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Not a million miles from what Hitler/Napoleon wanted

There are two schools of thought:

[edit] The Monster

An unwanted, unelected, multi-headed federal monster that will be the undoing of us all. The EU has had various incarnations over the decades: the EEC, the EC and now the EU. All of them have chipped away bit by bit the very freedoms that our forefathers fought to preserve our birthright to determine our own destiny.

The EU, or more precisely those perfidious cretins who subscribe to this Utopian nightmare - are nothing more than left-wing control freaks (that explains all the right wingers....and right+++AAA wingers in the parliament then?), who wish to undo the work of Wellington, Nelson and Churchill (didn't Churchill hitch the wagon come hell or high water to the yank's?) by signing away the rights of a sovereign independent nation to rule itself, and to do so to foreign powers by mendacity and deceit. This is nothing short of treason, and this traitorous filth should be rooted out and exterminated for the sake of all or futures.

Alternatively:

[edit] The Saviour

1) The EU is a fantastic creation. It's a bogey man that allows British politicians to blame someone else for unpopular policies and gives the British public a chance to rant about foreigners while buying Belgian beer, Italian wine, French water, German cars and Spanish houses while surrendering foreign and defence policy to the US government.

2) A remarkable experiment where European countries agree to pool sovereignty as an alternative to setting differences by invading Belgium, Poland or North Italy (Perhaps this is where it all went wrong? -UFF).

3) A way to finally let the French be in charge of all of Europe (although not involving their army).

4)A chance to put all the European armies together, and hope against hope that they mutate into something workable. Even supporters admit this would be difficult unless French soldiers are given a special course in "how to not surrender for a while".

[edit] The Way Ahead

Like most things designed by a committee, it's quite obvious that the whole EU ideal is not just simply flawed, but is a total mess. And like all self-appointed bureaucrats, they simply do not know when to stop.

All sorts of tin pot nations are queuing up for a slice of the EU cake, and before long China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Korea, Egypt, Libya and a whole host of other pretenders will be feeding off the EU platter after becoming full members - with all that entails: free ranging travel from the South China Sea to the English Channel, and the inevitable one-way ticket to Blighty for an estimated 980,000 billion plumbers - all of whom will live in London and the South East of England.

[edit] Conclusion

It's perfectly obvious to many that a sizable chunk of the UK's problems are a direct result of EU interference - particularly Human Rights legislation (which encroaches in a surprising amount of areas) (And also surprisingly has nothing to do with the EU, the EHRC,was not done by the EU.....oh dear) , Health and Safety and immigration (partly due to a system in tatters, but also a result of a vastly expanded EU).

The metric monster (welcome to the 21st century) that was let out of its cage in the 1970s is rampaging through the market towns of middle England, with vendors being persecuted for selling their wares under the old Imperial system. And don't even broach the subject of straight bananas (as opposed to gay ones).

All of this has been done without any public consent whatsoever. There's never been a referendum on EU membership in the UK. After all, if you never have a referendum, then it can never be said the it was thrown out - like the (sensible) Norwegians did. The referendum question does rear its head from time to time, as does the issue of the Single European Currency.

What little it matters, when the streets are full of foreigners who are feeding off the already beleaguered system - and who have just as many (probably more) rights than UK nationals - but haven't had the luxury of paying Income Tax for most of their lives.

Please feel free to tear this perfidious, unelected (Hey look the EU parliament), multi-headed, federal monster to shreds. This pile of bureaucratic shit really deserves a category of its own. Then again, it could give all the peoples of Europe a whole new excuse to hate the French and Germans.