Unfortunately I am seeing some pretty horrendous pro-Brexit fake news on Facebook, basically scaremongering about an impending EU superstate. I can't report every post but I can give you this Thread.
I'm using primary sources (so my authority trumps theirs) so it won't be pretty.
OK secondary sources first so you get the rough gist of what I'm talking about.
The EU can only legislate in the areas that are outlined in the treaties. Which means the EU can't gain new powers unless we agree to change the treaties. eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossa…
For example: Some areas are exclusive competences of the EU which means we only make laws in those areas as 28 countries working together.
And within those, certain sensitive areas require unanimity for anything to happen.
(e.g. defence [EU Army = BS]) eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossa…
Now here's why you can trust what I'm saying is true.
Article 4 & 5 of THE TREATY ON THE EUROPEAN UNION, makes it perfectly clear that National Sovereignty is to be respected and that decisions must be taken as close to the people as common sense allows. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…
Now if you want to know which areas are shared competences (i.e. can be legislated for at both the EU level and UK level) and which are exclusive EU competences (can only be done at the EU level) you can click this link.
NB: the default is national control eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…
I hate that I had to make this thread. These people are disgusting. I'm immune to this stuff because I know exactly where in the treaties to look.
They're deliberately taking advantage of the fact that not everyone studied law and has a copy of the EU Treaties in their bookshelf.
Can you imagine if, during the years of Brexit renegotiations (2020-24), journalists had grilled the Tories on their manifesto promise to get Brexit done.... as much as they're now grilling Labour on whether they're "taxing working people"?
It shows they CAN do their jobs.
They just chose not to with the Tories.
Look at this.
It's very good journalism by @WilfredFrost, exposing that the Labour manifesto used the technicality of not directly taxing working people, but it still hits them.
"Get Brexit Done" was literally the title of the Tory manifesto and was NEVER challenged like this.
Boris Johnson started renegotiations SIX MONTHS after winning an election on a promise to end the Brexit negotiations.
So there's nothing subjective about the fact that the Tory government was elected on a lie.
Yet NOT ONE news station categorically communicated that fact.