Contradictions, Back-Tracks, and the EU Referendum

By now, it’s no secret that our Prime Minister has promised that, if his party is reelected in the upcoming General Elections (only six months away), a referendum regarding our membership within the EU will be held in 2017. And the reactions have been mixed.

Source: blogs.spectator.co.uk

While many are happy with this stated pledge, others are protesting. After speaking at the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) conference yesterday, the Prime Minister faced terse reactions from British business leaders following his claims that leaving the EU and tougher immigration controls would destabilise our economic recovery.

On Immigration, Goats, and Scapegoats

Here’s a round-up of some of the UK’s biggest news in the past few weeks.

1. The Office for National Statistics reported net migration increased by 39% over the previous 12 months, ending March 2014.
2. MP Douglass Carswell defected to the UK Independence Party.
3. ManUtd signed Marcos Rojo for a five-year contract.

What do all three news snippets have in common? That would be one word: “Immigration,” (and yes, even number three if you are to accept this article by Richard Littlejohn). But it is the more pressing, and growing, issue that arises from this hot topic, like the smaller, concentric ripples from a pebble dropped in still waters. That, my friends, would be the topic of the EU, or perhaps more specifically, our status of membership within it.