PR Newswire
Paul Sykes
Chairman of the British Democracy Campaign
Support for the UK Independence Party

17May2001 UK: EU referendum becomes election issue as Paul Sykes supports UKIP.

PR Newswire:

P
aul Sykes, Chairman of the British Democracy Campaign, has pledged his support for the UK Independence Party, which shares his determination to give voters a say on Britain's continued EU membership. 

Over 450 UKIP candidates will be standing at the election and their manifesto, calling for a referendum and withdrawal from the European Union, is being delivered to over 20 million households. Sykes commented: "The UK Independence Party is the only party who will campaign for a national referendum on membership of the EU and will spell out in clear factual terms what our present membership of the EU really means to the people of this country and what it is costing. "No one can pretend that the EU of 2001 bears any relationship to the Common Market of 1973. It is no longer possible to remain members of the European Union and at the same time retain British self government." He continued: "It is vital in this election that the issue of our relationship with the EU is debated and that factual information is available to the voters at grass roots level throughout the country. Both Labour and Conservatives do not wish to raise this issue as they have both signed treaties that have passed power from Britain to Brussels without a single direct vote from the people to whom these powers used to belong. "We must regain these powers if the British people wish to have the sovereign right to be governed by their own laws made in their own Parliament by their own people." Other European countries are also having second thoughts about the EU. Yesterday's opinion poll carried out by the respected Allensbach Polling Institute revealed that only 1 in 10 of the German people believe there are strong advantages in membership of the European Union. Only 27% now support the Euro which had 60% support at the launch. The Deutschmark will be abolished in January 2002. Sykes added: "The people of both our nations are waking up and realising that the EU is more about political control and bureaucratic regulation than free trade and prosperity which people thought they had voted for when saying yes to a Common Market." A recent MORI poll showed that 71% of British voters are in favour of a referendum on Britain's continued membership of the EU and 52%, who expressed an opinion, believe that Britain should leave the EU. "The people have spoken," says Mr Sykes, "but the politicians refuse to listen." To prove that point, the British Democracy Campaign wrote to all 659 MPs asking if they supported the majority view in favour of a referendum. More than 90% failed to respond. 

The British Democracy Campaign will continue to conduct opinion polls in Britain, France and Germany and make them available on their web site http://www.britishdemocracycampaign.co.uk and to the media at large. However, Paul Sykes warns that: "This election could be the last chance for voters to decide who runs the country, Britain or Brussels?

Only one party intends to fight for the majority view on Europe and that's why I am giving my support to the UK Independence Party.

Paul Sykes' office on 01423 560011
Or
Dave Sewards on 0113 3943601 or mobile 07785 573033.

Source: PR NEWSWIRE EUROPE 17/05/2001

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