Posted on 06/22/2016 10:13:55 AM PDT by Heartlander
A referendum is being held on Thursday, 23 June, to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide.
A referendum is basically a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part, normally giving a "Yes" or "No" answer to a question. Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is considered to have won.
Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold one if he won the 2015 general election, in response to growing calls from his own Conservative MPs and the UK Independence Party (UKIP), who argued that Britain had not had a say since 1975, when it voted to stay in the EU in a referendum. The EU has changed a lot since then, gaining more control over our daily lives, they argued. Mr Cameron said: "It is time for the British people to have their say. It is time to settle this European question in British politics."
The European Union - often known as the EU - is an economic and political partnership involving 28 European countries . It began after World War Two to foster economic co-operation, with the idea that countries which trade together are more likely to avoid going to war with each other. It has since grown to become a "single market" allowing goods and people to move around, basically as if the member states were one country. It has its own currency, the euro, which is used by 19 of the member countries, its own parliament and it now sets rules in a wide range of areas...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Like Stalin said, “it isn’t the people who vote that counts, it is the people who count the votes”...the fix is in.
Like The Clash said, “Should I stay or should I go”?
I love these titles, “10 thing you must know”, “All you need to know”, “What no one is telling you”
Such arrogant “experts”. Bloggers with attitude.
Agreed. The vote is being permitted because the fixers have their bases covered.
The BBC put this together for the UK voters...
They can consider Sharia Law overtaking British Law.........or Muslim Sympathizers as with Nazi Sympathizers during WWII, Muslim Sympathizers being tossed out of civil jobs...limited immigration zero to none....it’s not too late.
I know, but the same view applies: Blogger types. The days of real factual journalism are over. What we have now are the pop-culture types (read: kids) running the show.
Does not apply to this article…
They won’t do it. England is a goner. Cowards all.
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