When the likes of CBI Director-General, John Cridland, say of the UK’s membership of the EU that it is ‘essential that we stay at the table to bang the drum for businesses and defend our national interest’ there is always a vacuum where evidence of any successful defence of our national interest is concerned. The UK is expected to sacrifice for the greater good of the EU whole.
Similarly, when the likes of rabid europhile federalist Lib Dem MEP, Andrew Duff, argue that the UK should be offered ‘associate membership’ of the EU in a move that would see the UK lose all its MEPs, its commissioner in Brussels and its right to veto decisions in the European Council you can be sure the plan is designed to ensure the UK is even more seemlessly controlled by Brussels.
The effort to sow confusion and scare people in equal measure continues apace, given unquestioning column inches and an easy ride by our unthinking media.
As the media will not do it for us, because digging to deep may reveal facts that are unacceptable to the electorate and inconvenient to the europhile cause, we cannot take things at face value. We must continue to ask ‘why’ these things are being promoted and work out ‘who’ stands to benefit.
The CBI mainly represents the interests of large companies. EU directives appear to be “sponsored” by large companies, with a view to making life impossible for their smaller rivals. Literally thousands of commercial lobbyists (bagmen) work in Brussels.
I think one of the reasons is that international companies have at least one similar interest to the ruling elite : to rule the world and control its resources. One small problem. People.
As they say in the ‘tec dramas, “It goes to motive.”
Edit: “seemlessly controlled by Brussels.” seamlessly