For many in the UK, I think this guy says it all in regards of the European Union.
By RUPERT LOWE.
By RUPERT LOWE.
Quote:Good riddance to an outdated protectionist racket, says (newly jobless!) MEP Rupert Lowe.The Express:
'At 11pm last night I, and millions of others, raised a glass to the United Kingdom finally leaving the
European Union and becoming an independent, sovereign state once again.
For me, it was the culmination of more than 20 years of hard work that began fighting alongside
Sir Jimmy Goldsmith to keep the pound and finished with Nigel Farage battling to deliver Brexit
through his work with UKIP and the inspired formation of the Brexit Party.
We successfully saved the pound and, with a couple of important caveats, we will have a Brexit that
was worth fighting for. Boris Johnson’s deal is not perfect, Barnier and Macron’s backing should
ring alarm bells for any Brexiteer!
However, Nigel and the Brexit Party extracted a promise from Boris that the transition period would
not be extended and our final destination would be one of freedom and independence.
Before I was elected as an MEP, my opinion of the European Union was that it was a sclerotic,
authoritarian nightmare that only served to drag the UK down.
After 7 months in office, I can confirm that I was far too kind - it is an outdated protectionist racket.
Over my 45 years in business, from football clubs to farming, stockbroking to health centres, I have
never encountered such waste and corruption.
As a member of the Budget Committee in the European Parliament, I frequently pointed out the
hypocrisy and extravagant excess only to be met with insults and sneers.
I wouldn’t trust any of them to run a tuck shop never mind a multi-billion budget.
Tens of millions of Brits work hard, long hours and pay their taxes expecting to see better schools,
roads and hospitals. For too long we have sent hundreds of millions of pounds a week to these
self-indulgent eurocrats who splurge the money on vanity projects and EU propaganda.
Since Boris Johnson’s election win the mood in Parliament has shifted from smug entitlement to
genuine panic. The Brits and the Germans have financed this project for decades and now the
cash cow is leaving they do not know what to do.
We are one of the biggest economies in the world; they are not dealing with Greenland now, the
only country to leave before. Any businessperson worth their salt will tell you if you are losing such
a huge income stream that cuts have to be made.
Nevertheless, the answer in Brussels is the same as always- more Europe and more money.
For many in the Parliament they are in a state of Brexit denial. Our vote to leave the European Union
was a devastating blow to their mission but the euro-federalists will not accept any criticism.
Outside the Parliament, they recently installed figures of Ostriches with their heads in the sand;
you have to admire the humour and awareness of the sculptor!
For all of their insults and abuse the Parliament will be a worse place without Nigel and the Brits.
We bring good humour, pragmatism and a sense of humility that the place will sorely lack without us.
There are brave MEPs left fighting the establishment, Carles Puigdemont the Catalan separatist,
Eurosceptic colleagues from Italy, Croatia, France etc, but unfortunately their numbers aren’t great
enough yet to effect real change.
Make no mistake however; this project is destined to fail. Centrally planned, bureaucratic super
states always do. The best thing that we can do now is to make a stonking success of Brexit and
show EU member states that another way is possible.
When they finally decide to regain their own freedom and independence, they will always have a
friend and ally in the United Kingdom.
We might be leaving the EU, but we are very much part of Europe!...'
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