Coun Tim Mickleburgh (Labour),
Boulevard Avenue, Grimsby. Yorks
Post.
IT worries me some of the intemperate language used post the EU
referendum. And I don’t mean hate crime abuse directed at immigrants, but that
directed at those of us who supported Brexit!
We’ve been called all names under the sun, from racists to little
Englanders, while the London-based metropolitan
elite sometimes give the
impression that we’re a bunch of uneducated Northerners
In fact we simply didn’t believe the “doom and gloom” propaganda of the
Remainers, feeling that as one of the strongest economies in the world we didn’t
have to be tied to other European nations but could make are own deals with the
countries that are the powerhouses in the world.
At the same time we wanted power devolved as closely to the people as
possible, restoring the sovereignty of our own Parliament and being allowed to
impose measures to protect our own industries.
As for immigration, we happily accept genuine refugees escaping hardship
and war, but don’t want a free border which has allowed for unlimited economic
migration while unemployment has remained high. We can’t tell what the future
will bring, but we mustn’t let Britain be talked down by the
Europhiles.
