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Campaign for a Referendum Let the people decide on our membership of the European Union
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Supporters Introduction from Nikki Sinclaire MEP Co-Founder of the ‘Campaign for a Referendum’ I was 6 when they held the retrospective referendum in 1975. It is now 2013, and despite promises, we still have not had our referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. The Campaign for a Referendum has much to be proud of. We’re the first petition to bring a Prime Minister to the dispatch box. We’ve collected and delivered a quarter of a million
signatures from across the UK to 10 Downing Street. We’ve achieved so much but we have much more left to achieve. We’re changing and influencing public opinion, but we cannot stop until a date for a referendum is set in stone. Politicians are too keen to bury the idea of a vote for us to rest on our laurels now. Please continue to support our Campaign. We are winning the battle, now let us finish the fight
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What We Have Already Achieved Since its launch in 2010, Campaign for a Referendum quickly established itself as the most successful EU referendum campaigning team out there. From its beginnings, it has consistently achieved results that bring us that one step closer to a vote on the future of the UK in the European Union. Campaign teams from across the UK have stood in all weathers, accompanied by the trusty campaign vehicles, asking the general public to pledge their support to the campaign. The reaction was truly overwhelming. Page after page of signatures began to flood the campaign office. Some days, it would take the team a full day simply to open the post. This was not a single handed approach however; we knew that signatures alone would not change the debate on EU membership. Over time we have met numerous MPs and MEPs who have a common vision: to give the people the chance to decide.
Political conferences were targeted, including the Labour and UKIP conference. At the Conservative conference of 2011, Nikki Sinclaire MEP got to challenge David Cameron himself, asking why he was so afraid of the will of the people! The power of advertising was utilised. Our message was printed in the Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Mirror and The Sun as we sought to spread the word. We put out the call, and the people responded in droves After a year of campaigning, both on the street, in the newspapers and online, we finally hit our target. 100,000 signatures. 100,000 voices of support all asking for the same thing: a say. In September 2011 a cross-party selection of supporters, from Westminster and the European Parliament, came together outside the famous door of Number 10 to deliver what has become a historic petition - a petition from the public that brought the Prime Minister to the dispatch box for the first time ever. The debate itself saw the Campaign for a Referendum message beamed into millions of households across the UK and even made the world press.
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Our placards and signs were shown on 24 hour news programmes and overnight, thousands more people added their voices to those calling for the referendum. At the time of the debate, a massive 120,000 signatures had been submitted to Downing Street and the debate about EU membership was truly ignited. New opinion polls, commissioned by the Campaign for a Referendum, showed that a record 6 in 10 people now wanted a referendum on EU membership; a record high at the time. 2012 saw the team deliver another 100,000 names but this time our collective voice was silenced by politicians who blindly refuse to listen to their constituents. The pressure was well and truly put on the Government to rethink their policy on Europe.
Over a quarter of a million signatures alone have been submitted by the Campaign for a Referendum to date. We are truly proud of that record and this could not have been done without your help.
Crusade to escape the EU marches on No.10 We have in total now delivered two petitions totalling more than 220,000 signatures to Downing Street. Yet the Government continues not to listen. We continue to target MP’s and parliamentary candidates to sign the Referendum Pledge.
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What We Are Doing Now The Pantomime of Renegotiation
Vince Cable has stated that, “Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change.”
David Cameron says that he can renegotiate powers back from the EU. We say, “oh no you can’t,” while the Prime Minister says, “oh yes you can”. So, is renegotiation even possible with the European Union? According to the Commission - NO!
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institution or EU member states to hand back powers to Britain, even if they want to. There is no legal framework for handing back powers. These powers are referred to as competencies, and a whole new treaty would need to be created and agreed, fundamentally changing the legal basis of the EU. Unanimity on treaty change in the EU includes countries such as Ireland, holding a referendum. A new treaty would represent the work of a generation, not a period of time before the next UK General election.
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For a treaty change of this type to happen, one would need to assume that all other 27 member states could agree to declare the Treaty of Rome, and the idea of an ever closer union, as null and void. ‘Ever closer’ means, and has meant from the start, that powers run on a one-way street. This is the founding doctrine of the true faith of the European Union believers. It is as essential to the EU as the doctrine of transubstantiation is to the Catholic Church: if that doctrine falls, it all falls. Which is why the powers won’t let it fall.
Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor said, “Any such renegotiations would be “inconsequential” as “any powers ceded by the member states to the EU are ceded irrevocably”.
President of the EU, Martin Schulz says, “EU renegotiation is not possible!”
David Cameron is fully aware that what he seeks from the EU simply isn’t possible. Therefore, the key question the Campaign for a Referendum is asking is this: why won’t he let the people decide now?
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Opinion polls consistently show that young people, especially between the ages of 16-25, often do not know how they’d vote in a referendum, or feel they do not have enough information on Europe to form an opinion. The Campaign for a Referendum believes it to be essential that the younger generations take an active role in any EU referendum and that they start to form an opinion now so they will be well equipped for the day the referendum comes. For some, it’s just important to inform them of the facts so they also agree that we should have a referendum. Speakers from the Campaign for a Referendum, such as Nikki Sinclaire MEP (pictured), often visit schools and colleges. Often knowledge about the EU is found to be lacking.
Teams across the UK continue to meet and debate with people across the Country, discussing the need for an In Out EU referendum. In the West Midlands, Nikki Sinclaire and her team continue to visit every town, city and even village and they receive a warm welcome wherever they go.
this vital subject, therefore he is not to be trusted to deliver on his promises. Over the summer, Campaign for a Referendum was even spreading the word on beaches across the UK! People often approach, asking what they can do to help; they recognise the urgency of needing a vote. Online, we have concentrated campaigns using social media which reach people we wouldn’t meet out on the campaign trail. Thousands of emails are distributed on a weekly basis, often filled with news of the latest EU diktats or the up to date figures of the cost of the EU.
Despite David Cameron “promising” a referendum following a period of renegotiation, the general public simply do not believe what the Prime Minister says about Europe. They tell us that ‘Cast Iron’ Dave has let them down before on
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Our ad vans cover many miles every single day, displaying the latest messages about opinions on EU membership. These advertising vehicles create huge amounts of interest wherever they go, and they are a real talking point, often appearing in local papers.
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Latest Opinion Polls New figures commissioned by Campaign for a Referendum show that a record 70% of the British people want a vote on EU membership.
powers that make EU law supersede our own law makers in Westminster. Other powers that people would like to reclaim include control of VAT on domestic fuel, agriculture and fisheries and EU taxation.
Just one in ten (10%) of the British public believe that Britain should not have a referendum at all.
The new survey shows that the powers that the British people would like to repatriate are ones that are impossible to renegotiate without a treaty change.
In a further blow to Cameron’s Conservative party, 64% of British people want a referendum in the next two years, long before the Prime Minister’s proposed 2017 vote. Of those, 42% believe the vote is needed within the next year. According to the ComRes poll, just 6% of the public support a referendum within a period of two to five years. A SECOND poll examining the negotiation of powers with the European Union will come as an even bigger blow to the Prime Minister on the eve of the Conservative conference. 26% of those surveyed want powers surrounding Freedom and Movement/ Immigration brought back home, while 20% believe we need to reclaim
We Demand a Referendum Now MEP Nikki Sinclaire said, Numbers of people wanting a referendum continue to rise, despite the vain attempts of David Cameron to quieten the voices of those demanding a say. These findings show that people want a referendum sooner rather than later and Cameron’s reasons for not giving the people a say, are simply not valid. 72% of people believe that we need to repatriate powers back to the UK. These poll results show that David Cameron’s position of repatriation of powers from the European Union does not hold water.
s c i t s i t a t S e h T s t c a F d an The policy area the public would most like to be brought back solely under UK control is freedom of movement/immigration.
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The real powers that people wish to bring back can not be returned whilst we stay in the EU. Powers that control freedom of movement, for example, could only be repatriated after a treaty change that would need to be unanimously agreed upon by all 28 member states - Ireland would even need a referendum on the decision to change the treaty! If these are the powers that the people want to bring home, yet they are impossible, then why is Cameron trying to pull the wool over the electorate’s eyes and delay the inevitable? The majority of people want a referendum sooner rather than later. Just 6% support Cameron’s 2017 referendum - what happened to listening to what the people really want? Those who believe a referendum is necessary are now 7 in 10, yet those who do not want a referendum are decreasing, and are now just 1 in 10. The people of this great nation want a referendum on EU membership - shouldn’t we be listening to the electorate and let the people decide?
The majority of the public believe it is important that the government repatriates powers back from the EU.
The majority would like to have a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU and a substantial proportion would like this referendum within the next year. Only one in ten say they do not want a referendum at all. www.haveyoursay.eu
Prime Minister David Cameron recently announced plans to renegotiate with the European Union on the possibility of bringing control of certain laws and policies back to the UK Government. We asked 2049 British Adults... Which one of the following policy areas do you think it would be most important to bring back solely under UK control?
If there is to be a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU, when should it be held?
The majority (70%) of the public believe we should hold a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU, with over two fifths (42%) considering that any referendum should be held within the next year.
The majority (72%) of the public believe we need to repatriate powers from the EU back to the UK. However, there is less of a consensus amongst the public regarding which policy areas we should renegotiate. Less than one in ten (7%) Britons believe that no powers what so ever should be brought back from the EU! One fifth (20%) of the public also think it is important that the issue of ‘EU law supremacy over the UK’ is controlled solely by Westminster rather than Brussels.
Men are more likely than women to think we should hold a referendum (75% compared to 66%). However they are more likely to want a referendum in the next two years (24%) or within five years (8%) compared with women (20% and 4% respectively). Only 10% think that Britain should not have a referendum on their relationship with the EU! Almost a quarter (22%) believe that a referendum should be held within the next two years while only 6% think British people should be given a vote on our relationship with the EU within the next five years
ComRes interviewed 2,049 online between the 20th and 21st September. Data were weighted to be representative of all GB adults aged 18+. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.
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Business for a Referendum Bill Good
Latest poll results from the British Chamber of Commerce show that a staggering 77% of British businesses when surveyed are now in favour of an In or Out EU referendum. Many Pro-EU groups like to peddle propaganda to frighten people about the potential consequences of a referendum, or write scare stories about how we could suffer following withdrawal from the European Union.
Bill Good is a director with a portfolio of interests and has over 30 years experience in the manufacturing sector he told the BBC’s Sunday Politics... I’m passionate about manufacturing and passionate about the West Midlands but we’re being held back by the European Union which sees itself as a utopia. It’s a competitive world that we live in. Fundamentally its like the Titanic; its sinking but we’re moving the deck chairs. It is time to say enough is enough, and the survivors of this sinking ship will be the ones that get off early. We need to get out of the EU. Now!
EU membership is bad for business here in the UK. Small and Medium enterprises now employ nearly 80% of those in employment, but crippling regulations and legislation stifles the growth in employment and prevents businesses from expanding and reaching their full potential. Brussels has produced a torrent of costly regulation. Of the 22,000 pieces of legislation on the EU statute book, more than 12,000 have been introduced in the ten years since 1997, compared to 10,000 during the forty years from 1957 to 1997.
Given Europe’s chronic decline in international competitiveness relative to China and the US, the EU needs to be regulating less, not more. For the sake of our businesses alone, it is in the national interest of the United Kingdom and its people to call on the government to allow a referendum on our continuing membership of the EU.
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Complying with Directive costs the EU Agency Workers’ British firms as much as £1.5 billion a year. More than 400 new by the European laws have been passed Parliament sinc Coalition was fo e the rm legislation costin ed three years ago, with g British busine ss £676 million a year Cost of regulatio n is worth 5% of GDP alone
According to the British Chamber of Commerce, using the Government’s own impact assessments, found that EU regulation has cost the UK economy £40 billion since 1998 alone.
Sajid Javid MP - Not afraid of leaving the EU The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said he was not afraid of leaving the EU if people voted for it in a referendum. His party leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, is attempting to delay any referendum until 2017. The Economic Secretary told The House magazine that British businesses should NOT be worried about leaving the EU. The MP for Bromsgrove said: In my 20 years in business I’ve worked around the world, I think we are already a global player, an international country when it comes to business, But as I say, if the British people decide the decision is they want to leave the European Union, then that isn’t something that I’d be afraid of, I’d embrace the opportunities that would create.
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Why we need this Referendum Rev. George Hargreaves - Leader of the Christian Party George Hargreaves was one of the leading activists in Sir Jimmy Goldsmith’s Referendum party. Now leader of the Christian Party, George Hargreaves continues to support the campaign for a Referendum It is sixteen years since I joined the Sir James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party, the single issue party with a simple message: “Let the people decide on whether Britain should remain in the European Union or not.” This seemed to me then, and still seems to me now, a perfectly reasonable request. After all, the British electorate had never been asked whether it wanted the nation to be part of the European Union. I even wrote a song about the cause called Let the People Decide. Still we haven’t had the chance to decide whether we want to be a part of the EU or not, and that is why I support the Campaign for a Referendum.
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There are thousands of Labour supporters across the UK who are fed up of the control of European Bureaucrats. We need a referendum and we need it soon.
A Referendum on EU membership should hold no fear for any true democrat. It is time the people had their say.
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Conservative, MP for Shipley It is time the public decided whether they want to remain part of the EU which is doing so much damage to our wealth and our economic prospects.
The people have spoken. 7 out of 10 want a Referendum and 64% want a referendum within the next two years. Is it any wonder when we have newspaper headlines like these on a daily basis: • EU budget fraud 12 times higher than previous figures (Daily Mail) • EU puts flyers at risk with fatigued Pilots (The Telegraph) • UK fights EU bid to fit speed limiting devices (The Guardian) • Gangs from eastern Europe use budget airlines to commit crimes across the continent (The Independent) • Fight for UK to claw back powers from EU is doomed, says EU chief (Daily Express) • Euro VAT Prats (The Sun) Bureaucracy, ludicrous amounts of money and the slow removal of British sovereignty are all reasons why we MUST keep fighting for a Referendum. Please turn over to find out how you could help! www.haveyoursay.eu
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EU Migration Out of Control! As highlighted on page 7 the no.1 request, according to a public opinion poll, from any possibly rerenegotiation is that our Prime Minster must demand back the ability to control our own borders from the European Union. This poll was conducted before it was revealed that we now have 600,000 jobless EU migrants here in the UK. In October 2013 we witnessed the revelation that there has been a 42 percent increase in the number of unemployed EU migrants residing in the UK, now totalling
600,000. The EU report, obtained and widely published by The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, showed that the number of unemployed migrants here has increased drastically over the past five years. The influx of jobless EU citizens has put the UK social welfare system under strain, and has cost the National Health Service (NHS) an estimated £1.5 billion. Furthermore, the study reports that the increase in unemployed EU migrants over the three years leading to 2011 was even sharper, shooting up by 73 percent. The majority of migrants come from Eastern European countries in the EU, namely Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Yet we face another unsustainable wave of new immigration from Bulgaria and Romania, with a minimum of quarter of a million newcomers expected from 2014, when restrictions are dropped and they get free access to the UK from January 1st. Many will be eligible for jobs, benefits
and housing within months of arrival. The effect on unemployment, with few British jobs available, and the current lack of housing will be catastrophic. Yet the government is powerless to do anything about it while we remain inside the EU. Unlike the previous Labour government, which massively underestimated the levels of immigration from EU countries when the last set of restrictions were lifted, the current Coalition government is unable to give accurate figures on how many people from Bulgaria and Romania are expected to settle here. If the government are serious about reclaiming control of Britain’s borders, ministers should start by ignoring Brussels and keep the existing controls on Romania and Bulgaria in place. The current unlimited immigration policy is just another reason why we need a referendum sooner rather than later, so that we can start debating some of the most important issues facing our country!
War of words between the Commission and the UK Government Conservative backbench MP Stewart Jackson told Daily Politics: “These people have not contributed. If you’re a pensioner from Portugal or the Czech Republic you’ve not contributed. If you’re a schoolchild, no-one would expect you to have contributed, but we’re not in a parallel universe. Those children have got to be housed. They’ve got to have healthcare. Above all they’ve got to have school places. The strain in hotspots, like my own constituency of Peterborough, is very, very acute, and I think that’s why we’re right to be saying there is an element of benefit tourism, particularly from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and the government is absolutely right to be saying to the European Commission: ‘Thus far and no further.’”
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Campaigner for a Referendum Co-Founder Nikki Sinclaire MEP said… “Once again the UK Government is unable to control something that the public wants. Immigration and freedom of movement is increasingly becoming an issue that the people want to discuss. The reality is that without the consent of the 28 other member states, there will be no treaty change to restrict freedom of movement which can go some way to stopping this ‘benefit tourism’. Every day we are given yet another reason why we need an In or Out referendum. Who do you think you are kidding Mr Cameron? It’s time to grasp the nettle on this issue.”
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Lobby your MP’s Lobby Your MPs! On November 8th 2013, Members of Parliament will vote on an amendment of James Wharton’s Referendum bill. The amendment, which has been tabled by Conservative MP Adam Afriyie, will call for an “In-Out” EU referendum on October 23, 2014, the anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein in the Second World War. It is likely to be debated when the 2017 referendum bill returns to the Commons on November 8th. We, at the Campaign for a Referendum, believe that this crucial vote should happen sooner rather than later. 70% of the electorate now want a referendum, and 64% of people now want a referendum within the next two years. We are calling on all supporters of the Campaign for a Referendum to ask their local MPs about how they propose to vote on this issue. In 2011, one hundred and eleven MPs defied Party Whips to vote with us to call for a Referendum.
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Adam Afriyie MP By having a referendum in 2014, it gives us 12 months to renegotiate, but more than that, it kick-starts negotiations. EU member states would need to accommodate British demands for reforms if they wish us to remain. British businesses need certainty. The political establishment are naturally hesitant but we have nothing to fear by giving people a chance to have their say, either way, on our future relationship with Europe. Whatever Labour or the Conservatives want for the future of our country, it would be best to resolve the issue sooner rather than later. However, it is important to note that in 2011, Mr Afriyie voted against us in the monumental commons debate that was triggered by your 100,000 petition. If Mr Afriyie is your local MP, it is still vitally important that you ask him why he did not support us then!
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Campaign in the enclosed magazine. We We hope that you will enjoy reading about the successes of the Campaign to date. We are doing all we have proved that we have been the most successful EU Referendum a donation it would make a massive can, as are many others. However if today you were able to make will not get a free vote on Europe with words We campaign. successful this of continuation the to difference alone.
in Westminster can no longer ignore the We need to advertise, promote and campaign to ensure that those of this country can make the difference. By will of the people. As history has shown, we the ordinary people of demanding a referendum to as many donating you are directly helping to ensure we can take the message campaign to be bigger than ever. our want we people across Britain as possible. Come the New Year do our best, and we thank you personally for Lastly may we reassure you that we will of course continue to Union. your continued support in combating our membership of the European Yours faithfully,
The Campaign for a Referendum Team
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Why we must keep up the fight! The UK is still the second largest contributor to the EU and pays in £53 million + every single day. Our influence is lessening, and we are just one voice among 28 member states, and hold less than 10% of the vote (73 MEPs out of 766 Europe wide). 75% of UK law can be traced back to the European Union. One of the main arguments in favour of the EU is that we send them most of our exports, but figures show we have an adverse balance of trade with the EU. If we left the EU, it would be in their interests to have a free trade agreement with us. This issue has dominated UK politics for TOO LONG! In recent years we have become citizens of the European Union, transferred huge amounts of sovereignty to unelected bureaucrats and paid billions to this expensive club. Campaign for a Referendum has changed the dialogue on Europe. We’ve sparked the debate. We were the first ever Referendum petition to be debated by our own MPs. We then submitted a further 100,000 signatures. Opinion is changing but we cannot ease up the pressure. The fight goes on until the day where we finally get to have our say.
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