The Price of Joining the Madhouse
by Phillip Day
- To supporters of Britain in the EU -
Please read the summary below and
see if you are willing to pay it
"There are some in this country who fear that in going into Europe we shall in some way sacrifice independence and sovereignty. These fears, I need hardly say, are completely unjustified." - Edward Heath, televised broadcast, January 1973
* Britain's EU membership between 1972 and 1997 has cost you, the British taxpayer, a breathtaking £235 BILLION. Our yearly gross contribution to the EU is currently about £11 billion, or approximately £1.25 million every hour.
* Most British people have a deep suspicion of the EU, but know next to nothing about how it works, how it affects them now or in the future.
* Polls show that the majority of the British people are fed up with the constant evidence of our country being manipulated and invaded at will by this European 'government of occupation'. A Mori poll indicates that 60% of the British people would vote to leave the European Union if Britain was compelled to give up the pound in order to remain in the EU.
* It is estimated that joining the euro would cost Britain a minimum of a massive £30 BILLION-PLUS and cause immediate price and tax hikes, just as EMU has done on the Continent.
* Joining the euro would entail handing over to Brussels the remainder of the UK's gold and dollar reserves, all rights to our North Sea oil reserves, the power to set interest rates and, ultimately, the power to raise taxes. The British parliament today can do absolutely nothing to stop unelected Euro commissioners making decisions which will damage or threaten to destroy our economy.
* The idea of a British referendum on joining the euro is loosening up the public to the possibility that we can say 'yes' to a single Europe without the citizenry even being aware of what they would be signing away. Of course, no mention is made of the fact that we would not be able to withdraw if economic union proved to be a disaster, as many economists in Britain believe it will be.
* It is by no means certain that the British will be given a chance to vote in a referendum on joining the euro.
* The blizzard of EU directives now exceeds 40,000. The UK must comply with each one of them, however idiotic, which we hopelessly try to do. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. You have been legally and duly notified. Each of these new regulations pushes up the cost of doing business and hampers administration in unproductive record-keeping and other duties.
* For a federalised system of nations to work in Europe, there must be free mobility of labour within the Eurozone, such as one finds in Canada, USA and Australia. In Europe, there is no such mobility of labour, chiefly because of the language restrictions. Many asylum seekers coming into Britain from abroad, for instance, do not speak English, and once in Britain, are disinclined to absorb themselves into British culture. During their applications for asylum, many just disappear into British society and remain undetected, living off state handouts, many under false identities.
* As Britain continues to trade globally, the leashes imposed upon her by Brussels are increasingly starting to chafe. Britain's economy continues to diverge from that of the EU, while converging with that of the USA through our heavy trading of the US dollar. This is the reason why the pound tracks the dollar naturally, but moves away from the euro.
* The European Union's highly regulated business environment is proving disastrous for its own trade and job creation abilities, which have remained stagnant for the past decade. Britain continues to thrive and create jobs using her outward-looking, free-market approach.
* The war option for Britain to free herself from the
EU if things don't work out is in fact no option at all, since our military
will be integrated with the European Army and mostly controlled by foreign
commanders. Armed insurrection would be a civilian's only military option,
and this would be dealt with expeditiously by EU commanders, anxious that
the rebellion doesn't spread to other disaffected member states. No landing
craft would be required this time. Troops and armour could be put through
the Channel Tunnel in a matter of hours while Britain slept.
* The EU is drafting measures making it illegal for Britain to desert
the EU, if she chooses to do so in the future.
* People who are suspicious of the European Union are
described variously by the UK minority pushing it as 'isolationist', 'xenophobic',
'racist' and 'warmongering'. The irony is rich that these slurs are used
against ordinary, decent citizens who simply want Britain to remain independent
and self-governing.
* No British parliament is legally allowed to pass laws which will bind
its successor. This is a cornerstone of British government. Yet successive
British politicians have acted knowingly and illegally in 'ratifying'
EU laws that have no provision to be repealed by future UK governments.
* Amazingly, the process used by the Council of Ministers to select the EU Commission's president IS UNKNOWN, since proceedings conducted by the Council are never made public. The EU public has no say whatsoever in either the selection or nomination of this person.
* The EU Commission is made up of commissioners submitted by each member state, with a maximum of two per country. At the time of writing, the British commissioners are Neil Kinnock and Chris Patten. It is intended that the selection of these commissioners, which currently resides with each member state, shall in the future be decided by the EU government directly. Which means that future British commissioners need not be British.
* The EU's only leadership is 'rule by regulation'. When British people hear about idiotic new EU laws and regulations slewing onto the books, they are witnessing the traditional, centuries-old continental way of doing things. In other words, the individual in the new Europe has no rights save those specifically granted to him by the state. These can be withdrawn if required.
* The EU's very framework of operation makes it an enemy of the sovereign nation state. Every law enacted serves to undermine a member state's independence, hence the valuable check and balance system of nations keeping others in order is lost. This process of Brussels gaining power and never returning it to the member state is known as the acquis communautaire, or 'ratchet'.
* In spite of the fact that the British government is supposed to be the representative of the British people, citizens have never been asked to agree to the loss of their sovereign nation. Most are horrified to learn how far the whole process has advanced. Many British families lost loved ones during two world wars who died fighting to destroy the dictatorial aspirations of just such a continental power.
* The EU is a potential time bomb for a third European war. If the EU were ever to be dominated by a ruthless élite, the type of laws now on the books would give any heartless government with tyrannical expectations total control to harass and even kill its citizens and seize their property as it saw fit, as the world witnessed with Nazi Germany. Member states no longer wishing to be party to a federal Europe would be unable to free themselves and regain their independence.
* Greenland left the EU and is now an independent nation governing its own affairs. This proves that leaving the EU is still an option prior to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
* Switzerland, with all its banks, has resolutely refused to join the EU. So has Norway and Iceland. These nations are doing well and in control of their own affairs, industry, territorial waters (where applicable) and borders today.
* As Britain is a signatory to the five treaties, the EU is legally entitled to dictate the racial mix of those living in the UK to suit its own purposes.
* Full integration with the EU would homogenise the British way of life by pushing forward the EU's program of multiculturalism. Many of the things that make Britain unique will disappear.
* The 1992 Maastricht Treaty abolished British citizenship
and enrolled us as citizens of the EU, whether we liked it or not.
* The EU is made up at present of 22 unelected commissioners who call
the shots and a quasi-democratic 'parliament' of MEPs who don't. Most
MEPs recognise that they are powerless to intervene with Commission decisions,
which are usually presented to the parliament as a fait accompli, merely
requiring the imprimatur of MEPs to serve the outward appearance of democracy.
* Maastricht has also entitled the EU to lay claim to our North Sea oil reserves, which could amount to half a trillion dollars of future British business.
* The Franco-German axis dominates the European Union. The combined voting powers of these two nations within the EU, coupled with Italy, which invariably votes with France and Germany, gives this bloc the power to tell everyone else in the Community how to run their affairs. Britain is unable to gain the support of other nations with meaningful voting powers, and thus is powerless to exercise what vetoes she has left against legislation which will damage her.
* The German and French political way of doing things has invariably ended in bloodshed and devastation, as history repeatedly demonstrates. The long-suffering German and French peoples are always the first victims of their own politicians.
* None of the politicians running the core mechanisms of the EU, i.e. Commission, the European Central Bank and the European Court of Justice, are elected, nor ever will be.
* In Britain, the state does not exist in its own right, but is granted powers by the electorate. Thus the state serves the people. In the European Union, the state exists in its own right, grants privileges to the citizen (which can be withdrawn) and thus rules the people.
* Under Britain's present parliamentary system, 100% of the MPs in Westminster can be voted in, or equally voted out by the British public. As more power is transferred and Britain's 12 regions come under the direct rule of Brussels, Westminster and its parliamentary system will become redundant.
* In Europe, EU ministers are not answerable to the people for their actions, and, while the parliament technically can be dismissed, the real power lies with the Commission, European Central Bank and the European Court of Justice, which are permanent and unaccountable institutions whose members are unelected.
* In Britain, detailed transcripts are recorded of parliamentary matters and published for all to see (Hansard). In the EU, few of the proceedings are generally recorded or even made available for public scrutiny.
* The purse-strings to the EU economy are held by the European Central Bank (ECB), which is comprised largely of mediocre politicians, not bankers. Records of their meetings and decisions remain secret for 16 years, yet these are the people who are increasingly governing how Britain does business, and will, after monetary integration, be in total control. If you don't like what they do to the British economy in the future, there's nothing you can do about it.
* The EU has no legal checks and balances which govern whether or not its many departments are acting legally. The EU system is autocratic, self-regulating, fundamentally corrupt, undemocratic, and differs little from the 'Soviet' style of rule.
* The British system of government gives the people the chance to say 'no' in a public debate. The EU system of government invites no public debate at all.
* The EU Parliament itself is nothing more than an endorsement forum for the Commission and has very little influence or power. Informed, in-depth discussion on any issues does not exist within the European Parliament. MEPs have little opportunity to examine the enormous amount of legislation that is churned out by the Council and Commission daily.
* The sham of the EU parliamentary voting procedure has appalled many honest MEPs. Resolutions are put up for vote and MEPs cast their votes at unbelievable speed, packing the House to qualify for their allowances. Most have no idea what they are voting on. Many don't care.
* The EU has introduced state powers which are designed to ban political parties of which it disapproves, or which oppose the EU.
* The EU has passed laws against 'racism' and 'xenophobia', which are so arbitrary, they could be applied to any individual, group or party which disapproves of the EU.
* The EU can suspend voting rights to 'punish' any member state not conforming to EU orthodoxy. Meanwhile, the beleaguered member state is still required to pay its EU dues as if it were a full voting member. This is 'taxation without representation', the very reason the American colonies seceded from Britain and went to war for their independence in 1776.
* The EU is setting up its own European Army for the defence of the continent, to which member states will contribute troops, including Britain. This means that British troops can and will be given orders by foreign commanders to carry out tasks, if necessary, against the British people. They will be powerless to disobey.
* The EU represents the victory of the beliefs of a liberal-socialist minority who have traditionally sought to establish 'heaven on earth' through autocratic rule. The EU sees the need to close every loophole, regulate, control, change and conform everything to its own image of the future, regardless of public dissent, which it arrogantly ignores.
* The EU sees removing every risk from life as part of its goal to create 'heaven on earth'. Thus a plethora of directives has been passed to control a citizen's life down to the finest detail.
* The EU believes it is fundamentally right in all the political and financial objectives it imposes upon its populations. If one directive fails to get passed, its supporters will simply come back, time and time again, until it is eventually passed.
* The European Union is proposing to:
· Ban over 300 natural ingredients from free sale;
· Restrict the dosage level of 'approved' nutrients to levels that
will render them ineffective;
· Ban herbal remedies for no other reason than that they don't
have a 30-year history of use;
· Ban any statements about the effectiveness of nutrients in dealing
with disease;
· Give governments the right to re-classify safe and effective
natural remedies as medicines - at will.
* The EU's inept Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been responsible for destroying the British fishing industry, and giving our fishing rights to others. The effects of its abysmal Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have spelled death to British farming, while at the same time enriching European farmers, especially the French, for whose benefit the CAP was originally introduced.
* The EU is abolishing trial by jury and the presumption of innocence under the justice system being introduced in Britain. Once the new system is in place, an indicted individual will have his case heard by a professional tribunal and be required to prove his innocence against the combined machinery of the state.
* The ECJ is removing the 'double jeopardy' safeguard. For centuries, British law has held that if a person is found innocent of committing a crime, they cannot be tried again for the same offence. Henceforth, under corpus juris law, the ECJ has granted itself the 'right' to come back at an individual time and again with the same charge, using all its considerable 'legal' apparati, until it secures the required conviction. Jack Straw, the British Home Secretary, has already given prosecutors the right to appeal against a not-guilty verdict.
* Under new legislation, actions pursued by those who disagree with the EU can be labelled seditious, treasonous and even blasphemous.
* A British citizen will henceforth be liable to summary arrest and extradition to a foreign country without any evidence being presented to a court. No prima facie evidence need be presented to a court or the victim to support such charges.
* In the EU's apparent attempt to combat football hooliganism, the potential already exists to arrest a person even on suspicion that they may have committed, or might, in the future, commit a crime.
* Under British law, a law enforcement officer or the public prosecutor must place evidence before a court within 24 hours of a citizen's arrest, detailing the charges being brought against him or her. Under EU law, the police and prosecution have become one entity, and all proceedings may be conducted in secret. These measures have already been endorsed by British politicians.
* Under ECJ law, past offences committed by the accused will be raked up against him and used to justify why he committed the crime for which he is accused. Under British law, this information is only made available to the court after the verdict, in order to secure a fair trial.
* Under Article 8 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, members of the new federal 'Europol' are "immune from legal process of any kind for acts performed… in the exercise of their official functions." Thus, no Europol officer can be charged or brought to trial for false imprisonment, violence against a suspect, the destruction or seizure of private property, or harassment of any individual.
* Europol has been given powers to operate anywhere within the Eurozone, including Britain, with complete impunity. They have the power of summary arrest and extradition, in spite of existing British laws, which specifically prohibit such action. Under the power of international treaty, British law is superseded.
* Ironically, or perhaps not so, Europol's main base of operations is quartered in the old Gestapo headquarters building in The Hague. Eventually Europol will have thousands of armed officers able to operate throughout the Eurozone with complete impunity.
* Europol has been amassing records on hundreds of thousands of European citizens. None of this information is ever made public. Europol has the power, under EU law, to instruct British police authorities to investigate anyone in Britain the EU deems a danger to law and order.
Are
you and your family willing to risk
any of this with no hope of recourse?
© Copyright 2003 Phillip Day
Extracted from Ten Minutes to Midnight
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