Arrogance

I wrote in my previous posting about the lack of democracy in this country. On top of the fact that so many of our politicians don't have a clue how to run the country and sort out the mess we are in, so many have an incredible arrogance. This is so true when we look at the issue of the EU.
In so many countries around the world politicians behave with a total disregard to the people who elected them. In many countries those in charge are not elected and don't actually give any thought or have any care for their people.

When you start to look at the issue of our relationship with the EU you will see that those in power think they know best and they think we the people are just a bunch of ignorant idiots. That may sound like sour grapes, but having listened to the likes of; William Hague, David Cameron, Nick clegg, Ed Miliband, etc stating what they think is the best for us, shows that they have complete contempt for those who elected them.

Ed Miliband only yesterday on the BBC refused to rule out Britain joining the euro. I cannot believe this! This man, who is supposed to be intelligent cannot see that the euro is doomed, it is in a complete mess and is dying and he is saying that we could eventually join the euro.

The euro and the European project is just not working, it is a political project that those who rule are determined to make work. They plough on regardless of the damage this is doing to individual countries. Greece has already received two huge bailouts and is on its way to receiving a third, even though there is no chance they will be able to pay its debt.

Italy is sinking fast and the cost of refinancing its debt next year will be £218 billion. The obvious thing to do is let the Greeks, Italians, Spanish, Portuguese and Irish leave this euro prison and devalue their currency. It makes no sense to just keep handing money over to these countries when they cannot devalue. This would then make their exports cheaper and then their economies will start to grow so they could then get back on their feet.

But the arrogance of those in power is only going to bring destruction on the people of these countries. Regardless whether the politicians want this euro project to keep going the financial markets will have the final say, and that is when this project will finally die. I watched an interesting interview with Peter Oborne - journalist on the Daily Telegraph in which he really hammers the EU, it is well worth a watch. If you want to watch it click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxPFZra8MuM

Today Great Britain's MPs will have a vote on whether we have a referendum and they will ignore the people. This does not surprise me, as many are more concerned about their own political career rather than the people they are supposed to represent.

The simple fact is we, the British people have never been given the opportunity to have a say on whether we want this European Union, NEVER! In a series of polls, within the last year shows that given an 'in' or 'out' referendum, half of Britons would vote to leave. Whilst a quarter would vote to stay in. This highlights the total rejection of democracy by those we elected! This shows their complete arrogance! This shows how far this lot are removed from the people they are supposed to represent! And this highlights why so many people feel totally disenfranchised from the political elite!

The government admits that half of British laws with a significant economic impact come from the EU. Be it home affairs, health and safety, tourism to tax from national security to social security. Bernard Jenkins MP was on the BBC this morning stating that the EU costs the British economy upwards of £60 billion a year. The EU dictates to us in so many areas; every year our parliament is forced to implement 3,000 regulations which originate in the EU. Not once in the last 32 years has Britain received more than it paid into the EU. We have a trade deficit with the EU - basically they sell more to us than we sell to them. There is no economic sense to being part of the EU. I could go on and on.

It is about time the British people had a say in who governed them, that does not sound unreasonable. The British government, whether it be this one or the previous one, or the one before that has continually handed more and more power to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. They have never asked us if this is what we want. They have continually lied, they have promised they will give us a referendum, but have never followed through with that promise.

This is why I believe they will never do anything about the EU, and that is why, if the British people really care about this country and are really bothered about who represents them they need to vote for a different party. One that truly represents them and the views of the majority of the people of this country.