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I have discovered a web site Yes to Europe Yes to the Euro. The site does not say who runs it, but they must really be a bunch of morons, because quite incredibly they have a list of “Killer Facts” on one of pages entitled “Yes to Europe, Yes to Sovereignty” they are suggesting that our sovereignty is actually increased by being in the EU.

“As a result of our membership of the European Union individual sovereignty for the average British citizen has increased significantly in the last 30 years”.

How can this be so?

Because, “Sovereignty concerns questions of who makes decisions”.

No it does not you morons it is the ability of the British people to elect their government and for that government to have the full power to make our laws.

“Our membership of the EU has influenced”
• “fundamental personal freedom from the state through the human rights act” oh dear! Never heard of the European Court of Human Rights, do we not understand yet that this is nothing to do with the EU? And just in case there is any doubt British people are born with fundamental freedoms, and the duty of the British state is to protect those freedoms, this has been the case for over a thousand years. Also the ECHR is only applicable in Britain because the final power lies with the British government.

• “the freedom to trade with over 350 million other citizens through the single market” What on earth has that to do with Sovereignty?

• “the freedom to work according to ability rather than race, gender or sexuality” What on earth has that to do with sovereignty?

• “the freedom to enjoy a cleaner environment through common standards”. What on earth has that got to do with Sovereignty?

• “the freedom to travel” doing well so far, five points the first one, totally wrong court, totally wrong organisation, and totally wrong anyway and the other four have no relevance to Sovereignty.

“Joining the euro will not damage your personal sovereignty. Leaving the EU most certainly will”.

Oh goody I can’t wait for the explanation of this suggestion.

“Remaining outside the euro reduces our ability to influence decisions that will help or hinder the sovereignty of British citizens”.

As our sovereignty is the power to elect our government that is absolute rubbish, and as the sovereignty of that government is the power to make decisions, giving that power away will not in any way help our sovereignty.

“When Anti-Europeans talk about sovereignty and the EU they are talking about the power of the British state, not British citizens. They are obsessed with the notion that any change in the way nations make decisions must be bad”.

No we are talking about both because they are one and the same thing, we give power to our government they rule us with our consent we can remove them if we do not like what they have done.

“Pro-Europeans care about people and effective government, not obsessive hostility to change”.

Pro Europeans care about one thing and that is passing power to the Union, why should we wish to change the power we have to elect out government for a lesser power that does not allow us to elect our government?

“Joining the euro means a pooling of the power of the British state over one area of policy, that of setting interest rates”

You cannot pool power you either have it, or you do not, there is no halfway house. At present the Bank of England makes these decisions and it is accountable to the British government who are accountable to the British people

“It means an independent central bank of finance experts based in Frankfurt (many of whom are British), rather than an independent central bank of finance experts in London (many of whom are from other EU countries). This is a small change in the decision making process that better reflects the reality of world money markets”.

The Bank of England is accountable to the British people through the British government the EU Central Bank is an independent institution, that is accountable to the EU, not then fully accountable to the British people, it will also make its decisions on what it considers best for the EU not what is best for Britain.

“No British citizen will have lost any personal sovereignty as a result”

No of course not dear! I think I will go and lie down now if you don’t mind.