It is particularly frightening that the young people of the UK know so little about the actual workings of the European Union. At least, many of us fogies are rather better
informed!
Ask any 'well-educated young person' about the EU and all the vast majority can
do is to repeat dubious sound bites from the EU propaganda which floods into our schools or
banner headlines from people whose default response is to scream 'racist' at
anyone who has the audacity to mention immigration.
Those readers in the UK - try this test on any young people between
the ages of 13 to 35. It is astonishing how little is known.
1) Do they realise that the EU is SO corrupt that its own auditors
have not signed off the accounts properly in 21 years? In part, this is because
of total inefficiency - so that is alright then!
2) Do they know that our MEPs - carefully elected - have
effectively no powers?
3) Do they know that the EU is run by unelected commissioners and
bureaucrats - also unelected?
4) Do they know that our ONE Commissioner does NOT represent the UK
but the EU ONLY?
5) Do they know that the powers of Europol are theoretically
greater than those of the Gestapo? Effectively, they cannot commit any act for
which they may be prosecuted.
6) Did they realise that every working migrant from the EU
effectively takes away a job from a British worker? (What too about housing,
education, public services, burden on the NHS?)
7) Do they realise that would-be migrants from 167 countries have
to apply for work permits - but EU members do not? (Note how many of the EU
migrants are white. Isn't that racist, maybe?)
8) Do they realise that the EU is failing? - It used to have 38% of
world trade - it now has 18% and will drop to 15% (if we remain) by
2019?
9) Do they know that the Taxpayers' Alliance estimates that being
in the EU costs £125 billion annually - when all costs are taken into
account?
10) Do they know that since joining - we have paid in a net one
third of a TRILLION pounds?
11) Now do they get why those who know more (excluding bankers, celebs, politicos, luvvies and lefties, of course) have supported Brexit. The real
fogies like me remember a time of sovereignty.
