Observations

How the French farmer has gorged on the EU carcass

In its earliest days, the forerunner of the EU was a product of its time. The Second World War had ended only 12 years earlier and was still fresh in people’s minds. Much of the continent – like parts of the United Kingdom - was still a building site.

Critically, German guilt was an overt factor in much of the political thinking of the time, especially from the generation of post-war German politicians. This even exists today, but at a noticeably lower level. Back in the late fifties and sixties, it was much stronger.

When it came to structuring an economic and political grouping, the interests of France – defeated early in the war – were placed front and centre of the new organisation. And as a nation for whom agriculture was a dominant part of the economy, unsurprisingly a lot of the thinking and funding of the new European grouping went into this.

Over 80% of money for agriculture

It is often overlooked that around 80% of the budget was directed into agriculture. Since then the ratio has gradually fallen, but this has been done in the face of regular and fierce opposition by the French.

The agricultural lobby still plays big in France. When was the last time you can remember British farmers blockading all the roads around London? Yet this still happens regularly to Paris and other French cities, when French farmers have a grievance.

Why is this important?

Take a step back with us. Are the British public aware that over half of what they have given to the EU over the years has gone to agriculture and subsidising inefficient farmers? They may be vaguely aware that some of it did, but over half of it?

Surely even the new reduced proportion of 28.5% is far too high for an EU of the 21st century?

This is so disproportionate when you look at the interests of Britain that you begin to see why this whole thing was one great mis-match from the very start. It helps to explain so many things. For instance, why it is that the Single Market has never functioned for services – the biggest area of business for the UK?

You have to admire the French

The French invented "France first" long before President Trump campaigned on "America first". In many ways you have to admire the French for the way they've used the EU to their advantage. Readers might wish that the British government had done this for the United Kingdom. Despite what appears above we love France and we certainly don't blame its governments for representing the interests of the country.

For Remain MPs we must just add something. There's no point trying to say France has a bigger land mass than the UK. France's population is roughly the same as the UK's. In the current EU seven-year budget France is receiving more than double the CAP payments that the UK is getting. In what universe is that remotely reasonable?

The EU was always wrong for the UK at the most fundamental level

Brexit Facts4EU.Org contends that in 1973 the United Kingdom joined an organisation whose whole set of interests did not coincide with its own. This is demonstrated with the information we have provided repeatedly over the past 3+ years, and it’s demonstrable in the facts we have provided above on the EU’s largest single area of expenditure.

Remain MPs keep regurgitating their ignorance, misconceptions and lies. For as long as we can we will keep shining the bright light of Brexit on them and provide ready ammunition for democratic pro-Brexit MPs.

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