An extra and unnecessary layer of overpaid politicians and apparatchiks .... wads and wads of useless bureaucracy and red tape.... massive subsidies for French farmers..... getting told what to do by a bunch of foreigners....
I remember, as a kid, when de Gaulle said "non" to the UK's initial application to join the Common Market in 1963, various Highland Division veterans of my dad's acquaintance who had waded ashore in Normandy soon after D Day were very quick to use the word "ungrateful". I sympathised with their point but now realise that de Gaulle was probably doing us a favour. Mind you if the girny old git had realised that he would probably have said "oui" instead.
It has opened up trading within Europe and many Scottish companies have grown with this increase in trade.
It has allowed wonderful low cost airlines (Ryanair being a shining example) to grow and expand affording the proletariate the freedom to explore our wonderful new United States of Europe.
It is now easier to move between member states, my brother now lives and works overseas in a member state where the standard of living is comparable and standards of public service far superior with less taxation.
It has shown me what a rip off our "social security" state is to those who work for a living.
Stick your Act of Union up yer erse, give me an independant Scotland within the EU any day. This is not an anti-English thing but a wish for self-determination for our region within a larger European state.