Time we withdrew from The European Union
18-March-2010
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Is it time we withdrew from the Treaty of Rome (The European Union).  When we were originally asked to vote in a referendum the question was whether we wished to remain, not to join as is wrongly thought.  The actual wording was:  Do you think the United Kingdom should stay in the European Community (The Common Market)?


Now you can see by this that no mention was ever made of a Federal Europe, of laws superseding our own, of a common currency, of a Central European Bank, of taking our fishing rights, of applying Federal rules and regulations to our home markets.

I voted against it then because from my perspective it could do nothing but harm.  The analogy I used in my own mind was a simple one, but I feel the simplicity of it holds more weight today than in '75.

Imagine that you are a market stall owner; you buy your produce from many countries because of solid associations you have built up all over the world.  You pay nothing for the privilege of setting your stall up everyday and your customers are many and varied. You also sell much of your produce to the market in the next town at a fair price.

One day, a representative of the market in the next town calls on you.

“Look here,” he says.  “If you join our market, you’ll be part of a pool with greater buying power, sure you’ll need to abide by the rules and we will tell you what you can or cannot buy and sell, you will need to abide by our metric systems and rules and regulations.  You’ll also need to give us access to your suppliers but we won’t give you access to ours.  And the best thing is, you’ll pay us very handsomely for the privilege of joining.”

“What if I don’t join?” Asked the market trader.

The representative hints of a dark future where all his trade will dry up, so the trader, a Mr. Edward Heath, agrees to join.

He forsakes his former suppliers that he has used for many years and this causes then terrible hardships and he joins the new markets traders in the next town.

Ring any bells?


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F*ck me! How much simpler can I put it! August 2009! – 08-2009! – The eighth month of the year two thousand and nine! The paper work went through, while the self important British public where busy licking their own a*se’s! Britain ceased to exist we are now in the European super state. So we are now governed by Europe! They make the rules! Westminster is for the media and the retards! Unless you feel like picking up an AK47 and fighting you are now powerless. Learn to connect the dots England, for f*cks sake!
*Aleedsfella  15-Mar-2010 15:13

 
I think it's about time that this country started to manage its own affairs, instead of rolling over, every time Brussels opens its mouth.
Also, the money that this country loses every year through being a member, and paying faceless Euro MP's wages, would be far better invested in its own country, instead of subsidising others.
The withdrawal from the EU would also put an end to the vast influx of Eastern Europeans, who are putting British workers jobs at risk, as they would have no right being here.
*TEEDEE  15-Mar-2010 14:29

 
we are already governed by Europe ya muppets, The horse has bolted! toooooooooo late! we were all to busy watching x factor and getting p*ssed. British independence ended Aug' 2009, The paper work went through and we are in the European super state,and now they have there one European government they will finish crashing the pound and we can all start spending Euro's. Next stop is the "New World Order" I wanna get off this train. The name Gordon Brown and the term Treason come to mind.
*Aleedsfella  03-Mar-2010 21:44

 
By not having joined the Euro before and allowing freedom to our bankers to lose all our money, the equivalent of 60 years of national savings in a gamble in which we the citizens were not going to benefit from the winnings, we have lost. The Euro partners have thrown us out already. We will drag Spain, Portugal and Greece down with us, maybe Italy too.
*Eurinal Cleaner  02-Mar-2010 07:05

 
remember to take your turn with the vote counter above on this webpage.
*helloimme  01-Mar-2010 21:53

 
“What if I don’t join?” Asked the market trader.

"You're going to have to do most of your trade with us anyway because we're the nearest market, so you'll
sitll have to abide by oru rules"
*1Z  26-Oct-2009 14:52

 
Terry, but if this doesn't happen, won't we as a country be able to get some cash back of the EU when the country launches the lifeboats?
*Gainsborough lad.  26-Oct-2009 07:09

 
I want UKIP in government. They're the only party that will get us out the EU and free us from the bureaucratic and costly mess that being a member has created.
*Terry  26-Oct-2009 03:02

 
May the Koran burn in Hell:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8324869.stm

Why try bothering to introduce democracy into a land which has no history of democracy at all?

Democracy is inconsistent with Islam, the fundamentalist interpretation of same.
*Bad Devilry  25-Oct-2009 15:40

 
Not long ago, the media was full of news from Zimbabwe about a power-crazy despot called Mugabe who would not accept he had been beaten in a "general election".
Our politicians, namely Brown condemned him for ignoring "democracy".
We fought in Iraq so they could live in a "democracy".
We are fighting in Afghanistan to bring "democracy" to their regions.
Blair/Brown "won" an election with a promise to give the British people a referendum on our future in the E.U. starting with the Lisbon treaty.
So far by excuses, bluffing, evading the subject, lying and ignoring this promise, we still have not
got our basic right to a vote from a hypocrite called Brown.
The Irish were made to vote again because Brussels did not like their first-time "No" vote.
This is an example of "democracy" as portrayed by the European Union.
Unless we get out of this dictatorship of Europe, within a few years we will cease to exist as a once great country and just be a small state totally controlled by Brussels.
*A. Noid  16-Oct-2009 15:05

 
Mr Hicks: "Up with the EU, Ignore MikeP, He is nothing more than a Troll, He also has nothing else better to do with his life but spend all day on gripe sites.

Pot... kettle... black!
*Morphy Richards  14-Sep-2009 13:37

 
This country failed to join the Euro monetary system and now we have the largest national debt ever. No one is going to bail us out. Britain is broke. We are the world's future slaves. Sunk as deep as the Bismarck.
*Lucky Britain  14-Sep-2009 13:33


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