I voted to leave the EU and would not change my vote.
The more we see of the EU the more I realise just how right my view was of that unelected elite, building up their pensions at our expense.
Only three countries in the EU have any money that is ourselves, Germany and France, and between the three we contribute most of the money for the other 20 odd Countries.
Take a look a Greece, bailed out of bankruptcy twice, never paid a penny back to the EU, because they just can't. They are not going to leave until they are thrown out, who would when you can keep being bailed out by the rest of the EU, mainly the three economically sound Countries.
Germany is struggling because of the invitation from Angela Merkel to people who made it to Germany to be given citizenship, accommodation, education and health services. This has brought Germany to it's knees. Civil unrest, fighting in the streets.
People need space, people need infrastructures, services and facilities to house, feed, cloth and provide work to sustain orderly economies and societies. An additional six million people arriving in a Country without any of these additional facilities, is political,social and economic disaster in the making.
At the moment we cannot trade with the rest of the world. As we enter the twenty-first century, we must look to the future and have the freedom to trade as we wish.
We cannot be controlled by unelected eurocrats. Look at just how much they are trying to control our elections with their rejection of the government attempts to introduce modern technology and trusted trader status to deal with the Irish boarder, all rejected and visit's to Ireland and London the day before our Local Elections. These are all spoiling tactics. As it turned out it had no effect.
My view is that we should go ahead with our suggestion for the high tech and trusted trader status border between the EU ( Southern Ireland) at the Northern Irish border and see what the EU does.
Does anyone remember that we use to run this country without the EU and we ran it very well. I voted in 1977 to enter a common market and over the last forty years by stealth we are moving towards a United Nations of Europe. No one ever in that forty years asked me or you if all the changes that have gradually crept in and taken us miles away from just a trading agreement that I voted for.
Even our food has to be standardised. The organisation by the EU is dreadful it take up to ten years to negotiate contracts in some cases. Some things that have come out of this EU experiment have been good, health and safety, some food standards and we will keep the good and dispense with the unsuitable for us.
Does anyone remember the shambles of the butter mountains, the milk production that was paid for and the milk poured away for years, and years. All money that we pay out to milk producers from the central pot, being wasted. Farmers paid to have fields lying fallow.
What ever you think about Margaret Thatcher she got that hugh discount on our payment to the EU. David Cameron failed because they simply didn't think they needed to listen to him. This showed the balance of power had changed significantly.
These unelected eurocrats, ignoring an elected representative of the peoples of a sovereign Country. He stood by his word and the EU were really shocked when he did allow the referendum, that was his card up his sleeve, they did not believe he would do it when they ignore the request he made. Well done David Cameron for standing by your word and coming to the people.
It is essential that all British citizens have the right to live and work in a Country where the benefits are for those citizens who have worked and contributed but fallen ill or on hard times, or are ageing.
The NHS must be available for those who have paid National Health Insurance. Can you imagine having a private health insurance and someone who hasn't paid into that Insurance plan just walking into get a new hip. This is exactly what is happening on the NHS, people who do not and have not paid NI are being treated.
The NHS was set up as an insurance funded organisation,free at the point of delivery. It is not free, we pay NI (National Health Insurance). Since 1947 all British citizens have paid into that system through NI from their wages, or businesses. So when people say, that the baby boomers and the aged, because they are living longer are a drain on the NHS, I say, we paid the insurance for what we get now. If you want to save money then you give a bill to those who have no NI insurance unless it is an emergency, then you sort it out after they are seen to.
The other thing that gets on my nerves is that the young are being encouraged to think that they are keeping us in pensions, benefits and healthcare and that sort of thinking is unfair. We worked and put them through education, healthcare and provided a decent society for them to grow up in, by paying our tax and NI for a working lifetime . It's their turn now. That's how it works. I refuse to allow the up coming generations to refer to me because I am ageing as a burden on society.
Back to Brexit. The house of lords is now full of peers that are not hereditary, although there are some still left, about 20%, the rest are cronies from Parliament who are given peerages by Prime Ministers for services rendered to give them a great pension and a daily income of £350 or so pounds.
They are also there to repay their parties as required, which is what is happening now, because there are more labour and liberal ex MP's in the House of Lords, who are voting to bring down Brexit, because they all have a vested interest, their pensions their consultancy fees are mostly earn in the EU and within the EU Commission.
Tony Blair made up more MP's to Peers than any other Prime Minister in history. I don't have the figures but you can look it up.
How dare these unelected Peers attempt to destroy the democracy of this country by blocking the Brexit bill, put together by an elected House of Parliament and an elected Government, for political purposes only. No thought to the democracy of the majority vote.
The democratic principle is majority vote has it, and once this is ignored, overturned in anyway then democracy in this Country is dead. The trust between the voters and Politicians will be gone.
I love this Country, I am proud to be British and I think how good fortune smiled on me that I was born into a country where freedom of speech is respected, freedom to vote and have that vote respected and honoured. Freedom to move around without identity cards. I could go on.
We have always been a tolerant nation, but I am seeing signs that this is being eroded, by Militant groups associated with Corby's labour party, I stress Corbyns labour party. Even people with different views being attacked on line at a most personal level. By all means put a different point of view, but don't resort to personal attack.
Whatever you think about Theresa May, she has stood by the democratic vote. She is being pelted from all sides and she is standing up for democracy. I for one, think if she was a man she would not be getting one half the personal insults that are thrown at her from remainers in the corridors of power.
Power to her elbow.
Lets get behind our Government and democracy and get out of the unelected governance of the EU. If proof was ever needed about the type of power they have over us, then these Brexit negotiations have shown us just how much these unelected eurocrats control us. We can't vote them out, we can't vote them in. What are we thinking about even considering that sort of governance.
I apologies for extending the discussion beyond Brexit a little.
