It's been interesting to read Plooking's posts and it's made me wonder just how long a memory the politicians expect us to have over stuff like this. Or even whether memory is a relevant factor; should the here and now be the essence of our decision?
There does seem to be an element of "I've made my mind up, don't confuse me with facts" with the debate, with emotionally based arguments coming from both sides - "we'll be bust in a week and living on third world handouts if we leave" from the INs vs "they're robbing us blind and taking control by stealth" from the OUTs.
If you have some kind of passing interest in these things (as I admit I do) without going to ridiculous lengths all you can do is read some of the middlebrow publications (like the Economist) and hope that the journalists output has some kind of evidence based balance to it. Without that you're at the mercy of party political ranting and rabble rousing newspaper headlines.
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