As Shakespeare would have said “To be or not to be – to remain in the European Union or to come out of it - that’s the question”. As is now widely publicised, our Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union (EU) or to come out of it will be held on Thursday, 23 June 2016.
To the uninitiated, the European Union is an economic and political partnership involving 28 European countries, and a referendum is a vote in which everyone of voting age will be able to participate by casting their votes. The votes to be cast will be the ticking of either a "yes" or "no" answer to a question. This question could be "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" How should we vote? Many of us Asians, specially the Gujaratis, with their business acumen, are employed in the financial industry. Financial market, UK’s main hub for economy, is dependent on the business within the EU and consequntly in the world. To my mind, if we pull out, not only the UK’s financial business will suffer, but many of our people will be out of a job. However, it will be for the individual to decide.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
