Re: So here we are....
Originally Posted by
graculus
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Is this serious or a just a wind-up? Is there a reliable source for it?
Sadly it is very true. The youngsters of this world, and seemingly plenty of older people have zero idea what laws and regulations have been created and ratified behind their backs in the EU.
Start by reading the Lisbon Treaty and understand how EU laws supersede UK laws, also look up the Enabling Act, something that Hitler was involved in.
Short story is that if the EU had their way, the concept of sovereignty and a nation having control of its own country would disappear. The concept of Westminster and UK Parliament would also disappear, they being replaced totally by the EU Parliament which would rule all countries in the EU. So no more MPs and equally no more political parties. There would be no Labour, Conservative, Liberals. There would be no more General Elections.
Honestly people are utterly clueless about where we were headed.
Worse still, the UK Court and justice system would be replaced by the EU Court Of Justice which would rule every country. This entity DOES NOT subscribe to Habeus Corpus, or what we tend to call "Innocent until proved guilty". The EU was intending to establish Corpus Juris, which sees someone as guilty initially and has the power to lock them up indefinitely. This whole aspect is seriously frightening because it is a major step towards a totalitarian dictatorship al la 1984.
The population of Britain would have had no vote any more. No political parties, no General Elections thus no democracy.
Britain would be represented by the designated MEPs who themselves have a tiny amount of influence in a huge superstate.
The final nail in the coffin would have been that once established, the EU Treaties/Laws state that we may not oppose the EU. We MUST abide by it's decisions and support it's aims.
All of this I highlighted in the thread entitled "Lisbon Treaty 7 Deadly Clauses" which lists the specific Articles involved, see here:
http://www.over50sforum.com/showthread.php?t=35845