By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor
British comedian John Oliver explained on his show Last Week Tonight, most of the arguments for leaving the European Union simply don’t hold up.
John said: “Immigration policy may not change, hysteria over regulation is a red herring, the costs of membership are reasonable, and economic benefits of staying appear to outweigh the costs, yet polls suggest my homeland is on the edge of doing something insane,”
He continued: “It’s a complicated, bureaucratic, ambitious, overbearing, inspirational, and consistently irritating institution, and Britain would be absolutely crazy to leave it,” Oliver said. “Especially because if it stays, it can reap all the benefits while still be being a total dick about it, and that is the British way.”
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