Richard North wrote


Plenty of time for the fear to diminish before 2017.

I agree they are peaking with sound bites that have no substance and simply will not stand up to five years of reuse.

Interesting I heard some silly hack on Sky this evening laughing at the 3,000,000 jobs depend on the EU meme. A sound bite that has had such traction for years is suddenly an object of ridicule. I thought that was an interesting shift, people are beginning to laugh at the scare stories.

Seconded.

It's not what you say, it's how often you say it.

Let me offer again the following important insight:

"The true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought reveals itself as a jarring dissonance."

(Leonard Shapiro, writing of Stalin: ""The Communist Party of the Soviet Union"", 2nd ed., London, 1970 -- quoted in ""The Rotten Heart of Europe"", Bernard Connolly, p.xvi)

From todays Figaro a poll on whether their readers would like UK to leave the EU has over 70% saying they would like UK to leave.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/i...e-l-union-europeenne.php

Good spot. Thanks. I'll use that at an appropriate time!

Little do they realise that that is the response they are most likely to invoke. Since so many of the major charities are sucking at the teat of government, and many are taking EU money, directly or indirectly, they would be in favour of the EU.

I got the impression that the outbreak of FUD was campaigning for "the speech" rather than a future referendum. The FUD continues, however, and it is likely to follow a story curve and fade away before long. The theory was put forward during the president Clinton misbehaviour saga that public/media interest in an issue now follows a soap opera style story curve where there is no actual end but less attention is paid to them. The lack of presidential morals was not so much forgiven as ignored or forgotten to move onto the next story.
I think many will not be inured to the FUD because it will go into obscurity until the story is revived nearer the referendum (also after the general election). Thus parking the issue. A positive campaign, as Richard has so strongly advocated, would counter this trend and put the arguments in place before the next FUD outbreak. If the various presenters actually know the facts then hopefully more will react with laughter, like the Sky presenter mentioned, when faced with the foolish myths of the europhiles.

Our course none of the charities get any money from the EU.

Most people will focus on the lack of democracy which genuinley worries people and there the EUWhores haveing nothing to say.

As to the economic worry.........looking at the glorious mess the EU is in economically , anyone with half a functioning brain cell, would run away from the EU as fast as possible.

Would one rather be a rich slave, or a poor free man...though in the EU's case, you'd be a poor slave and outside a rich man.