THE MAGICIAN'S ACT - EU OR UK

THE MAGICIAN'S ACT - Monsieur Le Kidologiste...............
To be or not to be....EU or UK ?

If you have ever been to the Theatre to see an Act of Magic, you will have noticed that the Magician tries to distract you, whilst he performs an amazing trick of Magic. He has deceived you by his slight of hand. He has made you concentrate on secondary issues rather than the main issues.
Brilliant you may have said. Or is it,once you know how he has done the trick ?
There is no doubt that David Cameron did his very best to renegotiate better terms for the UK within the EU structure.
He worked hard. He is a decent and excellent Prime Minister.
He has shown courage by giving the BRITISH people a Referendum on whether to stay in or out of the EU. That took guts and honesty. He has both. BUT, there is a big But !

What is the big issue at stake ?

It is that in the seventies, the British People in their Referendum thought that BRITAIN would be joining the EEC - the European Economic Community - a trade agreement.
What has happened since that Referendum has been one large development to a Federal System.
David Cameron will say that he has won a guarantee that BRITAIN will not be forced into an European Super State. Wonderful news is it not ? No. We are already in a Federal System of European Government.

Let me remind you of the facts.

- We are one Vote in the council of Ministers.
- We vote for MEPs to sit in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels. We are a minority voice.
- We are subject to the rules set by the European Commission.
- We are subject to the European Court of Justice.
- The British Parliament is no longer supreme.

Am I not right ? Am I dreaming ? Are we not subject to an European Federal System of Government ? Are we no longer an Independent Nation State ? Is this an European Super State in reality if not in name ?

This is the big issue. To be or not to be....an independent Nation State or one amongst 28 Member States where change is difficult without unanimity of votes on key matters. Look how it had taken 4 years of negotiations across Europe by David Cameron, many meetings through the night, 5am the last meetings, arguments galore. Still, the EU Parliament has to have its say and the individual State Parliaments and Cabinets have to have their say......and what about Public Opinion and oh, the Lawyers........?

I think that I have seen through the Magician's slight of hand trick.
All the GAINS from the recent Brussels renegotiation are subservient to the real issue. To be or not to be........

In the coming IN or OUT debates, we must talk facts - if we get the truth and the facts.......
My verdict remains......

EUROPE......YES
EU................NO

Britain will never turn its back on EUROPE. We will always trade with Europe, live in peace and share common policies with our European friends.
But, please, allow us the chance to run our own affairs for better or for worse. Is that not what DEMOCRACY is all about ?