Desire for ‘Brexit’ understandable: Your Say

Britain will hold a referendum June 23 on whether to remain in the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar: 

Many British people want to leave the European Union. I can’t blame them either.

With countries such as Greece going down the tubes, I wouldn’t want to get yanked down with them.

— Stephen Shannon Tumlin

London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the EU. Good luck with that. There is a big economic penalty for withdrawal. The EU made it that way so countries would get scared and stick around.

— Sheila Ramon

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The EU is turning from a community into a cage.

— Lanfranco Cantagalli

Ever since the United Kingdom joined what was then called the Common Market in 1973, many British people have moaned about it. So now is the time they have a chance to get out and Great Britain can become “great” once again.

— Keith Earl

The British people need to declare independence from the European Union in order to restore the democratic self-government that has been stolen from them.

— Andy Thomas