By the time the three colours of Tory are finished there won't be any Welfare State to worry about protecting.
However if you want to waltz into Spain or France and start claiming their benefits or have you teeth done on the cheap in Poland there's nothing stopping you.
The EU immigration door swings both ways.
The real loss in sovereign powers has come from the political parties all becoming the same with different colour rosettes.
If you can't vote for different policies apathy sets in an people just don't bother voting at all leading to the brain damaged cartoons we have for a political class at the moment.
It's why I'm voting yes for Scottish Independence.
The results of every election in Scotland since the 1950s has had zero impact on who gets in at Westminster.
We have one Tory MP (we have more Pandas).