No organisation is perfect and there is always room for reform and improvement. I do understand people have legitimate concerns about the EU and I accept that some of its procedures can appear removed from our day to day lives and difficult to follow. However, in this campaign there has been considerable overstatement of those issues and the notion that it is anything other than accountable and democratic is at best ill-informed and at worst deliberately misleading.
There are lots of good reasons to vote to ‘Remain’. From creating jobs and opportunities to environmental protections and securing our rights at work, Europe is good for Scotland.
But as well as presenting the positive case for Remain, there can be no denying the fact that if we leave Europe, it will be a major victory for right-wing politicians like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, who’re intent on taking over the reins of power in the UK. And make no mistake, they will take a Brexit vote as a green light to scrap workers’ rights and employment protection, while slashing public spending even further.
I want Scotland
to have a louder voice in Europe and make an increased contribution to EU
policy making, to have an opportunity to be part of discussions about
reform. I believe that leaving the EU
would be a step backwards, the
European project in its various forms has built democracy, peace and prosperity
and that’s why I am calling on people to vote remain.
Scotland has a
real opportunity to play a decisive role in the outcome on Thursday 23rd
June. By uniting to vote in big numbers
to Remain, people in Scotland can make clear that we reject the right-wing
Brexit agenda and vote to protect the substantial social and economic benefits
which are guaranteed by our EU membership.
Vote Remain.
Article from Irvine Times 22/6/16
