[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes Eric......well observed. I think that a lot of us having been saying that the EU have crippled us for long enough now.

They tie up businesses and workplaces in red tape, they allow migrants to come and work for a pittance(well, those that do work)...they allow them to claim benefits which these migrants send home(thereby improving the economy of their homeland at our expense)......they tell us who we can jail and for how long......they tell farmers what they can grow, and what they can't......there is an element of covert protectionism in this.......they spew out rules that no other EU country seem to take a blind bit of notice of, but us......and we follow it slavishly and to the letter.
Yet our MP in parliament thinks that 95% of the electorate couldn't give a toss about our situation.
Do you think that you could have a word with him and persuade him differently?

As for Uni fees.....we have graduates who cannot get jobs because they took degrees that are basically worthless, in that they have no bearing on the real world.
Education should be free.....all Education.......because the more educated your workforce are(in the right kind of marketable subjects - real subjects......science, physics, Maths...those boring things that take brains and application) the better chance you have in the world market.....but also we shouldn't undervalue those who possess practical skills. Too much emphasis has been placed on youngsters getting academic qualifications, and not enough investment has been put into practical skills.