British support for EU is on the rise

[The Don]

Elections 2014: A nation of eurosceptics? Despite Ukip surge, British support for EU is strong and rising

It is certainly not apparent from the surge in support for Ukip. And it is definitely not reflected by the increasingly strident anti-European rhetoric of mainstream politicians.

But a new study suggests that British enthusiasm for European Union rather more resilient than some might think – and surprisingly is on the rise. A survey of global attitudes by the Pew Research Centre has found that support for the EU has actually increased by 9 per cent in Britain over the last year.

And for the first time since the start of the eurozone crisis more than half the British population has a favourable view of the union.

Not only that. When asked whether European economic integration has strengthened the economy, 41 per cent now agree – a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, which is higher than the rises in every other European country surveyed.

“I think anyone who singles out one community, one nationality, and says ‘I don’t want to live next door to them’, I really think that’s the politics of division and I think it really should have no place in modern Britain,” he said. “I would say to people if you don’t like that point of view, if, like me, you are really put off by this very divisive, nasty approach to things then please go out and vote.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...g-9392975.html

Good news. That last quote is from the same article and really sums up nicely the whole immigration campaign that's currently underway.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Let's have a referendum then.