On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:16:14 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

So that's a "No".

OK, fine. So you'd restrict access to local services to people from
other areas _within_ the UK, in the same way as to people from other EU
countries? If so, then the EU is an irrelevance to your argument. Your
argument is against population mobility, full stop.

However in this case, is it not the EU that facilitated the mobility of
a population

Because, of course, people from Ireland, Scotland, the North of England,
the South West haven't been heading to the South East (or wherever else's
been perceived as lucrative) to seek their fortunes for FAR FAR longer
than the UK's been an EU member, have they?

Turn again, Dick Whittington.

that found our lavish public services and benefits system particularly
attractive?

So you're suggesting that the government should make hefty cutbacks to
public services and benefits?