1. A QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY
Leaving the EU would offer a chance to put the UK in charge of our own
destiny and laws again — and restore our status as a sovereign nation.
According to the Commons Library, up to 60 per cent of regulations
originate from the EU and the 28-member Commission in Brussels — none of whom
were elected. Britain’s Commissioner, Lord (Jonathan) Hill, is a former
lobbyist and Tory researcher who has never stood for elected office in his
life. Nor had his predecessor, Cathy Ashton, a Labour appointee and Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament official.
2. STRIKING GLOBAL TRADE DEALS
We’d be free to negotiate our own trade deals — especially with the
world’s emerging new economies.
Since we import £89 billion of goods more annually from other EU
countries than we sell to them, the EU stands to lose more than Britain if it
seeks to impose tariffs post-Brexit. We are a crucial export market for
Germany, the EU’s most powerful country, which would be the post-Brexit
deal-maker.
3. JOB MARKET THAT WOULD STILL EXIST
There are an estimated 3.3 million British jobs ‘linked’ to our
membership of the EU. By the same measure, there are more than five million
jobs on the Continent that are linked to trade with Britain. This includes one
million jobs in Germany, 494,000 in France, 309,000 in Italy and 421,000 in
Spain.
4. THE BILLIONS WE GIFT TO BRUSSELS
We pay far more into the EU budget than we get back — making a net
contribution of around £8.5 billion last year (£23 million a day), which is
more than we spend on the police service or border controls.
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