A few reasons why I will be voting for the UK to Vote Leave the EU:
We should spend our money on our priorities. We send over £350 million every week to Brussels. That’s enough money to build a brand new hospital every week. It’s half England’s schools budget, four times Scotland’s schools budget, and four times our science budget. We should spend our money on our priorities like the NHS, not the EU.
Let’s take back control over our borders. At the moment a quarter of a million Europeans come here every year – that’s a city the size of Newcastle and puts a big strain on public services. We can’t stop criminals coming here from Europe and we can’t deport terror suspects because the European Court is in charge.
The risky option is voting to stay in the EU. A vote to remain means that Brussels will take more power and money every year – this is the real threat to jobs and security. It will mean bailing out the euro the next time it goes wrong. The EU’s migrant crisis is out of control and it plans to allow in more countries like Turkey, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. It means a growing strain on public services like the NHS, school places, and housing.
We should be able to kick out the people who make our laws. Half of our laws are now made by EU politicians in Brussels who we never voted for. The EU is good for those who’ve already got power and money like the big banks – it isn’t good for the millions of people on PAYE. We have very little say in the EU – they don’t listen to us. The Eurozone has a permanent majority in the EU voting system. Every time we have tried to stop a new EU law we have been defeated. We should be able to kick out the people who make our laws.
Let’s take back control over our economy and trade. The EU has too much control over our economy. Only 5 per cent of businesses export to the EU but 100 per cent are caught by EU red tape. If we take back control we can run our economy in the interests of millions of small businesses and entrepreneurs. We will also be able to take back control over trade so that we can do deals with fast growing countries like China and India – this will help business create more jobs.
It’s your choice in June’s referendum.