Brexit - Why Won't Either Side Tell Us The Truth?

Two of the big hitters from the EU debate were on TV this morning. George Osborne on ITV with Robert Peston and Michael Gove with Andrew Marr on the BBC. All that seems to have emerged from these interviews is that neither side can say with any certainty what will happen to our economy if were to leave the EU.

Both camps accuse the other of painting a rosy view of their desired outcome, with no hard evidence to support their speculation while predicting a financial apocalypse if we take the opposite course, again without any hard facts to back them up. However, I do believe that there are some things that we can say for sure about what would happen if the ‘Remain’ campaign do win the day.

If we vote Remain then on the 24^th of June the EU legislators and the European Court of Human Rights will have free reign to impose their will without let or hindrance. Every time we raise an objection or attempt to seek allies for change or reform we will be told in no uncertain terms that we have to accept their will. We will be told “You voted to be part of the club – now you have to obey its rules. We will also eventually be forced to pay more to bolster the failing economies of those in the Eurozone and the fees we are already paying to the likes of Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia, to help them get ready to join the EU, will only increase.

Then there are the vexed questions regarding Turkey. This non-democratic, increasingly pro Muslim state which is run by a despotic tyrant who persecutes the Kurdish minority and ruthlessly crushes any attempts at opposition and/or free speech, is already holding the EU to ransom over its bungling of the refugee crisis and thereby costing us a fortune. Turkey has already prised open a door to allow visa free travel for 75 million of its citizens and will continue to screw the EU for even more money before it eventually gets free membership.

Make no mistake should we vote to remain we will not have any meaningful voice with regards to reform and we will not be granted any further indulgence when we ask to be excused from regulations, legislation, or increases in taxes or fees.

To return to the area of speculation, I would argue that there will be an economic price to pay for voting to leave. I believe that those running the Out campaign should be honest with us and admit that negotiating trade deals will be tough and things may well get worse before they start to get better. But, any economic price we may have to pay in the short term for voting ‘Out’, will be more than offset in the longer term by our regaining control of our own borders and being able to re-invest our own money in our own economy instead of continuing to fuel the Brussels gravy train. I believe that the British people are big and brave enough to understand that Brexit is not an easy, risk free, option.

We have faced tough times before and stood defiantly alone in order to maintain our freedom and independence and that we can do it again. Let’s hear the truth from the Brexit campaigners and not be afraid of short term sacrifice for freedom. I believe we need to hear the echoes of Winston Churchill saying in effect that:

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage (economic) war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage (economic) war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror (or Project Fear), victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British People, no survival for all that the British (economy) has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."