'Get Britain Out!' - latest issue

Dear Edmond Morrison, With Parliament in recess and many people on holiday, August is traditionally a quiet month - the fabled 'silly season' when newspapers resort to trivial and bizarre stories to fill their pages. Not this year!   Our EU Membership Fee Soars The month opened with the news that both our gross contribution to the EU (all the money we give) and our net contribution (the gross figure, minus the money we get back) have soared to new highs. The figures bust the myth that grants and subsidies we receive from the EU are a benefit of membership, with the Daily Mail prominently featuring our quote that "for every pound we receive from Brussels, we’ve first had to give them more than two". Our net contribution alone increased by £1.4bn, and our quote that this was "another 1.4bn reasons to leave the EU" was used by the Daily Express for their headline, with a further quote from Get Britain Out in their leader column.   EU Citizen From Cradle To Grave This was followed by the news of a plan to create standardised EU versions of official documents such as birth, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates. Alan Murad was quoted in the Express and I was invited to comment on BBC Radio Wales when they discussed the proposals earlier this week. It has the all the hallmarks of a typical Brussels manoeuvre; first something is proposed as a voluntary measure, supposedly to make life a bit easier, then a few years later it becomes a compulsory standard. The EU keeps on trying to brand us all as European citizens, but as every poll shows, the people of Europe identify not with the EU but with their own country. Vive la différence!   Get Britain Out also had an article published online in The Commentator on how the arguments relied upon by fans of the EU 'project' are rapidly losing currency in the face of public and business dissatisfaction with the EU and increasing awareness of its inevitable declining significance in the world economy.   EU Immigration Back In The News Finally, the last few days have seen more stories on EU migration. First there was Chris Bryant's speech in which he tried to blame companies for employing the cheap Eastern European labour his party did everything to encourage. This was followed by the news that increasing numbers of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants are coming into the UK, even before the 'transitional controls' end. Lastly, the Government has been spinning a story that that migrants' eligibility for benefits will form a key part of David Cameron's proposed renegotiation. Of course, as we pointed out when interviewed on London talk radio station LBC this morning, unless we leave the EU, the best we can hope for are some minor tweaks to the rules.   Britain's immigration policy is often described as an open door; the EU is the wedge that holds it open. If we want to protect our already stretched welfare system from the successive influxes of migrants permitted by successive governments, there is only one thing to do: Get Britain Out. Kind regards, James Harvard Campaign Manager, Get Britain Out