UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nigel Farage declared in Brussels today that Article 50 should be invoked as soon as possible, and that Eurocrats were “in denial” over the failings of the European Union (EU) political project. Speaking at the EU Referendum debate at the European Parliament, following the address by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, UKIP MEP and party leader Nigel Farage stated that the British government should invoke Article 50 as soon as possible, and that it was in the best mutual interests of Britain and the EU to have a tariff-free deal. Mr. Farage opened his first address of the European Parliament since the historic win on Thursday: Isn’t it funny. When I came here 17 years ago, you all laughed at me when I said that I wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to leave the European Union. You all laughed at me. Well I have to say, you’re not laughing now, are you? Addressing the vocal malcontent of his fellow MEPs, Mr. Farage called out an EU as “a political project in denial”, slamming the bloc for undermining the sovereignty of European nations: The biggest problem you’ve got and the main reason the UK
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John Kerry Folds: U.S. Will Maintain Special Relationship with UK
The Obama administration has folded on its threat to send Britain to the “back of the queue” in the case of a vote to leave the European Union (EU), after Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed the United States’ “special relationship” with Britain.
Carswell and Hannan Freeze Out Farage, Say They WON’T Lower Immigration
Tory establishment Vote Leave’s Douglas Carswell plans to try to freeze out UKIP leader Nigel Farage from the post-Brexit cross-party negotiations, with Daniel Hannan stating that the official Leave campaign never promised British voters an end to uncontrolled immigration from the European Union (EU). Just one day after the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU, Member of Parliament (MP) Douglas Carswell stated that UKIP leader and long-time Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage would not be invited to the cross-party committee which will negotiate Britain’s exit from the EU. And later the same day Mr. Carswell’s colleague at Vote Leave, Daniel Hannan, stated that he only ever said that Britain would have ‘”some” control over the numbers of migrants entering the country upon leaving the EU, commenting: “Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the EU, they are going to be disappointed.” Speaking to Sky on the morning of Friday 24 June, Mr. Carswell, who defected from the Conservative party to UKIP two years ago, was asked if his party’s leader would be engaged in the post-Brexit negotiations to which he responded: “With great respect, Nigel Farage was never part of Vote Leave. The detailed thought
German Industry Leader Calls For Free Trade Deal Following Brexit
A senior German industry figure has said it would be “very, very foolish” to impose trade barriers and called for a free trade deal between the UK and the European Union (EU) if Britons vote to leave the EU. Mark Kerber, boss of the influential German industry organisation BDI, said he would make the case against trade tariffs and would call for a free trade deal if Britain votes to leave the EU tomorrow. Mr. Kerber, who heads up the German equivalent of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said that any introduction of tariffs would be a “regression to times we thought we’d left behind in the 1970s”. “Imposing trade barriers, imposing protectionist measures between our two countries – or between the two political centres, the European Union on the one hand and the UK on the other – would be a very, very foolish thing in the 21st Century. “The BDI would urge politicians on both sides to come up with a trade regime that enables us to uphold and maintain the levels of trade we have, although it will become more difficult.” Despite German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble threatening to freeze out Britain from the Single Market following a vote to leave — “out is out” — it
‘Mujahid’ Remain Campaigner Calls For Breitbart Editor Kassam To Be ‘Attacked’
In the spirit of kindler, gentler politics, Breitbart Editor in Chief was yesterday threatened on social media by a Remain campaigner who called for Kassam to be ‘attacked’. The Twitter user, known as ‘Mujahid’ interjected on a Twitter thread, directly calling for a physical attack to be made at Kassam, stating: “Let’s attack this b*st*rd Raheem.” The user’s profile shows that he retweets from the official Stronger In profile, as well as a number of ‘social justice’ groups, including Stand Up To Racism and Black Lives Matter, and posts extensively against Israel and UKIP. This comes after prominent Remain campaigners have come out telling Leave to ‘tone down the rhetoric’. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Sky News the EU referendum has become “poisonous” and “we should all reflect on the way the referendum campaign has been conducted”. Using the death of Labour MP Jo Cox as political capital days before the referendum, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Remain campaigner George Osborne told Leave campaigners on ITV this morning: “I hope because of the tragic death of Jo [Cox] we can have a less divisive political debate in our country.” “And, particularly in the last few days of this referendum, we can
‘Remain’ Champion Jeremy Corbyn: EU Membership Means NO Immigration Limit
In a stunningly honest admission by Labour leader and Remain campaigner Jeremy Corbyn, a vote to remain as member of the European Union (EU) would mean NO limit to migration to the United Kingdom. Speaking this morning on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, Mr. Corbyn has said that there can be no upper limit on the number of people coming into the UK while there is free movement of labour in the EU. Asked by Andrew Marr if there could be an upper limit for migration, Mr Corbyn said: “I don’t think you can have one while you have the free movement of labour.” “The very principle of a single market across Europe is the free movement of people. If you have the free movement of capital you have the free movement of people.” During the interview, Mr. Corbyn did concede that the the major draw for migrants to come to the UK was down to “lower living standards and increase poverty in certain countries in the south-east and eastern Europe” which was bound to cause a “flow of people looking for somewhere else to go”. At least 1.6 million migrants have moved to the UK in the past decade, and following the
British Secret Plan To Open Doors to 1.5 Million Turks Revealed
Leaked cables between British diplomats and ministers outline a proposal to grant visa-free access to the UK to up to 1.5 million Turks, the plan intended to be kept under wraps until AFTER the 23 June referendum. The Sunday Times also reported that the five leaked documents also suggests that EU officials are attempting to keep any visa deal with Turkey concealed until after the referendum. The cables were confirmed as genuine by Downing Street. According to The Sunday Times, in a cable to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 5 May, Janet Douglas, the Deputy Head of Mission in Turkey, wrote: “Should [EU] visa liberalisation be granted, we will need to develop our own lines on the UK’s stance to visa-free travel for Turks” as a “significant and symbolic gesture to Turkey”. Ms. Douglas went on to warn that without the EU deal on visa liberalisation: “An impetuous and riled Erdoğan — prone to come out fighting when he feels betrayed — could carry through his threat to ‘open the floodgates’ to Europe for migrants”. Ms. Douglas’s role as the Deputy Head of Mission in Turkey includes acting as a key advisor to the Ambassador, Richard Moore, and representing the UK’s interests in his absence; these