Two important facts

Dear PPc

1. We are in the midst of a severe recession, making for job losses on an ever increasing scale, with ensuing hardship and negative economic prospects due the UK's massive debt obligations.  But at the same time British taxpayers are obliged to pay the EU's staggering costs.

The Taxpayer's Alliance and other groups confirm that the total cost to Britain, once the harmful impacts of its many policies, regulations and "directives" have been taken into account, is in the region of £118 Billion per year.  That is, £1.968 for every man, woman, and child in the UK - a life-changing amount of money for millions who are struggling to make ends meet.

Up front we paid the EU £16,398 million of taxpayers’ money directly in 2008: £650 for every person, or £45 million a day.

2. It is well known that about 80% of our laws emanate from the EU Commission, not from our own Parliament.  The latter merely rubber-stamp them.  The Commission is neither elected, nor even electable, nor accountable to us.  This has disenfranchised the electorate in the UK, and is a denial of the most basic democratic principles.  Why then should we vote for any political party in the coming election?

So, The cost of the EU, and the democratic deficit are massively important issues.

As the PPC for this constituency what will you do, to reverse this unacceptable situation should you be elected to office - irrespective of your party's official policy on these?  At present we virtually have a one-party state on EU issues.

Your answer to these two basic points will be crucial, determining who, or which party, I and many other voters will opt for. What is your position please?

** For your guidance - Mr Dominic Grieve, Conservative MP declared in October 2009: (quote)
"There is no more fundamental right in a democracy than that people should have the ability to choose the people who represent them. We must ensure that this right is not jeopardised". **

Your reply, or non reply will be noted with interest.  With thanks.

Graham Wood
 
 
Dear Graham,
 
I take your points, which are welcome.  So far as I (and UKIP) are concerned, there can be no compromise.  We must not rest until Britain is out of the EU, and recovers her freedom.  Our massive interest payable on the national debt, which has arisen owing to Gordon Brown's financial illiteracy (cf his selling of our gold reserves, in a way calculated to bring down the value!), could be met by the money we'd save by no longer paying massive annual tribute to the corrupt EU bureaucracy.
 
I'm glad you put these figures before us, which tell a sorry tale.
 
Nikolai Tolstoy