the Euro otherwise we would be in a situation like Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Greece. The Conservatives said during the campaign of the election that when the Coalition came to power in 2010 they inherited a budget deficit worse than Greece and I don't think thats true I don't think Britain was worse than Greece.