A CONFUSING SURVEY

Although many EU-sceptics will be heartened by the survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of the Tax Payers Alliance and Global Vision, as reported in the Sunday Telegraph on the 11th January 2009, in itself the survey was misleading as some of the questions asked could never be part of any deal with the EU.

The thing people misunderstand about the EU is that there is no ‘pick-and-mix’ option, it’s either all or nothing yet surveys such as this give people the false impression that such an option is on offer.

One of the questions asked if people wanted a much looser relationship with the EU, and for the Government to take back powers from Brussels also ending the supremacy of the European Court of Justice over British law. 48 per cent of voters opted for this option whilst 16 per cent chose the realistic option of full withdrawal, which in reality is the only choice which could be made. The sad fact is if we as a nation stay in the EU then we have no choice but to allow EU law to be supreme over British law and our Parliament undermined. Added to this we will also have to accept the inevitable fact that Britain as a free self governing nation in not too many years from now will cease to exist as it will be subsumed into a new nation called Europe or more likely the United States of Europe.

The answer to this lies in the Lisbon Treaty which will give the EU the same awesome powers with the original EU constitution. This treaty, which our Prime Minister has already signed, will give the EU a legal personality, it will transfer the roll of our Prime Minister from being a representative of the UK but to being a representative to the EU. It will also give the EU a full military capability and the right to send in EU troops to quell any unrest in any EU states. In only a few years from now we could be seing EU Gendarmerie forces quelling riots on British streets, breaking up protest marches in Westminster all courtesy of this dreadful treaty. The simple answer the serious EU problem is complete withdrawal from the EU.

Sadly, the Tory leader, David Cameron, is doing everything within his power to prevent debate in the Conservative Party on this issue, like John Clease in Faulty Towers it’s a case of ‘Don’t mention the EU’! But it has got to be mentioned, we have a stark choice stay in and see the end of the UK and democracy, or withdraw and return to Parliamentary democracy and national freedom.

One of the reasons Cameron is trying to avoid debate on this issue is down to the fact he wants the arch Euro fundamentalist Ken Clarke back on his front bench. For many EU-sceptic Tory activists this idea is repulsive, it is also a slap in the face for traditional Tory voters too. The major Tory benefactor, Stuart Wheeler, is threatening to withdraw his fiscal support if Clarke is allowed to darken the Tory front benches again.

This news is good for UKIP which is the only political party with a realistic stance on the EU problem, it wants the UK to withdraw from the EU then negotiate an EFTA type agreement with the EU which would have little option but to agree as the UK is a net importer from the other EU nations.

This poll also showed that 64 per cent of voters wanted to keep our British pound whilst only 24 per cent wanted the EU’s euro. Added to this, it revealed that 10 per cent of Conservatives will be lending their vote to UKIP on June 4th 2009 when the elections to the European Parliament take place.

UKIP, by getting MEPs elected help to block the places that would normally be filled by pro-EU Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats, they also use their positions in the Parliament to expose the EU as UKIP leader, Nigel Farage did when he exposed the newly appointed French EU Commissioner, Jaques Barrot.

The best option this coming summer if people really want to drive a knife into the heart of our EU membership will be to vote for UKIP, the more MEPs UKIP have elected the deeper the knife will go. If you want to support UKIP financially and strike back at the EU then you can donate to UKIP HERE. The bigger the UKIP war chest the harder it will be able to fight for your democracy and freedom.