50 EU benefits #10
British families get nearly £10 for every £1 we put into the EU.
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50 EU benefits #09
Outside the EU, we’d still need to follow its rules, but with no say on them.
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Democracy in international institutions
How democratic are the various international organisations to which the UK belongs?
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50 EU benefits #08
Police searches on DNA database take 143 days via Interpol, 15 minutes via EU.
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50 EU benefits #07
EU rules give you protection from dismissal when pregnant.
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50 EU benefits #06
The EU is constantly reforming: it’s a process, not an event.
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50 EU benefits #05
Without EU, countries would compete to subsidise farmers, costing millions & crowding out lower spenders.
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50 EU benefits #04
We can defeat terrorism by staying at the heart of EU security & crimefighting networks.
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50 EU benefits #03
Thanks to cooperation with EU partner France, our border checks are in Calais, not Dover.
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Taking sides
This graphic summarises which international players are on which side in the EU debate.
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50 EU benefits #02
Budget airlines exist because EU single market brought down cost of flying.
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50 EU benefits #01
Fall ill or have an accident abroad? Get emergency healthcare anywhere in EU.
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Daily Mail 1975
We were never hoodwinked. Here’s an extract from the Daily Mail’s leader, the day before our 1975 referendum on EEC membership.
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Farage on the referendum
Is an EU referendum an internal affair for that country, or can others advise? Farage wants it both ways.
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Value for money
If you earn the UK average salary in 2015, then Britain’s EU membership cost you 11.8p a day. This graphic shows how UK public spending breaks down.
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Rhetoric vs reality #1
The rhetoric: “[Ever-closer union] may appeal to some countries. But it is not right for Britain, and we must ensure we are no longer subject to it.” The reality: “The concept of ‘ever-closer union’ allows for different paths of integration for different countries, allowing those that want to deepen integration to move ahead, while respecting […]
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #1
The entire EU budget is less than 1% of GDP. (For comparison, the UK government budget is 40%.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #2
The European Court of Human RIghts was invented by the British after World War II. (It has nothing to do with the European Union.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #3
Each year we sell more to Holland alone than to the whole of the Commonwealth. (More than £24 billion in 2013.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #4
The majority of UK immigration comes from outside the EU. (And it’s totally up to us how we deal with it.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #5
Non-EU countries Switzerland & Norway both have much higher EU immigration than Britain. (And Norway obeys EU rules that it can’t influence, including free movement.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #6
The US, Australia, Canada & Ireland have all gone on record to urge us to stay in the EU. (We don’t have to take their advice, but sometimes it’s good to listen to your friends.)
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Things eurosceptics don’t want you to know #7
A great way to cut red tape: consolidate 28 sets of national regulations into one shared set.
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Mythbusters
Evidence-based rebuttals of the most widespread tabloid myths about Europe.
