UK poll isn't about Brexit but the collapse of Europe

On June 23, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum to decide whether to remain as part of the European Union, or to sever ties entirely. There is no middle ground. The UK joined what is now the EU as a member of a free trading bloc and this is what the people of the UK voted for. Since joining, it has allowed itself to become part of a political and judicial union, where UK laws are passed and UK judgements are made by foreigners outside the UK. It did refuse to join the currency union, however, and the sterling pound and the City of London financial centre remain largely independent. None of these subsequent decisions were made by the British public, only by the government at the time.

There is huge resentment amongst the British people at many of the rulings forced upon the UK as a result of the union. These range from the quite bizarre, such as the definition of a sausage, to the insulting, such as upholding the spurious human rights of convicted terrorists to avoid deportation. On top of this, there is the enormous amount of money that is paid to be a member of the EU for no obvious local gain. Empty motorways in Spain, built with EU funds, is a common complaint, as so many Brits holiday there and compare the facilities to their own country. For the better informed, the fact that the EU has never, ever, passed a financial audit tells its own story.

The movement to separate from the EU has been growing since the decision to join the economic union (EEC). The Labour party government took Britain into the EEC in 1973 and held a referendum two years later to ratify their action. Roughly one third of voters were against. In recent years, the anti movement has grown, mainly because of the extra powers ceded to the EU, hence the decision to hold a referendum now.