Re:‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy
by tsewlliw on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:43AM
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Controlling borders is fundamental to sovereignty, the point being that a sovereign nation decides how porous the borders ought to be. To cede that control significantly reduces the self-determination of the people within the border, even if the decision of exactly how porous does not vary between administering entities.
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Re:‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy
by NetStrikeForce on Monday May 23, 2016 @12:53PM
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So, why should southerners accept all those northerners coming down? The southern people have no sovereignty on the matter. Oh and don't even get me started with those Scots :)
The UK is not and has never been in Schengen, so it has borders and has control of it. They just happen to have agreed to a deal with the rest of the EU to give EU citizens almost the same rights as UK citizens.
In other words, people voting LEAVE can't have a problem with border control as it is now, because the borders are controlled. The problem is of a very different (and sad) nature.