Ten facts about the european union

1. It started as a Common Market.
In other words, a free trade area, where governments promise not to tax or obstruct goods from other nations.

2. 10% of the e.u's budget disappears in fraud and bad management.
Somebody correct us; about £300 million per year? 

3. Over 25,000 e.u. laws affect Britain.
The French, Italians, Greeks, and others of similar nature simply ignore the new rules as they always did. 'Law-abiding' citizens of countries such as Germany and the UK do their best to comply, then watch their countries being slowly crippled with red tape. Even some of the new e.u. member states are starting to realise with horror what their politicians have let them in for.

4. 'Laws' are passed in the euro Parliament at approaching 300 laws per hour.
Each MEP can address the european Parliament for 90 seconds. As you may imagine, laws are carefully debated, in the euro Parliament. Most laws are passed by show of hands, counted by the current presiding officer. Once UKIP MEP's cottoned on to this trick, they used their legal entitlement to call for electronic voting, which (surprise, surprise) led to every challenged show-of-hands pass becoming a fail.

5. Despite all the promises made about Treaty renegotiation, not one eurolaw has been repealed.
In fact, our Parliament has no choice under the three treaties- we must enact eurolaws, because our politicians have given the e.u precedence over British law. And under the ratchet of aquis communautaire, once Brussels has legislated in an area, it keeps that right of legislation. Read any Party election promises with that in mind.

6. All three major parties want Britain in the e.u.
Unfortunately for them, over half the population wants no further 'integration'. An increasing percentage of the population want out altogether. About a fifth feel so strongly that they have voted for UKIP. Even tried and tested voters of all parties are starting to leave for UKIP. UKIP is not alone, either: the populations of Europe are starting to gather on the matter.

7. 'Laws' in the euro Parliament are generated by the european Commission.
This group is unelected, cannot be held responsible for their errors, and has a legal protection against all criminal acts. Commissioners take an oath NOT to act in the interests of their own country (Which does not seem to prevent them acting in their OWN interests.) As far as we know, not one law has been introduced into the euro Parliament as a direct result of the wishes of the European people, via their elected MP's and MEP's.

8. The european Court of Justice is biased.
It MUST, under its own rules of formation, find verdicts which lead to 'ever closer union' in Europe. If this means trampling roughshod over common sense and morality, that is what it does.

9. We pour some forty BILLION pounds every year into the e.u.
Some sources quote thirty billion. We get about one third back. Ten billion is ten billion. But: we are told what to spend that ten billion on; and glory of glories, we must match it. Forty billion pounds is a huge 'Independence dividend'. All we need do to claim it is leave the e.u.

10. We can get out if we want to.
We simply convince enough MP's in Parliament, and repeal the European Communities Act 1972. Under British Law, NO ACT OF ANY GOVERNMENT IS BINDING ON ITS SUCCESSORS.

To be continued ...


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