Brexit - To Remain or Not to Remain

Brexit – To Remain or Not to Remain.

 

To remain or not to remain, that was the question. Whether it would be better for the UK and its people to continue the indignity of being a subordinate member of a mostly Franco-German controlled EU run by unelected bureaucrats based in Brussels or to take the decision to leave and once again play a role on the worldwide stage as an independent self governing country, before it was too late.

 

In the People’s Vote, which was a Referendum held on 26^th.June 2016, which we were promised would be a once only vote, free from political influence, the outcome of which would be honoured and acted upon, and which no person, group of persons, Government, organisation or MPs could change, only 35 percent of the population voted to remain. ( Brexit -The Real Majority )

 

The REMAIN campaigners, who seem to be concentrated in the M25 bubble, and who appear to have personal interests in continued membership of the EU and believe that they alone know better what is best for the UK and its people, drastically underestimated the feeling in the rest of the UK.

 

The 65 percent of the population, who support LEAVE, include the silent majority who finally had a chance to have a say in their future, not constantly being told what they can and cannot do. They were not idiotic, moronic, misinformed and too stupid to understand as claimed by Remainers, but mostly well informed patriotic citizens, who do not like being bullied or talked down to, but based their decisions on over 40 years of membership and how it has affected and shaped their lives and communities and what sort of future they see and would like for themselves and their families.

 

We voted to Leave the EU and the question had nothing to do with how. We didn’t vote to leave the EU if Brussels would allow us to, we didn’t vote to leave but still be controlled by Brussels, therefore the only question that should act as an attention grabber is, when we leave, do the 27 other countries want to continue to supply us with the  £20.8 billion worth of goods and services each month, £7 billion over and above what we supply to them, or not? If so then they are running out of time to come up with an offer acceptable to us before we have to seriously start looking at alternatives.

 

It is time that all politicians started to put the UK FIRST.

 

James Hancock.

 

Ormskirk.                                                                                                     Ref: B84303

 

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Brexit - The People have Spoken.

Brexit - The People have Spoken.

 

The people have spoken and the Government claims to have heard them. The main problem is that being heard is one thing but being listened to is something entirely different. I would have thought that Theresa May, the Prime Minister, would have received the message from her snap general election, that the ordinary people were not happy with the fact that she did not appear to be listening to their concerns.

 

The referendum, on the 26^th. June 2016, was a People’s Vote, where ordinary people had an opportunity to have a say in what was being done in their name. It was non political and the result would be final and acted upon. Out of the 46,501,241 people eligible to vote only 16,141,241 voted to Remain in the EU, that is only 34.7 percent of the electorate. Even in Scotland, where Nicola Sturgen claimed an outright majority, the 1,661,191 who voted Remain only represent 41.7 percent of the electorate. All that Remainers had to do was to get more than 50 percent of the electorate to vote NO and Brexit would have been dead and the last two years would have been entirely different, but they didn’t, and they couldn’t even win the vote on the day.

 

All MPs should be BREXITEERS as virtually NONE of them has the support of the majority of their constituents to support a Remain Agenda. Theresa May, MP for Maidenhead, current Prime Minister, had 44,086 votes Remain which was 53.9 percent on the day but only 43 percent of the constituents. Philip Hammond, MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, current Chancellor, had 20,259 vote Remain which was 45 7 percent on the day and 34.8 percent of the constituents. In his acceptance speech on Election Day he said “I will do my best to represent the interests of my constituents”, or the minority who support his personal agenda.  Anna Soubry, MP for Broxtowe, had 29,672 vote Remain which was 45.5 percent on the day but only 35.5 percent of the constituents, She couldn’t even convince her own constituents to support her point of view and apparently a number are so unhappy that she is not representing them or their views that they are trying to get her deselected.

 

The MPs who campaigned for, and voted for, Remain now have an obligation and responsibility to support the UK as it leaves the EU. Of course we welcome them using their knowledge and experience to ask questions and encourage debate to ensure that we leave with the best of terms, but at the end of the day they have no authority to try to reverse or block the outcome.

 

The question isn’t if we leave but how, and the best way to do it putting the interests of the UK and its people FIRST.

 

James Hancock                                                                                           

 

The Voice of a Common Man.                                                                    Ref: B83401

 

jh.acm@btinternet.com                      

Brexit – Independence with No EU strings.

Who asked Mrs. May to negotiate a deal on our behalf with the EU. When she was elected to be the Prime Minister it was to replace David Cameron who had failed to negotiate acceptable terms for the UK and had failed to convince the UK that his vision of continued membership of the EU was the right thing for the UK. Mrs. May stood for election to the position knowing that the instruction from the people who she was going to represent was to LEAVE the EU. The Government was entrusted with the responsibility of carrying out the wish of the people and to get a CLEAN BREAK from the EU with NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

The electorate were encouraged by her patriotic approach shown in the Lancaster House speech but it now appears that she has been under direct pressure from Big Business, Big Banks and Financial Institutions, the Rich and Powerful, Bureaucrats, Remain Fanatics and pressure groups through Lobbyists has lost her direction and appears to be following a REMAIN Biased Agenda which is against the wishes of the Ordinary People. It is time for her to be aware of the long term affects of her actions and forget about the so called “friends and partners” who are actually bullies and competitors, and be seen to be putting the interests of the UK and its people FIRST.

We are not leaving Europe, we are leaving the European Union. If it hadn’t been for the UK and its friends  from around the world there wouldn’t be a FREE EUROPE. Too many people spilt their blood and lost their lives to release countries from being controlled and run by Germany for us to turn our back on it.

At the referendum, which was a true Peoples Vote, held on the 26^th. June 2016, the people were offered 2 options, to Remain or to Leave the European Union. The people who voted LEAVE, include the silent majority who finally had a chance to have a say in their future, not constantly being told what they can and cannot do. They were not idiotic, moronic, misinformed and too stupid to understand as claimed by the fanatical Remainers, but mostly well informed patriotic citizens, who do not like being bullied or talked down to, but based their decisions on over 40 years of membership and how it has affected and shaped their lives and communities and what sort of future they see and would like for themselves and their families. They voted to LEAVE and expected it to be a clean break with NO EU STRINGS ATTACHED.

The last gravy train leaves the UK on the 29^th. March 2019, and all those who think that they would prefer to live in a country under EU Rule, The Remain Fanatics, had better be on it because after that time people who continue to promote Remain will be treated like “smoking in public places”, “drink drivers” and others who persist in “antisocial behaviour”.

“When ordinary people do nothing the fanatics take over”. Edmund Burke

James Hancock. A Common Man.

Ormskirk.                                                                                                     Ref: B84807

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BREXIT – 5 MONTHS ON AND WHAT IS HAPPENING ?

 

On the 23^rd. June 2016 the United Kingdom had a Referendum regarding their continued membership of the EU. The people who wanted us to stay in the single market and allow the free movement of people, while continuing to be controlled by the EU, voted REMAIN and they LOST. The people who wanted immigration restricting and controlling, even if it meant not having direct access to the single market, and control of our own affairs voted LEAVE and they WON with a decisive majority. The Government were given a clear mandate to get on with the task so why are they listening to winging remainers and lobbyists and not just getting on with carrying out the will of the people.

From what I can see very little has been achieved and this has allowed the remoaners and their supporters to regroup and given others a chance to work on what obstacles they can put in the way of a smooth BREXIT.

We hear so much about the importance of the single market to us, with its 500million customers, but after 40 years we have a monthly deficit of nearly £7billion. You would have expected that we would have developed a healthy trading position rather than a dependency. When we joined the Common Market our manufacturing was 20% of GDP and now it is less than 10% of GDP. The National Debt stands at over £1.78trillion which costs us £48 billion a year just to service.

We need to use the opportunity presented to us by BREXIT to increase our manufacturing base, reduce our dependency on imports, regain control of our trade and government budget deficits, stop uncontrolled borrowing and reduce our debt liability and put the UK back on track to true INDEPENDENCE.

 

James Hancock.

 

A Good Common Man

( Because of what happens when “good men do nothing“ Edmund Burke)

 (E)  jh.r@btinternet.com                                      ( Ref: DE64661)

BREXIT - TIME FOR A LINE IN THE SAND.

BREXIT – TIME FOR A LINE IN THE SAND.

 

Following all the recent messing about of the UK by the EU it is time that our Prime Minister David Cameron drew a line in the sand. It is time for him to face up to reality and to stop visiting his counterparts around the EU with a begging bowl as we all know that the only person’s vote that matters is that of Angler Merkel, as was seen in the vote for Jean-Claude Junker as President of the European Commission, when she decides how to vote the majority, especially those in the eurozone, will follow her example. He should now issue the EU with a list, including the free movement and immigration controls, of the minimum that the UK will accept to consider remaining a member of the EU. He then needs to put on a white shirt, a red, white and blue striped tie, a union flag lapel badge and get on an aeroplane with the union flag on the tail and go and visit some of our friends around the world to show the people of Great Britain that he is fighting for them and not just for himself.

 

He can then stand tall knowing, that while he would prefer the UK to remain a member of what he considers to be a reformed EU and offering him far better future job prospects, that there is a future for the UK outside of the EU and that he is the person to lead us into that future should the people choose that option. At the moment he appears to be spending too much of his time and effort on what appears to be his desired outcome which could mean that an out vote wouldn’t make him the right person to lead the country into a new and exciting future.

 

We are not a federal state of the EU and I feel that if the people decide to remain a member of the EU that is exactly what we will become and our independence, based on a rich history, will be lost for ever.

 

James Hancock.

 

A Good Common Man

( Because of what happens when “good men do nothing“ Edmund Burke)

GOING TO HELL IN A HAND CART.

GOING TO HELL IN A HAND CART.

 

I have read that in 2010 the   Prime Minister David Cameron    “ inherited a country on the brink of financial ruin ” and that he and the Chancellor George Osborne have turned things around to make Britain “ one of the worlds fastest growing economies ”. But at what cost ?  Developing their own personal international reputations and securing their places on the gravy train along side Tony Blair, while giving away our independence.

When they came into office the National Debt stood at below £1 trillion  and now it stands at over £1.5 trillion. That is £1,500 billion, the equivalent of £24,500 for everybody in the UK and it costs us £48 billion a year just to service that debt, paying interest and administration costs, which is 8% of the Government’s budget. By the end of this parliament that cost will have risen to £60 billion for the year 2019/20, nearly 10% of that budget, more than we spend on Education and most our Armed Forces combined. While we have a budget deficit and a trade deficit I can not see how we can stop the national debt from increasing let alone start to reduce it. Instead of smoke and mirrors what happened to living within our means and a policy of transparency.

What ever they claim to do to reduce the National Debt it doesn’t appear to even miss a beat as it continues to increase at what I believe to be about £5,000 per second.. In November, in his statement, he told us how well things were going and how he had managed to find £27billion and how it would benefit everybody. Less than two months later he is giving a warning about the risks the country could face economically in the near future if we don’t follow his advice and stick to his policies.

 

James Hancock.

 

A Good Common Man