Most British people want to leave the European Union
The triumph of UKIP and to a lesser extent the Conservatives in the European Elections has shown yet again what public opinion polls have shown for some time. The public is hostile to the EU and a large proportion want to leave. The Conservatives were promising a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and UKIP wanted to leave altogether. Given the choice, and a campaign in which the issues are properly discussed, most people would vote to leave.
The Irish have not yet been bludgeoned by the European Union into reversing their No vote on the Lisbon Treaty - the EU Constitution. Cameron has promised a referendum if the Lisbon treaty has not been ratified when (if) a Conservative Government takes over. So it's worth keeping up the pressure on the Conservatives to honour their pledge.
Most British people have had enough of the EU - we should get out.
More Jobs, More Trade when we’ve Left the EU
The politicians’ claim that leaving the EU will cost us jobs and trade is false.
- Freeing Britain from costly EU red tape will get Britain out of recession and back to work.
- If we stop paying billions of pounds to the EU, we could cut taxes and boost our economy.
The European Commission itself forecasts EU economic decline. The EU share of world trade will decrease from 18% in 2002 to 10% in 2050. Its share of world GDP will fall from 35% in 2004 to 14% in 2050.
The single market and the euro have failed to boost EU trade, jobs and growth, according to a devastating report on the EU from an official French think-tank
We could have a free trade agreement with the EU. We buy more from them than they buy from us –over £3bn more every month.
The common claim that 3 million British jobs depend on our membership is false – it assumes that EU/UK trade would cease altogether, which is nonsense.
Trade barriers have come down across the world. We have the fifth largest economy in the world - not much smaller than China's. We have traded worldwide with great success for centuries.
The EU Commission itself has estimated that EU regulation costs businesses 600 billion Euros a year, while benefits from the free market are only 180 billion Euros. These costs, plus our £7 billion payments into the EU budget every year, handicap British businesses in creating jobs.
Three quarters of our overseas investment is outside Europe. British businessmen may talk about Europe, but they invest their money where they see growth and profit - outside the EU.
Outside the EU..
In addition to the gain in jobs and trade, we will:
- Control our own borders and set our own immigration rules.
• Reduce the cost of our food, and let British farmers meet market needs by growing what they want. This would directly benefit our poor, who spend more of their income on food.
• Regain control over fishing in our 200 mile territorial waters, and revive our fishing industry.
• Help the Third World with trade and aid in our own way – most of our aid goes through the EU and is wasted.
• Restore our right to govern ourselves.
We can leave the EU. We must leave the EU. |
