Cllr. Gavin Ayling

It astounds me — actually, “astounds” is hardly strong enough but I don’t know one that is, that the EU can be seen to be a force for good in the UK; it astounds me that anyone at all could find it in themselves to defend it in its current make-up, when it provides us with such blatant arrogance and failure.

Nigel Farage is the best MEP that I know enough about to make a fair assessment of. This video should be, like the last, played to anyone who finds it in themselves to defend this corrupt, expensive, pointless, arrogant, supra-national organisation.

I have cheekily referred to the EU as the E-USSR — I didn’t realise how accurate that was!

Thanks once again to Andrew Kennedy for making me aware of this video.

I spent this morning at Shoreham Farmer’s Market with many of the other Councillors for Adur District Council obtaining signatures for Keep Worthing and Shoreham Hospitals.

And there was only one person who thought it was acceptable that people will die to save a Strategic Health Authority from its own mismanagement. If that is proportional across Worthing and Shoreham then there are probably 500 or so supporters of closure!

Anyway, the reason I am posting this is not only to draw your attention to the campaign (which is relevant to the CEP for reasons that should be obvious), but also to recount a reaction from one of our signatories:

“But it’ll never happen, it can’t happen.”

That, and just that, is the cause of a lot of England’s problems right now.

Ban peaceful protest?
“It’ll never happen, it can’t happen.” (It has)

Remove trial by jury?
“It’ll never happen, it can’t happen.” (It has for some trial types)

Imprisonment without trial in the UK?
“It’ll never happen, it can’t happen.” (It has and can still)

Removal of representative democracy?
“It’ll never happen, it can’t happen.” (We haven’t had democracy since 1998)

And so it goes on.

England-ers — wake up!