If the Remain leadership had focussed on the first bit of your post the whole tone of the campaign could have been different. You could add that the gap in average family income between Poland and the U.K. has halved in the last ten years, and is still narrowing, which is precisely what the EU should be about in my view - creating affluent countries which help each other to become more affluent and provide a civilised place for their citizens to live in. A more positive campaign would have painted Brexit into the negative corner.
But instead we have lots of the second part of your post and the stuff about tourism etc dominating, either criticism of the way things have been done in the UK or threats about the consequences of leaving. Both may turn out to be absolutely true, but it's no way to win hearts and minds. You may not think the UK is 'full' and you may have stats to back it up, but the fact is for many people living here it feels full and they don't like it. Their perception is the only important thing.
Your teenage pregnancy rates stuff is unworthy. For your information, rates have been falling for decades now, though they are still high. Oh, and 27% of the births were to mothers born outside the UK, a demographic I am certain makes up much less than 25% of the total number of teenage girls. So it's an argument for Brexit and reduced immigration.
Again, I will vote remain, but I am a helpless contrarian. Light and shade.
The thing which disturbs me SB. is that the Brexit case is based on mythology or vague supposition. Here are a few.
Myth: Britain will be overrun by EU. migrants, placing pressure on our social services and on wage levels.
Fact: Nobody can actually say how many are in Britain because, in contrast to many others countries, there is no effective registration system - the estimate is 3.3 million. Britain has the lowest unemployment in years and has the jobs to integrate such a number, not only that, every seventh new business in the UK. is started by an immigrant, which is responsible for 14% of all new jobs created.
Myth: Britain pays too much into the EU. the 350 million per week story.
Fact: Half of all money paid in by Britain is reinvested there in the form of agricultural subventions, EU financed projects or research money (25% of all EU. research money goes to the UK). In terms of what Britain actually pays in (minus all of these) in relation to GDP it is no longer third on the list of payers in but drops to 10th place.
Myth: Overestimation of Britain's trading power.
Fact A union of 28 states has more negotiating power, internationally, than one nation alone. Obama is not joking when he says that Britain will go to the back of the queue.
Myth: Criticism of a rule crazy unelected bureaucracy in Brussels, which lacks all transparency.
Fact: Bureaucracy does get on many people's nerves, and not just the British, but, this serves the internal market of the EU. and, decisions are made exclusively from representatives of the national governments and elected politicians (including British - the only reason why they have lost a bit of influence is because so many of them are from Ukip, and do nothing there other than run up their expense bills). In 90% of all cases laws were made which the British voted for - and that is one of the highest ratios.
Myth: The banks will stay.
Fact: Investments are already being relocated.
But to be honest SB. the real reason I'm miffed is because I can't vote - so if I can influence one persons vote then I can compensate for that.
