Why Pro EU - Just for the Record, Government Office of Deputy Prime Minister

Here is an article we have recently received. Officially this is a summary of arguments the Government over here uses to justify giving the country away. On must know their arguments in order to know what to say when hearing them again. Pro EU bias in evidence and arguments full of holes and spin.

Government Office of Deputy Prime Minister (response to a petitionto Leave the EU) Membership of the European Union has
brought significant benefits to the UK, in terms of wealth, jobs, peace and security. Through the EU,we belong to the world's biggest trading bloc. Over half of British trade is with Europe. An estimated three and a half million British jobs are linked to exports to the EU, and our membership allows us tolive, work and travel across Europe and to receive free medical care if we fall sick on holiday.  Improved maternity pay, strengthening of rights to paid holidays and now the reduction in mobile phone calls when abroad are just some of the practical benefits the EU has helped deliver.  And as part of the EU, the UK is better able to deal with problems like crime, illegal immigration and terrorism. The question of whether we should remain in the (then) EEC was put to a referendum in 1975, which passed convincingly. The government sees no case for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU today. It is clear that by working together with other European countries, we can achieve much more in terms of promoting peace and stability,economic prosperity, environmental protection and a range of other important issues than we could achieve by ourselves.  Successive opinion polls show that public support for a total withdrawal from the EU is relatively low. An ICM poll in favoured a total withdrawal from the EU.  Further information about how the EU works, how Britain benefits from EU Membership and how EU membership is in Britain's interest is available at www.fco.gov.uk  (From the Desk of R Coones rcoones102@msn.com)

"To Achieve World Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization.