I do revile Cameron, but that does not mean he didn't get ANY concessions.

This is from the economist.
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The easiest was the first, competitiveness, because all EU leaders pay lip service to cutting red tape, signing more trade deals and completing the single market—even though they may object to specific individual measures. The sovereignty basket was harder: although all countries signed up to a “red card” mechanism that will allow a majority of national parliaments to block EU laws, the Belgians and some others were surprisingly hostile to letting Britain escape its commitment to ever-closer union. In the end, though, this was conceded on the basis of Mr Cameron’s “live and let live” approach, whereby Britain promises not to stop other EU countries moving towards closer union so long as it can opt out.

The biggest argument came over the fourth basket: Britain’s desire to stop new migrants from the EU claiming in-work benefits, and also to stop paying child benefit, even for existing EU migrants, for children left in home countries. In a compromise, Mr Cameron won approval for an “emergency brake” allowing Britain to stop the first for seven years, and to cut child benefits for existing migrants from 2020 onwards. The European Commission expressed confidence that this would withstand a legal challenge on grounds of discrimination against other EU nationals; some lawyers are less sure. What seems less certain still is that fiddling with benefit rules will make much difference to the numbers of EU migrants coming to Britain, because almost all of them come to work, not to claim benefits.

Doesn't look like nothing to me. True he didn't get all that he wanted. But liking or hating him does not dispute the above.

Exactly my point. They are only interested in stifling competition amongst small to medium size businesses, that's why they want to remain. It takes on average six to eight weeks to get all your paperwork up together to start a business in Europe but a matter of a week or two in the USA. Incidentally it takes you 3/4 hours to file the relevant paperwork in New Zealand
*LEAVE*

Pro USA & Israel

So you've never been on an overcrowded tube train not being able to get a seat, sat for hours on the M25 going nowhere, couldn't get a Drs appointment, waited for hours in A&E, not been able to get your kid in your local school etc etc?

All of these events boil down to immigrants over crowding our island/infrastructure and p1ss me off royally.... I guess you don't get out much these days. 40 years ago in London none of this was happening BTW.

Depends on your perspective? Those things could equally be assigned to successive governments failing to address infrastructure problems.

I haven't heard many saying Gove was a xeonphobic, but Farage plays up to it. And his poster - which was subsequently removed - was further evidence that he at least plays up to it if he isn't actually xenophobic (although personally I think much of it is an act).

Points-based systems can work but it is very illiberal and relies on the government knowing best what is good for our economy. Most of you are saying you don't trust them so why do you trust them to know what is in the best interests of the labour market?

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

Yep under a socialist government a bit like the EU BIG government & to many people on that gravy train.

Pro USA & Israel

But that's not all they've proposed, and that's not why they're labelled xenophobic.

This campaign started with leave contesting 'you can't label all of us as racists just because we have concerns about immigration' - which is an entirely fair and true point - but it's not an all-encompassing defence which renders everyone immune from being accessed of xenophobia.

Of course it's moronic to label all Brexiters as racist, but it's equally moronic to deny the existence of that element in sections of the campaign - Farage has, in my opinion, too often crossed the line between having 'concerns about immigration' and being outright offensive.