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BETTER OFF IN OR OUT?
- THE REALITY
One side says this, the other says that. Who to believe?
 
PRICES SOARED
AFTER WE JOINED EU
The Retail Prices Index trebled in the three years after we joined...
 
GAS & ELECTRICITY
ROCKET UP
Electricity up 22%, gas up 45%, EU policy to increase prices further...
EU MAKES FOOD
MORE EXPENSIVE
"EU artificially inflates food prices for consumers", says House of Commons Report...
 
WHO CONTROLS
YOUR LIFE?
A safer, happier, and more prosperous place to live...
 
ARE WE BETTER OFF IN OR OUT?      HERE'S THE SIMPLE REALITY IN ONE PICTURE
BETTER OFF IN OR OUT? – THE REALITY
One side says this figure, the other says that figure.
Who do you believe?
  • The truth is that no economists ever really know
  • The chart to the left shows official UK growth rates since 1973
  • Can you see any jump in our fortunes since we joined the EU?
  • Forget all the claims and counter-claims, that picture tells a story
  • After 43 years of Government promises, where’s the money?
Promises are cheap. Money talks.
Time for change and a better chance in life.
Voting to Leave finally gives us that chance.
[Sources: Office of National Statistics quarterly year-on-year growth : http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/site-information/using-the-website/time-series/index.html#1 ]
Contributing Editors: DC and TAC
 
Prices soared after we joined EU
The UK joined the ‘EEC’ - the old name for the EU - in 1973. Back then, no-one was told that prices in the shops might rise. In fact they rocketed.

1. In the first 3 years of our membership of the European Economic Community, the Retail Prices Index trebled.

2. Our new European friends stopped us from being able to buy cheaper, great quality food from our traditional friends in the Commonwealth. We had to sign up to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), set up to support inefficient French and Italian farmers.

3. Today, 42 pence in every pound we send to the EU goes to this Agricultural Policy, subsidising an industry which accounts for only 1% of our economy. If we leave the EU, we can continue full support for our own highly efficient farmers and it will cost us a lot less.

4. Food prices are just one example of how EU membership affects our cost of living. The VAT (currently 20%) on almost everything we buy was a French invention and is an EU requirement.

Remaining In The EU Is Expensive – Leaving Means Taking Control.
[Sources: 'Annual Abstract of Statistics' 2001 edition. Office for National Statistics.]
 
Gas & electricity prices rocket up
EU Commission Report of 2013, about energy prices over the previous 7 years and what we can expect:-

1. Household electricity prices up by 22%, compared to a rise of only 8% in the USA.

2. Household gas prices up by an amazing 45%, compared to a rise of only 3% in the USA.

3. Industry had rises of 38% for electricity and 35% for gas, compared to falls of 4% and 66% in the USA.

4. The EU says it wants an investment of €1 trillion in energy by 2010.

5. The EU Commission President said: "Energy costs are set to rise in all scenarios".

Remaining In The EU Is Expensive – Leaving Means Taking Control.
 
EU makes food more expensive, says House Of Commons Library Report
The House of Commons Library regularly produces reports for Parliament and these are considered highly reputable. Here's one about our EU membership's effect on prices:-

1. "The EU artificially inflates food prices for consumers".

2. "The cost of the Common Agricultural Policy to the UK is considered to be particularly high".

3. "Consumer prices across a range of other goods imported from outside the EU are raised as a result of the common external tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade imposed by the EU".

4. "EU tariffs include footwear (a 17% tariff), bicycles (15% tariff) and a range of clothing (12% tariff)".

Remaining In The EU Is Expensive – Leaving Means Taking Control.
[Sources: "The economic impact of EU membership on the UK", House of Commons Library Report Sept 2013.]
 
Who Controls Your Life?   [Opinion piece]
1. Think of something important to you and your family – like shop prices, the cost of energy, your child’s schooling, the risk of local flooding.

2. In a true democracy, you vote for someone to represent your interests fully, and they can be voted out too. But an increasing number of decisions are now made for the UK wholly or partly at EU level. And only the unelected EU Commission can bring forward new draft laws.

3. Prices – the EU decides VAT. Electricity and gas – the EU decides costly energy policies. Your child’s class size – the EU decides the uncontrolled immigration policy. Local flooding – the EU decides environment policy.

Let’s Free The UK – For A Safer, Happier, And More Prosperous Place To Live.
 
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