tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514206561900325684.post5399695348954711058..comments2023-09-11T08:58:48.020+01:00Comments on Student Voices : Why I’m Endorsing a ‘Remain’ VoteStudent Voiceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058305901514274478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514206561900325684.post-50036688581734317392016-04-17T21:31:07.545+01:002016-04-17T21:31:07.545+01:00If David Cameron's 'Renegotiation' has...If David Cameron's 'Renegotiation' has taught us anything, it's that the EU is unreformable. We've been told change is coming for the past 20 years, and the EU has only gotten worse.<br /><br />The idea that 3.5 Million jobs would be lost if we left the EU is ridiculous. These jobs you mention are importers and exporters that trade outside of the UK. Trade would still continue post-Brexit as France will want to sell us their cheese and wine, Germany will want to sell us their Cars, Spain will want to sell us their fruit, and Italy will want to sell us their Clothes. Similarly the EU countries will still want to buy British goods. It’s in their interests to sign a free trade agreement with an independent United Kingdom. Post-Brexit jobs would be created as we become able sign our own free trade agreements with the rest of the world, and open up more markets for UK businesses to buy and sell to.<br /><br />Equal pay, worker’s rights, maternity, paternity, and sick pay are all written into UK law. We've had Holiday pay since 1938, long before the EU was even thought of. If we left the EU the only way these laws would be removed is if a democratically elected government removes them. No party will ever win power running on a manifesto that says they will remove these rights.<br /><br />The EU was created as a Trade Bloc and single market. The UN secures peace and democracy. Post-Brexit we will still be a member of the UN.<br /><br />The ERASMUS+ program is open to 56 countries, 28 of whom are not members of the European Union. Britain is in a strong position to negotiate keeping Erasmus - the UK has some of the best universities in the world, and the UK accepts around 25,000 EU students a year, compared with around 14,000 British students who use Erasmus+ to study abroad. This makes Britain a valuable asset to the Erasmus program. With just a few exceptions, every other country in the world, from Mongolia to the Marshall Islands, has opted in to some elements of the Erasmus+ package.<br /><br />Remember that 'EU Research Funds' do not exist. We spend £350 Million per week on the EU, the money we receive from the EU is British tax-payers money, if we Vote Leave, and take control of this money we can spend it on everything that 'EU money' funds, with £154 Million left over to spend on whatever we want.<br />Jake Thurmanhttps://twitter.com/JakeThurmanUKnoreply@blogger.com