This set of questions and statements (in red) was posted today on my FaceBook page. This propaganda bludgeoning assumes that the recipient (a) reads only the tabloid press (b) has no grasp of history and (c) has spent no time at all assessing the situation. I have not made up my mind about the EU, but this kind of gung-ho 'send a gunboat' jingoism demands a hasty response. here's mine.
If you want to surrender your sovereignty vote in.
The UK’s sovereign is the Queen over Parliament. Sovereignty means rightful status, independence, or prerogative; the Queen still has these as does Parliament. Only just under 30% of laws since 1973 have originated in the EEC. We’ve been making our own main laws steadily over the past century, otherwise there’s be no Parliament or House of Lords.
If you want uncontrolled immigration vote in.
This is a fair point, but we have something the rest of Europe doesn’t have - the English Channel. And we’re all immigrants anyway; Normans, Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons, Indians … it’s our own fault over the past 300 years for having an empire and a commonwealth. We robbed a third of the world and gave them passports in return.
If you want to suffer under foreign rule vote in
We DO NOT ‘suffer under foreign rule’.
If you want to lose your culture vote in.
What culture is this? Morris Dancing? The thugs of the English Defence League?
A full English breakfast? Chicken Biryani? Crispy Duck?
If you want to destroy your heritage vote in.
You can’t ‘destroy a heritage’. Our heritage already exists - it’s part of our history and character.
Only Dr. Who can destroy the past.
If you want to see the NHS crumble vote in.
Once the NHS is free of the European Health Directive do you really believe Hunt, Gove and Cameron will cancel their desire to privatise it? It’s their ultimate dream ticket, in or out of the EU.
If you want to see the last remnants of our industries disappear vote in.
Mrs. Thatcher didn’t like the EU either, but she did a fairly good hatchet job on destroying our industries. Its British Tory politicians who have achieved this by selling everything off, and Britain
Voted for them.
If you want to see our education system collapse vote in.
The government already want to privatise education by making every school a commercial academy. Out of the EU they’ll be able to destroy education at a much faster rate.
If you want to lose everything your forefathers fought and died for vote in.
We already voted for this in several General Elections which were nothing to do with the EU.
If you want to be swayed by traitorous politicians vote in
They’re all ’traitorous’ - the in crowd and the leavers.
If you want to be part of a federal superstate vote in.
What the hell is a ‘federal superstate’ anyway? We’ve been a member for 40years
If you want to keep your head in the sand vote in.
There’s already a lot of UK heads in the sand already; there has been since 1979.
If you have suffered the indoctrination of the media vote in
Oh, this is a good one; so YOU haven’t been indoctrinated then?
If you have no idea about the reasons to vote out watch #Brexitthemovie
Er, I’ll pass - I think that’s part of ‘media indoctrination’ too.
If you want to lose Great Britain vote in.
How can you ‘lose’ a country? Is Germany ‘lost’? France? Spain?
This is the last chance to save this country from destruction.
According to this, then, as we’ve been in the EU since 1973, we’re already destroyed?
YES, I WILL REGISTER TO VOTE. YET I HAVEN’T MADE UP MY MIND YET. BUT THAT’S BECAUSE
I’M NOT A VICTIMOF 'MEDIA INDOCTRINATION'.