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| Express: Get Britain out of EUrope |
| 2010-11-25 |
| THE Daily Express today becomes the first national newspaper to call for Britain to leave the European Union. After far too many years as the victims of Brussels larceny, bullying, over-regulation and all-round interference, the time has come for the British people to win back their country and restore legitimacy and accountability to their political process. At a time of austerity throughout Europe the EUros have expanded their bloated budgets, pushing BritainÂ’s disproportionate contributions even higher. And despite not being part of the failing eurozone, British taxpayers have learned that under Brussels rules agreed to by Labour after it had lost the election they are liable to help bail out economies wrecked by the single currency. But Britain is a land apart: A precious stone set in the silver sea, as Shakespeare so evocatively put it; a realm with a glorious island story stretching back a thousand years, with links to every continent and a language taken up throughout the world. Our political class bought into the European experiment after losing confidence in our nation and accepting the inevitability of decline. They viewed Europe as a life raft and clambered on board. The British people never took that view. Now it is Europe that is in decline and Britain that is being held back. It is time to break free. And our political class wants to make us more like... |
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