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Of course. As a matter of fact, UK was never part of the Schengen Area.
by afrisch 8y ago
Of course. As a matter of fact, UK was never part of the Schengen Area.
- skrause 8y agoFreedom of movement and Schengen Area are not the same thing.
- tomp 8y agoIt still benefitted from freedom of movement (which is defined as the ability to live, work and study abroad, and lack of discrimination between EU citizens and locals).
- growlist 8y ago'benefitted'
- ionised 8y agoYes, the UK benefitted greatly from the massive net positive contribtuions that immigration had on its economy.
- smcl 8y agoI mean when you look at it purely from a "are we all demonstrably better off in the EU" perspective then sure the UK has benefitted from membership. If however you look at it from the point of view of "I hate people who look or speak different" the it's a different and frankly more miserable situation. I think the person you were replying to was of the latter persuasion.
- growlist 8y agoThe lazy racism smear.
- growlist 8y agoMoney isn't everything.
- CodeGlitch 8y agoExcept no matter how much we spend on the NHS - it still can't cope. Schools are full, and the transport system struggles everyday (the tube every morning is a miserable experience). These every-day issues are the things that people are most concerned with.
- repolfx 8y agoThe economy grows if there are more people in it. GDP is just all economic activity summed, so adding more people inherently grows GDP, which is what is usually meant by "the economy". This obviously doesn't automatically mean everyone gets richer though, it just means more economic activity is now being counted under the UK vs other countries. This sort of immigration driven "growth" is sort of like a child "growing up" by getting fatter - yes it's definitely larger, but that doesn't mean healthier. From the perspective of the average British person, merely having more people around doesn't inherently make things better even if GDP has gone up, and can practically make things worse if it happens too fast as there's a limit to how fast infrastructure can be built. People who view the world exclusively via spreadsheets may struggle to understand this basic point, but everyone else can see it quite clearly.
- matt4077 8y agoYou should maybe address your willful misunderstanding of “free trade zone” in your first post, and your misrepresentation of the ongoing negotiations before going right to further degrading the discussion with empty snark. A Canada-style FTA has always been one of the options available to the UK. It is immortalized in Barnier’s famous diagram from the very beginning of the negotiations: https://goo.gl/images/AqyD7w https://goo.gl/images/AqyD7w
- entity345 8y agoSchengen Area is not the same as freedom of movement.