Prime Minister David Cameron and MEP Nigel Farage both made their individual cases for a 'remain' or 'out' respectively for the upcoming European Referendum in a live television ‘debate’ last night. I say ‘debate’ as both men never shared the stage or traded questions. Given the way in which Britain's membership to the European Union informs immigration policy, and how that in turn could effect the movement of Jihadists within Europe, I've often been asked which way I will be voting on June 23rd. The truth is, I'm not entirely sure what to think. I like the idea of a sovereign nation controlling its own borders, making its own decisions – yet I'm so woefully uninformed on the subject of the economy that I can't begin to decipher the consequences of leaving the EU from that perspective. I have two major issues with the way this whole debate is playing out publicly. The first is that it has almost exclusively been focussed around the issue of immigration and secondly, mainstream Britain appears incapable of having a sensible discussion on that topic. Any anti-mass/immigration viewpoint can find you shouted down as a ‘racist’ by a subset of the left. This is unhelpful of course. And this is exactly what happened to Nigel Farage during this live ‘debate’ last night. In true fashion, these accusations were shouted over his attempt to rebut a question which implied he was a racist to begin with. I believe this is known as Aflecking. You may recall Richard Dawkins had this to say on the referendum a while back:
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EU Referendum: Cameron And Farage Live
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Prime Minister David Cameron and MEP Nigel Farage both made their individual cases for a 'remain' or 'out' respectively for the upcoming European Referendum in a live television ‘debate’ last night. I say ‘debate’ as both men never shared the stage or traded questions. Given the way in which Britain's membership to the European Union informs immigration policy, and how that in turn could effect the movement of Jihadists within Europe, I've often been asked which way I will be voting on June 23rd. The truth is, I'm not entirely sure what to think. I like the idea of a sovereign nation controlling its own borders, making its own decisions – yet I'm so woefully uninformed on the subject of the economy that I can't begin to decipher the consequences of leaving the EU from that perspective. I have two major issues with the way this whole debate is playing out publicly. The first is that it has almost exclusively been focussed around the issue of immigration and secondly, mainstream Britain appears incapable of having a sensible discussion on that topic. Any anti-mass/immigration viewpoint can find you shouted down as a ‘racist’ by a subset of the left. This is unhelpful of course. And this is exactly what happened to Nigel Farage during this live ‘debate’ last night. In true fashion, these accusations were shouted over his attempt to rebut a question which implied he was a racist to begin with. I believe this is known as Aflecking. You may recall Richard Dawkins had this to say on the referendum a while back: