ONE SMALL ITEM REVEALS ALL

Reported in the Daily Telegraph on page 2 (25th August 2009), was a snippet entitled: “Video piracy law unenforceable”.

This tiny easily missed and very short article just about sums up every reason why we should be so opposed to membership of the European Union. Although it seems ridiculous, an Act of Parliament has been proven to be unlawful simply for nothing more than the EU was not informed about it. How much more evidence do we need to prove that our elected politicians and our own Government are no longer in control?

Back in 1984 an Act of Parliament, as mentioned above, which was intended to prevent people from selling illegal videos and DVDs and to prevent pornographic material to children, went through all the usual Parliamentary procedures to be passed into British law – but one thing was forgotten – no one told the EU.

For nothing other than that technicality it has just come to light that this statute, which had supposed to be British law to protect British people and British children, has not actually been law – technically it is unenforceable for nothing other than the fact our real masters in the EU, those we do not elect or have any control over, were simply not informed.

Those who have broken this law and been punished over the last 25 years will now be able to seek damages from the Government. This one small item reveals all that is wrong with EU membership – we are not allowed to govern ourselves without first asking the EU for permission. It’s like that old joke: ‘I’m the boss in my house, I have my wife’s permission to say so’! We govern ourselves as long as we ask the EU permission to say so.