SOME TRUE FACTS ABOUT BEING IN THE EU
(and why we are all totally bonkers for putting up with it!)
1. Every
year we spend £2.86 BILLION importing our own fish. This fish is
caught from our own British waters by other countries. We then have to buy it
back from them.
2. Our
rivers used to be dredged annually. The silt was simply put on to the banks
which was quick, efficient and good for the environment. Because the silt is
poisonous in Germany, the EU brought out a regulation stating that silt had to
be transported to a site elsewhere. This is done by lorry and is very costly.
This is why dredging has been halted, because of the expense. The silt in
the UK is NOT poisonous and is actually good for the earth. This is
proof that 'one size DOES NOT fit all'. (MADNESS!)
3.
Britain has contributed nearly £500 billion to the EU since joining in 1973. We
will have to pay a further £96 billion over the next 5 years.
(Source: VOTE LEAVE.)
4. In
2014 Britain's contribution to the EU was £19.1 billion (Source: Office of
National Statistics) What we hand over each week would buy a new hospital.
5. Apart
from USA, we contribute the most in foreign aid. £12 billion each year. Some of
this money goes to countries with their own space programmes and larger armies
than the UK.
6. Over
630,000 migrants came to the UK in 2014. 250,000 EXTRA places
were needed at primary schools. One school in London has 1,000 in its Reception
class which has had to be split into four classrooms.
7. 1 in
12 school places is now taken by a Muslim. Muslims are trying to change the
dates of school examinations to fit in with Ramaden.
8. More
than 50% of babies now born in London are born to a foreign mother. We are the
most overcrowded country in the EU.
9. EU
citizens (from 27 countries) who are working here can send child benefit home
to their children. These families are sometimes very large.
10. Most,
if not all, illegal citizens arriving in Britain, whether by lorry, walking
through the Channel Tunnel, are allowed to stay and are given accommodation,
benefits etc. There are approximately 10,000 immigrants at Calais hoping to get
to Britain. £1.5 million is now being spent on facilities for these immigrants.
11.
Refugees are supposed to stop in the first safe country they arrive at, and not
continue travelling to their favourite destination.
12.
Sweden is now the 'rape country' of the EU. Muslims are 2% of the population
but commit 77% of rapes. Once registered, these people can travel to any
country in the EU, including Britain.
13.
Germany has taken in over 1 million migrants/refugees. Once registered, these
people can travel to any country in the EU, including Britain. Over 3,000 are
still arriving daily.
14.
Anybody wanting to sell plants/vegetables from seed, has to first register each
and every vegetable and/or plant with the EU at a cost of £3,000
per seed. Imagine wanting to start up your own nursery!
15. The
transport of live animals. This will never stop whilst we are in
the EU as the EU call animals 'cargo'.
16. The
EU has its own army and police force. If we stay in the EU, we will have a EU
army and EU police force in the UK. There is already a EU national anthem and
flag. Imagine not having our Union Jack flag any more, or being able to sing
God Save the Queen.
17. Tens of thousands
of Eurocrats are set to receive inflation-busting pay-rises and bonuses worth a
staggering €100 million – that’s £74 million to you and me! They have awarded
themselves a pay rise of 2.4% costing us €13 million, further pay increases of
€49.6 million in 2016, plus lots of extravagant allowances and bonuses. So much
for David Cameron’s claims he secured a pay freeze for the Eurocrats! Included in the growing
wage bill is an expatriation allowance, paid to more than 80% of EU officials,
which is worth an additional 16% of their basic salary if they were recruited
from outside Brussels.
This perk costs more than £221 million a year!
On top of this, they will be moving into a new £280 million Europa
building next year. No humble manger for these public servants!
18. Over
£650,000 is being paid, from our taxes, for legal aid for asylum seekers every
week.
19. £30
million is being paid, annually/weekly to lawyers to help failed
asylum seekers stay in the UK.
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