We have just celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day and I asked my young local fish and chip shop owner last Saturday; why did we do it? He looked at me curiously so I expounded, why did we invade the coast of France and why did all those men die. He said because we didn’t want to be ruled by the Nazi’s.
I said that we wanted to liberate the countries of Europe and we didn’t want to be ruled by a European superstate run by Germany. He looked at me curiously again. So I explained, where are we now. Ruled by a European superstate driven by Germany, so why did all those men die.
I went on to say that we finished the war in 1945 only for Ted Heath to make all those sacrifices pointless when he signed us up to the EEC in 1973, well knowing that it was the start to a political and economic union of Europe.
Well UKIP was formed in 1993 according to Wikipedia to liberate this country from being governed by this European superstate driven by Germany, and that is 21 years ago, so we have come of age. We have demonstrated this by significant results in 3 recent elections.
The progress towards the EU superstate and the loss of our sovereignty has been insidious. Has been done in miniscule steps, which in themselves seem of no consequence but has led to a steady and inexorable move towards governance by a technocratic and bureaucratic secretariat, known as the European Commission.
Prior to 1973 the elected government of Britain formulated laws with the assistance of the Civil Service together with the steadying hand of the House of Lords and always with the redress of the people through universal suffrage of all adults at General Elections.
In 1972/73 Geoffrey How enacted a little used constitutional tool known as an Enablement Act that would allow laws to be brought into effect without being discussed or approved by Parliament.
This in itself was treasonous as it made it possible for the Civil Service to produce laws and regulations and directives without redress in Parliament. This was followed by the European Act of 1973 signed by Edward Heath, without the consent of the people of this nation, which gave the European civil service, or commission, those same powers.
At a stroke the Conservative government of that time had relinquished the rights and sovereignty of this nation, that millions of people, mainly men, had fought and died for, not only in the Second World War but in the numerous wars preceding it over the centuries.
The Civil Service were no longer the servants of the government or the people and had in effect become Civil Administrators. Being unelected they have gained great power with no redress from ordinary folk.
What sacrifice those who fought had given, what loss of family, heritage, what damaged lives of those left widowed and those who had returned home, too traumatised to ever speak of the horrors. And for what? That Geoffrey Howe and Edward Heath could squander our independence and sovereignty just 28 years later.
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Great article! I only wish we could get this information out there! Looking at your qualifications had me chuckling – Chuka Ummuna MP thinks UKIP supporters are so thick we can’t send emails!
* Stephen Barraclough – The Fish & Chip shop owner looked at me stunned! I can only think that like so many other young people, he had not comprehended what has happened in the recent past and how futile the actions of man could be.
Regards,
Antony Nailer.
My thoughts exactly. It is betrayal to the British people that fought and died for freedom, to have our country handed on a plate to a German/French super state. We have barely finished paying the cost of the two European wars to have our freedom once again put into jeopardy.
We fought for freedom and independence, not dictatorship.
This shows why the Conservative Party cannot be trusted. How can we trust a party that does this to a nation? And, what’s more, the ‘Enablement Act’ sounds like the ‘Enabling Act’ that secured Hitler’s dictatorship long before President Hindenburg’s death. The fact this comparison has not been drawn before is astonishing! Margret Thatcher was a one of a kind, not even a Conservative. She was a libertarian, as was John Major to an extent (a part from on European issues). Grass roots Conservatives make the mistake of thinking that Thatcher and Peel define the Conservative Party. They do not. Heath, Howe and Disraeli define the Conservatives. Spiteful opportunists, seeing their view as the only view worth knowing. Turn to UKIP for Margret Thatcher and Robert Peel, turn away from the Conservatives.
Flippantly: he could have rounded off the piece by giving us the F&C man’s reaction as he started it off with him!
* Simon Balnchard – It is not only the Conservatives, as Labour has taken every opportunity to sign us further in. Maybe there is some underlying message in the Philosophy Politics & Economics (PPE) degrees that the majority of cabinet and shadow cabinet have studied, that has indoctrinated them into the European project.
** Robert Wilkin – Harold Wilson also studied PPE.
*** Hugo van Randwyck – Thanks for pointing me to the succinct Bruges Group document on comparison of membership of EFTA/EEA and EU/EEA. Excellent
Regards,
Antony Nailer.
EU has promised a total of €1.61bn of aid for the Ukraine. It’s not even in the EU. The EU needs to sort out it’s own mess before getting involved in the Russian Sphere of influence.
It’s a bribe, an encouragement to join the EU in it’s ever greedy expansion.
Britain left the European Free Trade Association – EFTA, in 1973. The referendum in 1975 did not ask the public if they wanted to rejoin EFTA, instead it asked if the public wanted to leave the common market. It is important to offer a positive alternative, in a referendum, so people can make an easy comparison between now and the alternative. EFTA, is still going, and doing well, Norway is in EFTA and has 3.5% unemployment. Here is a link to a leaflet showing the benefits of switching to EFTA:
http://web.archive.org/web/20141022180846/http://www.brugesgroup.com/eu/the-viable-alternatives-to-eu-membership.html?keyword=16
Click to see the full leaflet. EFTA also have a website http://www.efta.int
A possible referendum question – that we could win – could be:
‘Do you believe Britain should join the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and remain a member of the Single Market/EEA (European Economic Area)?’
Yes___
No___
Offering a positive working, successful alternative.
Worth remembering that it was Labour’s Wilson who “renegotiated” the terms agreed by Heath and then told us all it was OK now and we should vote Yes in his follow-up referendum (which we did). Sound familiar?
And yesterdays news:- US sends B2 bombers into Europe. In order to foster war with Russia no doubt.
http://rt.com/news/164688-b2-bombers-deployed-europe/
I’ve found this comment today which struck a chord with me. It describes the Tory party over the last 40/50 years. Ted Heath, Hurd and Howe did this betrayal, but they had the whole Tory party machine working on this treason.
“I’ve been saying this for years – that the Tory Party is the most malicious party in politics today. They have been playing their members and voters along for years claiming to be the natural home for patriotic Brits and eurosceptics throughout the country when in fact they are probably the most anti-British pro-EU led party you could ever hope to imagine – its this deliberate deception that makes me label them as the malicious party. I loathe both Labour and the LibDems – but at least they dont pretend to be something they are not where the EU is concerned – both are pretty open about their plans to hand over the UK to Brussels – while the Tory party deviously pretend to be standing up for Britain and British values while working tirelessly behind the scenes to continue the dismantling of everything we the British people hold dear about old blighty and advance our integration into the EUSSR while maintaining the fake patriotic eurosceptic image for the public.” DrWatt said.