Vorpal wrote:
The biggest to me is the EU is significantly biased in favour of monoculture and corporate farming. I would prefer to design farm subsidies that better suit British farms and encourage better preservation of the environment, etc. (as I have previously argued). The same applies to fishing and forestry. You can dismiss them, if you like, but they could be benefits of leaving.
I actually don't think that is the case any more.
There was a period of sheep subsidy here that continued on from a UK based one that led to very high and excessive numbers on the hills of Wales. Very detrimental to woodland regeneration and a diverse flora.
But things have changed and the EU has furthered woodland and diversity far more in the last couple of decades.
Water quality on our beaches is much improved as is the insulation of homes.
IMV this would not have happened without funds and directives from Brussels.
The hated (by the likes of huge landowner Rees Mogg) 3 crop rule is another attempt to improve soil and diversity, as I understand it.
In the end it will come down to how much you are prepared to pay (monetarily) for your cheap food.
And ditto the point from Mike about the NHS.