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1/ "Ever Closer Union" researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefi…
TL:DR? Brexiters always omit "of the peoples of Europe[...] in accordance with subsidiarity". This COMPLETELY REVERSES the meaning.
Subsidiarity means NOT transferring any powers that are workable at a national level.
TL:DR? Brexiters always omit "of the peoples of Europe[...] in accordance with subsidiarity". This COMPLETELY REVERSES the meaning.
Subsidiarity means NOT transferring any powers that are workable at a national level.
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Subsidiarity means ONLY outsourcing to the EU those powers that are not workable at a national level - that MUST be cross-border. (Eg you can't have France setting one tariff for Brazillian sugar and the UK setting a different one - that would be insane.)
Subsidiarity means ONLY outsourcing to the EU those powers that are not workable at a national level - that MUST be cross-border. (Eg you can't have France setting one tariff for Brazillian sugar and the UK setting a different one - that would be insane.)
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When Brexiters cite the phrase "Ever closer union" as evidence of a "Superstate" end-game, they are LYING.
Deliberately, barefacedly, lying. Turning a clause that OPPOSES unnecessary transfer of powers to the EU into something that appears to say the opposite.
When Brexiters cite the phrase "Ever closer union" as evidence of a "Superstate" end-game, they are LYING.
Deliberately, barefacedly, lying. Turning a clause that OPPOSES unnecessary transfer of powers to the EU into something that appears to say the opposite.
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In 2013 HMG launched a massive Whitehall study iiea.com/brexit/the-cur… to identify areas where too much power had been transferred.
TL:DR? Chairman, Lord Boswell said of the 32 reports: "there was not one in which it was demonstrated that too much power resided in Brussels."
In 2013 HMG launched a massive Whitehall study iiea.com/brexit/the-cur… to identify areas where too much power had been transferred.
TL:DR? Chairman, Lord Boswell said of the 32 reports: "there was not one in which it was demonstrated that too much power resided in Brussels."
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The study:
Lasted 3 years
Took 1500 submissions
Produced 32 reports
Ran to 3000 pages
Cost £5M
... Was slipped out quietly by the Tory Gov and never used in the referendum campaign. theguardian.com/world/2015/mar…
Here are the 32 reports: gov.uk/guidance/revie…
The study:
Lasted 3 years
Took 1500 submissions
Produced 32 reports
Ran to 3000 pages
Cost £5M
... Was slipped out quietly by the Tory Gov and never used in the referendum campaign. theguardian.com/world/2015/mar…
Here are the 32 reports: gov.uk/guidance/revie…
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So the first time any brexiter tries the "ever closer union" line on you, please say "I am afraid you are mistaken" and send them this thread.
After that - the 2nd time they use it - say: "Why are you LYING? You have been put straight on this already."
So the first time any brexiter tries the "ever closer union" line on you, please say "I am afraid you are mistaken" and send them this thread.
After that - the 2nd time they use it - say: "Why are you LYING? You have been put straight on this already."
