So essentially, then, jake, our version of “democracy” could see our entire system of government passed over to a foreign power (provided our “elected representatives” decided to do so and took responsibility for their decision). It’s not my idea of democracy, representative or otherwise.
Our representatives are precisely that – they are there to represent our views and see the requirements of the majority prevail. You cannot disconnect the will of the electorate from their elected representatives and only consider it every five years or so. And I will ask what I asked Gromit earlier: where do you get the notion that inward investment to the UK would fall dramatically if we left the EU?
It’s interesting that you should choose to examine the UK’s economic situation just after WW2, jno. You may recall that that skirmish took place to prevent Germany dictating what happened in the rest of the continent. No need for such a skirmish now. It might be more appropriate to compare our situation now with nations which are not part of the EU. I’m not going to do so because I really have said all I am going to say on this question now.