Wednesday 23 March 2016

Economic Argument for Brexit from NWW

With some financial reports from reputable sources saying one thing, others the exact opposite, the financial projections from various angles appear to cancel each other out. unsure emoticon
The decision becomes more complex, for those who are yet undecided, with a need to be weighing in other factors - such as ties to the Commonwealth, democratic accountability, and the Sovereignty of Parliament versus being part of the eventual European_Super_State_To_Come.
The average UK citizen could be $30,000 (£21,000) better off by 2020 than they are today if Britain voted to leave the EU, research by New World Wealth
CITYAM.COM|BY KASMIRA JEFFORD

European Security Co-operation

Today, the European Commission President suggested that EU nations needed to integrate their security services to tackle the menace of Islamist attackers such as the fanatics behind the Brussels outrage.

But Ukip last night rubbished his idea as "literally mad".

My analysis is that Jean Claude Juncker is ultimately correct. Without integration of services, and standardised protocols, with full intra and inter-service co-operation, there is little chance of decreasing anti-Humanist terror in Europe. The experience of the UK is instructive - where it took decades of dealing with Irish Nationalist terrorists to force the silos of the various security services that operate in the UK to be broken down and replaced with systematic security co-operation between forces and services. This has yet to take place within the individual European countries - so it is a long, long call that Juncker is making - as the internal intra-national problems with European security co-ordination need to be addressed first. Only after that can the next, inevitable step towards a truly Federal Europe be taken.

The question is, does the UK want to be part of this European Superstate To Come?

The UK can engage in effective intelligence sharing with the EU, without belonging to it. Israel currently does this, as does Turkey, and the other states beyond the EU that border the Mediterranean.

Sunday 13 March 2016

Turkey and the EU

If the EU gives the Turks visa waivers to enter Europe, as a pay-off to the Turks keeping the refugees from the Middle East from crossing into Europe, it will be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
We did not elect a government in the UK to do this, but it looks like it is going to happen anyway, and even if the UK objects, qualified majority voting will ensure our objection is over-ruled.
The EU Treaties by law, drive the EU towards ever closer union, to a United States of Europe. Cameron's opt-out from 'ever closer union' will have no effect on this historical progression.
The momentum is there, and so far, no equal and opposite force opposes it.
It looks increasingly like the refugee crisis will be used as a mechanism for ratcheting up Turkish integration, and this is a one way street - the EU doesn't readily un-do integration.
What does it matter to us if Turkey is not 'in' the EU, with a seat or two on the Council of Ministers, and its Prime Minister sitting on the Consilium , with a score of MEPs in the European Parliament, if there is freedom of movement for Turks across Europe?
On the ground, it will amount to the same thing, in practical terms. Once the Turks are free to move where they want across Europe, then they are 'in'. To say otherwise is semantics.

Brexit

One reason why I am in favour of Brexit, is the irrational way the Secretary of State for the Home Department is dealing with non EU migrants. Any Joe Soap can come in as an EU citizen, and she has no power over them, but residents of the former colonies are pushed away, or set unrealistically high barriers to entry. This is to the detriment of the UK, and many skilled people with a strong cultural affinity with the UK will be driven out, or discouraged from coming in the first place. Europeans, most with no cultural links to the UK, will be given a free entry pass. The solution is to control all immigration, including EU immigration, with some kind of points based system, that is fair to all, regardless of where they come from. This can only be done if the UK leaves the European Union. While this clamp-down on non EU migrants is happening, the EU is about to grant visa free entry to the Turks. None of this makes any sense whatsoever.