On the front line – thoughts from one campaigner

For the last 8 months, I have also been speaking to as many people as possible, family, friends, even strangers, people in shops, etc, trying to engage them in the debate, by encouraging them to research and read everything they can find about the true workings of the EU. Many of these are encouragingly already very Eurosceptic, and planning to vote Leave!! For every 10 people I have spoken to, at least 6 are planning to vote Leave!
Even younger people can see the problems with the EU, and although often still undecided, will probably Vote Leave.

I think it is important that we try to engage as many people as possible to consider the implications of staying IN the EU, the terrible joint problems of the eurozone crisis, and also migration, as I fear that the EU itself may very well collapse within the next 10 years, and we need to extricate ourselves before that happens!

And finally, I mention the dreaded TTIP, which actually frightens me, and which most people haven’t even heard of! The implications of TTIP will affect all aspects of our lives, mostly for the worst, and is indeed in itself a very good reason to VOTE LEAVE, before it is signed on our behalf by the faceless beaurocrats of the EU!!

An interesting comment has been forwarded courtesy of our Vice- Chairman Anthony Scholefield, which may be of interest:-

The following appraisal is from a business member of the Chamber of Commerce:

“Two weeks ago I polled 18 business members. Result: 6 Leave, 6 Remain, 6 Undecided

Following the circulation of the Choices leaflet I conducted another poll and the results were very interesting: 12 Leave, 6 Remain, 0 Undecided..

Even though it was a small sample, the poll clearly demonstrates that the information contained in the Choices leaflet is a firm, clear argument … a change maker.” [Dick Jones, Vice President, Leatherhead Chamber of Commerce]

The biggest problem for the leave campaign is the constant drip, drip, drip of prophesies of doom from the remainers. These are timed to be released at regular intervals to keep the out campaign on the back foot. I fear these tactics are working well, as my neighbour who, inspite or being a lifelong eurosceptic, is now starting to waiver as to which way to vote.

I am a committed Leaver; although I live and work in France and, for me personally, there are likely to be some dire and expensive consequences of a Brexit, but still I do not want EU elitist non-elected bureaucrats ruling the masses of people within Europe and slowly disbanding European democracy. I DO NOT WANT THIS FOR THE UK! I want my country to be unshackled and free, to take its future into its own hands.
I have watched the Brexit film and think it is excellent but we must get it out to more people. It needs to be shared on social media in a saturation campaign so that people really can see the insidiousness of the EU.
I am a great fan of Boris (so my next comment is not personal) but I really feel he has hugely under-performed in the debate so far and we are in danger of losing the importance of the overall message because of his sometimes inept comments . My wish is that Michael Gove takes much more of a lead; he has the gravitas and respect of many “floating” voters – Michael, I beg you, step up and be the Statesman of Europe by giving us (and other unhappy Europeans) a chance to win this argument to take back our freedom & democracy!
One final point – PLEASE, PLEASE find some youngsters who are committed Leavers and show the country that this is not just the middle/older generations who feel the EU is out of control. To win this referendum, we have to show the country that the younger generations are with us, too. Get them into the media shouting the message to their peers! If we cannot demonstrate that we have some of the younger generation with us, we will be unable to convince the floating younger generation to join us.

The response in The Daily Mail Online and on Facebook has been different. The majority are solidly for Leave. Polls which I have taken part in for the Express and The Telegraph have been 80% plus for Leave. I have been inhabiting Social Media and spreading the word for Brexit. If my assessment is correct, people are getting fed up of the constant accusations of he’s lying, she’s lying. They need to be shown a bright future free of the undemocratic United Soviet States of Europe. People are scared of the mass immigration and the assaults going on all over Europe. They are scared of the reports that terrorists are using the flood to “invade,” Europe. Much more should be made of Carswell and Hannan’s The Plan, and other Plans for a successful Free Britain. Without a vision of hope for them, their families, and for their children’s future, they will believe the scare stories from Corporate Backed Cameron. That is, if he isn’t impeached over Serco.

Further to Paulette Peterson’s comments, I feel that one massive mistake Boris and Nigel and the others in favour of LEAVE are making is that they don’t emphasize to the British public that the UK is no longer a country. It’s a province, part, nation, state or ‘Member State’ of a larger nascent country called the European Union. The UK hasn’t been a country since 1992. A country can’t be a part of a nascent larger country. If Boris and Nigel could campaign using such terms such as ‘our UK province’ and ‘our EU country’, it would have a huge impact on the average Brit’s emotions. Most British people still think misguidedly that the UK, France, Germany, etc. are all ‘countries’ and that the EU is some type of trading arrangement. Nothing could be further from reality. The EU is a federal system of government similar to the ones existing in the US, Canada, Australia and other federal countries. The UK is not a country as that word is recognized by anybody who has lived outside the UK. Much of the confusion seems to stem from the secondary ambiguous use of the word ‘country’ for Scotland. Scotland hasn’t been a country in the primary sense of that word (independent self-government) since 1707. The UK in effect changed in 1992 under the terms of the Treaty On European Union from the equivalent of the United States to the equivalent of one of its states, such as Florida. It takes orders from the outside as to who can cross its borders — the same as Florida. Brits are governed in large part by laws coming in from outside the UK’s borders (via Directives being rubber-stamped at Westminster) in the same way that Florida is governed in part from Wash. DC. All Johnson and Farage have to do is start talking relentlessly using terms such as ‘our UK province’ and ‘our EU country’ and the juices in the British people would soon start flowing. The present ambivalence would disappear. The lies and deceit in using the pretext of still-sovereign countries with a Treaty in place of a federal Constitution for a new country are overwhelming. When d’Estaing’s 2004 Constitution was looked at by Europeans it was roundly defeated in Dutch and French referendums. So much for d’Estaing’s honesty in trying to create a United States of Europe in an honest straightforward manner. The peoples of Europe simply do not want to be part of a new larger country. But still the backdoor nonsense goes on by a small group of elites who think they “know what’s best for the rest!”