If the majority of people in the UK do not like being in the EU?

Question

why does the government not listen to them.As i read through yahoo answers, people do not want to be in the EU

Answer 1

Do you think that yahoo answers is more important that the actual votes off the people.

Answer 2

The money available in the EU is immense. Many of our MP`s aspire to jobs in the "cash cow" and do not want their cushy numbers to be abolished.

Democracy,bo****ks.

Answer 3

It's called "democracy at work"

People in the UK have the attention span of a goldfish when it comes to politics. Give it a few months to die down, labour will throw a carrot to the general public just prior to the next election and all the furore over the EU constitution will be forgotten.

Works every time.

Answer 4

Because they are a dictatorship!

Answer 5

Because the government doesn't have to listen to us, that's the important thing. We don't elect people who say "we'll give you a referendum" we elect people saying "oh we don't like the EU very much" - but when it comes right down to it they won't let us vote. We elect people to REPRESENT us, if these people don't personally believe that we should have a referendum, then we won't have one - end of story.

Personally I think the EU brings massive benefits to the UK. If we left then our economy would be far too closely bound to the US economy, yet we'd have little influence over it. We have a voice in Europe, and can influence affairs with a very strong trading partner. The UK has no voice at all politically speaking in the US.

Answer 6

Because they hope to get their noses into the EC trough like Kinnock etc.

Answer 7

Because the Government do not listen to their people. They do as they please.

Answer 8

Lets face it Labour is a terrible government that doesn't listen to the British people. They know that after the next election the party will be destroyed. So they really dont care about the decisions they make now, they know they wont be elected again.

Answer 9

I want to be in the EU

Britain cannot afford to pull out of Europe. In fact the tories got us into Europe in the first place, so all tories shutup right now, your political party got you into it.

If Britain were to pull out, trading would become an almost impossiblity. We'd have to abide by EU regulation even though we aren't in it, as Switzerland and Norway have to.

And for all Europhobes, surely its better to be 'inside the tent pissing out' rahter than 'outside the tent pissing in'. If we are in Europe we can veto bills and say no to decision wheras if we weren't in it, we'd have no say over anything.

But everyone shutup the argument is setteled. We are in it so stop bitching and embrace everything Europe has to offer. Shallow Mail reading twats.

Answer 10

Not everyone is anti EU, I for one am not and there are millions more of the same mind. That is the reason the government will not hold a referendum on the subject. We need to be part of Europe if we are to survive economically. Don't come the old story about Europe making our laws for us, they are already. We just obey like the fools we are instead of playing a major part and arguing our corner. How can the rest of the European community take us seriously when we cannot even sort ourselves out.

Believe me, if we do not unite completely with the EU soon, we are going to end up spending dollars and talking with a drawl. Do you really want that ????????????

Answer 11

Because our lying govt. will not allow us the chance to vote.

Answer 12

Personally I'm quite open to the benefits of the EU.

Might have something to do with not reading The Sun or Daily Telegraph

Answer 13

The government is making a very big mistake by not listening, they are there to serve the national interest, not party political dogma

Answer 14

Yahoo! Answers is hardly a reliable source for information. It's a lot of fun, and occasionally there's a well-reasoned answer put forth, but mainly it should be used as a springboard toward finding out more substantial information.There's really nothing scientific about it at all.

Answer 15

UK Membership in the EU must be approved by the people through a referendum.

Answer 16

Voter apathy, the people that complain do not vote, I do but the way it is we get what what we deserve.

Answer 17

I want to be in the EU and I am British. I think it is a really good thing. Bring Ukraine and more countries from Eastern Europe in so we can get more of their hot young ladies over here and in our clubs on a Saturday night.

Answer 18

The EU imposes laws and dictats on the UK not voted on or vetoed by the Uk Govt. What laws that apply to Europe don't necessarily apply to the UK.

Because of EU laws I am worse off, can't earn overtime, work the hours I want or need to and now they're letting everybody else flood in so I have to sit on my hands whilst others do the work I could be doing.

Rubbish!

Answer 19

Ummmm, because you can't really gauge Yahoo answers as you would a Mori poll for example.

Besides that, since when has the government of this country ever given a hoot what the citizens of it actually want?

Answer 20

Because the government is like the 3 wise monkeys see all hear all and say nowt

Answer 21

In all honesty, what real reason is there for a government to listen to the people?  The people are, by and large, ignorant of all the nuances of economies and foreign policy.  The worst thing a government can do is bow to the demands of the masses.  This is why we have politicians; we elect them to make those decisions for us.

Answer 22

yes and i'm one of them, but come on lets be realistic is there any government out their that listens to the public

Answer 23

i'm sure a lot of americans don't want to be in iraq so why does the government...etc

Answer 24

I'll be straight with you.

The government only needs to 'listen' to the public when it comes to elections - to get elected.

There are many policies that need to be carried out, but are not necessarily favourable to the layman on the street. The government must look to the future and consequences of enactments of policy decisions. Yes, some are really bad bets and some in post-sight have been required.

Look at university fees. They need to be hiked up more, but the majority of university students would object only on grounds of personal finance. The country cannot survive on paying a huge chunk of university fees out of the treasury otherwise it would go into debt.

Privatisations of the 1980s were a necessity. Some may argue to your heart strings about the miners and the loss of jobs, blah, blah blah., but without the tough decisions that leaders make the consequences of inaction would lead to future strife. All because the 'general public' wouldn't understand the long-term principles on why these things need to be done. It is also the role of government to make sure that the real reason is put across - independent bodies could be useful here - politicians themselves have been known to be dishonest.

As for your separation from the EU question, there are a multitude of economic and socio-developmental reasons why collectivism (I am not a communist) would be greatly beneficial. As far as I known, the arguments for separation play at human emotion of sovereignty. I understand the need for identity, but there are some places where individualism cripples the betterment of society as a whole. The laws of our land, for instance, would be a good example. Slippery slope arguments could also be stated: with the separation of UK from EU would it be better Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to separate from England.

United we stand, Separated we fall.

Answer 25

A. Because the government does what it wants.

B. Because those same people complaining about the government doing what it wants, still went out and voted for them.

Answer 26

Perhaps it is the same group that resents immigrants and never vote anyway.  Britain has always had that element of bitchen Brits...it is a national past time with them.

Answer 27

Because yahoo answers does not represent the majority of people in the UK.

Answer 28

Lets get one thing straight here. There is the UK and there is Scotland!

The Scots have shown no resistance to membership of the EU because we recognise the fact that our future as a relatively small Nation within Europe, depends on free trade and recognition within the EU.

Answer 29

The majority of people in the UK probably do not like paying taxes either so where would that leave us if the government listened to that particular short sighted complaint?

Answer 30

I wish ye weren't in it too! "Great Britain" me @rse

Answer 31

now your going into the realms of fantasy I'm afraid.