Campaign for an Independent Britain

Britain would take back control over its own destiny, defence, economy, foreign relations, environment, transport, fishing, farming and market controls – to name but a few.

UK democracy would be enhanced through the restoration of full national control to the British West Minster Parliament ending the reality of between 50% and 80% of the UK’s laws coming from the EU. Britain would no longer be subject to EU control through an unelected EU Commissioners, bureaucratic diktats from Eurokrats, secret deals in European Council, creeping EU – originated in ’regionalisation’ of Britain at the expense of counties, and the out voting of its small group of MEP’s in European Parliament.

Britain would automatically negate a series of EU treaties involving huge transfers of sovereignty to the EU, from the Treaty of Rome through to the Lisbon Treaty. Their terms would cease to apply to the UK.

We would be free from increasing EU attempts to interfere in management of the British economy, despite not being in the Eurozone such as proposals for the EU to vet British budgets before they are shown to the British people and plans to ‘harmonise’ taxes across the EU, such as with the EU imposed Value Added Tax (VAT) and the proposed Financial Tax (FT).

Britain would leave the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is some 100 diplomats paid more than Britain’s Foreign Secretary, 7,000 diplomats and civil servants and an agenda that competes with and undermines Britain’s national and economic interests. Britain’s embassies could be enhanced and the BBC World Service safe guarded, out of the EU, to retain and build Britain’s influence in the world and support international trade opportunities for UK companies.

The UK would cease to be an EU military partner through EU battle groups and EU – dash led military operations in the pursuit of a single EU military. Britain would maintain a strong independent defence capability whilst remaining a core member of NATO. The UK would be free to examine more international defence procurement, with the US or across the Commonwealth, rather than be a diminishing partner in French and German – dominated EU defence procurement.

Britain would be free to take back the 70% of European fishing waters it gave away to the EU, to replace the disastrous Common Fishing Policy with a sensible Norwegian-style fish management system and take control of the UK’s territorial waters to the internationally recognised 200 nautical mile limit.

On farming, Britain would continue to pay farmers the same subsidies such as Single Farm Payments, but would be free to promote fairer prices and British produce through labelling for farmers, to eradicate quotas, such as those demanding imports of French milk, and ensure a level playing field in terms of high animal welfare standards applying to all produce sold in the UK market.

On transport, Britain could end EU moves to centralise control of transport within a Common European Transport Area and to force ‘superlorries’ onto UK roads (60 tonne trucks at 82ft long). Britain could require foreign lorries to pay a Swiss-style Vignette to use British roads (illegal under EU rules), enforce British safety standards on vehicles, hold down rail prices, liberalise ports regulations and take back national control of aviation safety.