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May I apologies first of all to my reader as you are expecting me to be setting out all the incontrovertible reasons why we should be voting to stay in the European Union. Unfortunately, the more I have listened  to Dave and his pals waxing lyrical about the merits of being part of a group of 28 like minded Countries all striving for the good of all, the more of a fantasy it becomes. The more celebrities that are being wheeled out to tell us we should vote to stay in, the more damage is being done to the remain campaign .We have religious leaders invoking the support of the deity, scientists like Stephen Hawking telling us it will be catastrophic for science, but then he is an expert in black holes like the EU economy. They are all easily exposed for their short term self interest rather than supporting what is best for the United Kingdom for generations to come. That is what this vote is about, what is best for the United KIngdom for generations to come and I make no apology for repeating it. The major issue is one of our right to govern ourselves through our elected representatives and not be subservient to un-elected outsiders interfering and telling us how to live. This concept can be described as Sovereignty, Freedom or even Democracy but those emotive words seem to be disapproved of by the remain faction who argue that loss of those principles is OK because of the economic advantages. In other words they have a price and we should sell them to the EU for improved prosperity, I have great difficulty with that suggestion and long term I do not accept that the proposition is right. The EU is a failing organisation riddled with problems including massive financial demands to prop up its currency, finance its administration and support a large group of economically failing members. The EU also has to  deal with fallible  security, not to mention a horde of immigrants from Countries outside of the Union. The EU has recently decided it will postpone announcement of its budgets until after the UK Referendum, I wonder why? Could it be possible that they will demand a huge contribution from the wealthy member states to pay for their proposed solutions to these problems or that the figures will only increase  the Brexit vote and of course they all want us to stay in. Angela and Francoise have offered to add their voice to the Celebrity list supporting remain but Dave has apparently declined the offer and asked them to keep quiet as he does not believe it would be helpful, again I wonder why? Could it be that their interference will only emphasise the progress towards their aims to follow in the footsteps of former French, German and Spanish leaders to create a European super state.

Boris received an array of flack for mentioning European History and referring to the names of these former European leaders, for the sake of completeness they are Phillip, Napoleon, Wilhelm, Adolf and a few more depending how far back you look. The fact is they all tried to create a European State and on each occasion it lead to disaster and who says history does not repeat itself. Let’s dismiss a thousand years of British History and development as being irrelevant, let’s look to the future and ask ourselves do we want to be governed by a Committee made up of other nations the majority of whom do not speak our language or understand our culture. How much of an effective say can any single  member of a 28 member committee really have, the answer has to be little and incidentally why would a nation wish to subject itself to the control of such an unwieldy and diverse organisation. The organisation that spends millions of Euros on bureaucratic inefficiency like transporting itself from Brussels to Strasbourg just to vote and takes four years to define Chocolate.     Can anyone imagine the U.S.A. accepting Mexico, Canada or Cuba having a say in the formation of their laws or opening their borders to the citizens of 27 other Countries, of course they can’t, so why listen to Barrack, Michael or Donald telling us we must stay in. The reason we are told to do what the representatives of the  U.S.A. say and not what they do is because it suits the U.S.A. and their interests. Can anyone imagine Japan accepting China or South Korea interfering in their lives or opening their borders in a similar way, of course not.

Now let’s spend a minute to consider immigration as we have no say who gets the right to come to the UK if we stay in the EU, we obviously control our borders but EU members can enter the UK provided of course they are not carrying a Kalashnikov or concealing drugs in a bodily orifice. Naturalised citizens of other EU countries will acquire the right to enter the UK so in years to come refugees from Countries outside the EU will be able to enter Great Britain if we stay in. The right to enter the United Kingdom should be controlled by our elected Government of whatever party whether we agree with their policies or we don’t and not by the representatives of those who wish to come here.

When we voted in 1975 to stay in the Union our right to self government was not an issue it was just about trade benefits, the idea of the United States of Europe was not contemplated but now that is top of the European wish list and we should be ensuring we don’t stay in and become just another member with virtually no say in policy. Should we vote to lead the exit from this juggernaut then it is likely to signal the departure of other Nations who will be encouraged by UK confidence and for the concept of a European super state to be buried once and for all.

The European Court of Justice is not the place where laws affecting our nation should be determined, we have the finest Legal system in the world, copied by many but equalled by none. Our Judges are the best qualified persons to apply our laws and our parliament is the venue where those laws should be formulated and enacted, a vote to remain undermines that position irretrievably. Why a British Prime minister who is the leader of the Conservative Party and his pal the head of our purse strings wants to bend their knee to the leaders of other European countries I will never understand, obviously they have no confidence that our institutions can cope on their own and need guidance. Dave must realise from firsthand experience that Britain only gets what the EU thinks it should have rather than what our electorate want. He and his remain cronies feel that we can’t negotiate our own deals as a sovereign nation, whether the vote goes his way or not his term as the Prime minister of the United Kingdom should be over. He continually advocates staying in the EU demonstrating his belief that we are incapable of governing ourselves or that he has no stomach for doing it and dealing with the issues that may occur if we leave, what sort of a leader is that?. If it is true that we have not formulated any contingency plans if we do vote out then that is total incompetence and he and George can certainly not be trusted to continue at the helm.

I have heard that our agriculture will be crippled  without European subsidies and membership, our farmers operated perfectly well before we ever joined the union 40 years ago and in fact have declined significantly during our membership. The British government would be insane not to equal the subsides and support our agriculture for the benefit of us all after we release ourselves from the shackles of the EU directives and regulation. Our fishermen would be substantially better off out of the Union as they would cease to be controlled by EU quotas which allow French fisherman to take virtually twice as many fish out of British territorial waters than UK  fisherman, how preposterous is that.

So having read a lot recently, listened intently and argued at every opportunity I am unable to find any reason to stay in, the scare mongering cements my resolve, being told what to do by so called experts and International leaders makes me very sceptical of their motives. I am more determined to do what is best for the United Kingdom for generations to come and face the problems we will experience when we leave and face them now before matters get even worse and we have a President of the United States of Europe. Surely the uncertainty and even a short term recession, should it happen, are a small price to pay for the ability to self govern for generations to come.