There are the traditional economic arguments, sovereignty arguments, and also technical arguments - such as European technical standards as Andy Millar has mentioned - behind the decision whether to remain in the EU or leave the EU. More recently a humanitarian angle has emerged around the free movement of people which made the EU Referendum a different beast from the previous one in the 1970s or one in 1997 if the Referendum Party had won the general election.
It's difficult to deny that mass immigration was a strong factor behind both the Leave and Remain votes. Questions now arise as to how many voters are in favour of Britain remaining in the EU with the facility to opt out of free movement of people, and how many voters are happy with Britain leaving the EU but will fight to the end for free movement of people?
The Green Party falls into the latter camp. Since the EU referendum they have made the free movement of people between Britain and the EU a non-negotiable core policy regardless of environmental impact. They are also calling for a second referendum.
Should the second referendum therefore be centred around the question of free movement of people between Britain and the EU?
There are the traditional economic arguments, sovereignty arguments, and also technical arguments - such as European technical standards as Andy Millar has mentioned - behind the decision whether to remain in the EU or leave the EU. More recently a humanitarian angle has emerged around the free movement of people which made the EU Referendum a different beast from the previous one in the 1970s or one in 1997 if the Referendum Party had won the general election.
It's difficult to deny that mass immigration was a strong factor behind both the Leave and Remain votes. Questions now arise as to how many voters are in favour of Britain remaining in the EU with the facility to opt out of free movement of people, and how many voters are happy with Britain leaving the EU but will fight to the end for free movement of people?
The Green Party falls into the latter camp. Since the EU referendum they have made the free movement of people between Britain and the EU a non-negotiable core policy regardless of environmental impact. They are also calling for a second referendum.
Should the second referendum therefore be centred around the question of free movement of people between Britain and the EU?
