I think a lot of people voting remain are voting for what they believe the EU should be rather than what it is. I like the idea of an organisation of European states, but not sure it can ever work due to self-interests which seem to work in favour of certain powerful members (how did Cameron's renegotiation work out!), and increasingly in favour of multinational big business - some of whom fail to pay tax in the areas they do most business. If big business say something is good, then they mean its good for them. This is not the same as being good for the rest of us. I am no revolutionary, I work in a small business, but I see governments increasingly toeing the large corporation line (rather than the small - and more dynamic - business).
The EU also seems to have an inbuilt direction independent of its "elected" representatives, with the actual voters being quite remote, thus handing far more power to bureaucrats than in national governments. It just doesn't seem to be very democratic either. For example I fail to see how 8 MEPs can adequately represent the whole of London (that's a million people each), when there are 73 MPs for the same area.
The EU also seems to have an inbuilt direction independent of its "elected" representatives, with the actual voters being quite remote, thus handing far more power to bureaucrats than in national governments. It just doesn't seem to be very democratic either. For example I fail to see how 8 MEPs can adequately represent the whole of London (that's a million people each), when there are 73 MPs for the same area.
