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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen my name is Alex Casey and today I will be showing why the UK must rid itself of the burden that is the eu.
I will be speaking about the impact of the undemocratic nature of the eu aswell as how a Brexit will solve the devastating impact brought about by the eu’s stronghold on british trade.
The European union is something which can never be democratic. Lets take the european commission. Every single member is appointed, not democratic element whatsoever. Take the council of ministers, all decisions are done by qualified majority voting. However the allocation of these votes is completely disproportional. For example The UK has 29 seats compared to Malta who has 6. That means that per head of Maltese population they have 15 times more influence in the council of ministers than any citizen in the uk does. This isn’t an isolated case with Luxembourg and Cyprus all having a roughly similar population and the same 6 meps each. What kind of a democracy is that? Its not one person one vote. Its just a jerry mandered voting system in which the uk has drawn a very short straw. So not only do they have less say on their own government with substantial power being based in Brussels, they don’t even have a proportional say in the eu! But it gets worse because even when many countries try to stand up against the eu they aren’t listened to. We don’t even have to go very far back to prove this. In 2008 the eu wanted to change their constitution in what was known as the 28th amendment in Ireland. This required a majority decision from every country’s electorate. Or so they said. The referendum was held and we were all given question “should we ratify the the Lisbon treaty.” And nine of us voted no. case closed? No beacause we gave the wrong answer. Then a year later they had another referendum asking the exact same thing. Same again all but one said no. So the eurocrats of Brussels grew tired of this whole lets give people a say nonsense changed the constitution and didn’t allow anyone to vote at all. They simply bypassed this and rushed the treaty along anyway. An unelected body has no repurcusions for not reflecting the will of the people. People who have no political power to oust them or lobby them. So even when the measly few votes Britain has are used against a cause they arent guaranteed to even be respected. If Britain left the eu not only would they have a proportional say in how their government is ran. But they would also benefit from a say that is respected, because the government is elected by the people whom they must satisfy through the passing of just policies. Something which can never exist under eu policy.
Now one of the arguments that you hear from Europhiles is that the democratic loss is outweighed by the gain in trade. They say that the uk needs a political union with the rest of the eu in order to maintain a free trade market. But the fact of the matter is that this is quite simply false. The eu is not the world’s only free trade market just the only one which enforces unquestionable political power on member states. Indeed the Mercosur and NAFTA are examples of trade blocs in which all members benefit greatly from trade financially but who are all still wholly self-governing. Infact all trade between countries has to be approved by the European Comssion directorate general for trade. Heavy trading sanctions placed on trade with Russia imposed by the eu essentially ruin all chance of trade with them. Russia is along with the other BRICS countries (that’s Brazil, India, china and south Africa) the global leaders in demand for imports. These countries combined have six times the population of the eu and spend twice the amount on imports. These are markets which because of our affiliation with the eu can never be utilised. These countries are willing to pay quite handsomely for British products but to date the eu has had talks only with India on bilateral trade, talks which ultimately fell through. Europhiles will try and spin that since joining the eu trade with eu has has risen from 30% in 1970  to 50% as a good thing. ITS NOT. Putting all of your eggs in one basket and risking so much of your GDP on the eu not going belly up is much more risky strategy than a diverse global trading system not as affected by one country. Infact an area known as the European Economic Area (EEA) allows free trade within the eu without having to be in the eu. This could give the uk what it currently gives members like iceland, the best of both. Infact theyre the only country in Europe with trade agreements with all of the brics. If the uk left the eu a trade bloc on a bi lateral or multilateral level with other superpowers or indeed the eu could be formed thus facilitating trade better with other markets. Larger markets means more demand which drives up prices for products benefitting every business across Britain. And in turn injecting money into the uk. If a country with miniscule bargaining power like Iceland can do it there is no doubt what-so-ever that such a politically powerful entity like the uk can get a trade deal similar to if not better than theirs whilst still bringing trading power back to westminister.
The question of today is whether Britain is best represented by their own proud sovereign union jack or simply as another star being drowned out on the ever growing eu flag.
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Immigration is an incredibly import issue that comes about by the eu’s open border policy. All too often the debate focuses on the economic impact of migration with plenty of proof for either side of the argument. But this I feel overshadows the real issues. I believe immigration can be incredibly beneficial. However because of the open border policy immigration is impossible to regulate. And this brings inadvertent problems. The number of people that came into Britain in 2003 was 30000. The number that came in in 2004 surpassed 300000. The number of people fluxuate dramatically year on year and this makes planning anything impossible. If you do not know how many people will come into your country you don’t know how many homes need to be built, you don’t know how many hospitals need building, will you need more schools, how many lanes wide do you make your motorways. And even if you did know how many. Where do you build. It’s a logistical nightmare one which has devastating impacts on infrastructure. Similarly do we not want a boardroom that accurately reflects the world. Why forfeit the possibility of getting some of the best foreign workers in the world in favour of Europeans just because they happen to have a passport from an EU country. Anyone simply by not being from an eu country is automatically given second priority. The world has become so small in recent years and globalisation and diversity is essential. Major cities like London will operate much better with a truly diverse workforce; who can bring their own unique ideas skills and expertise. That means that we need people from all around the world. Where entry to the country is a level playing field. Despite what the media might have you believe there is a world beyond Europe. Why limit our options?? Being part of the eu means we must not only compromise on choice but also now have no power of refusal. In every other country we have systems that check for even basic things. Do you have a criminal record?? Having unnecessary criminals in the country puts their lives and security in jeopardy. Being in the eu doesn’t permit even simple background checks, as with the free movement of people aspect of eu policy, immigration can never be regulated. What system would the uk benefit from most? A system whereby the uk can plan for the future and keep their citizens as safe as possible whilst also being able to foster in what makes Britain so unique and that is diversity. Representing the british values on immigration can only be done when Britain controls its immigration. Something impossible under the eu.