Dear Editor,
The Beamish Museum is in the news this week because it is no
longer earmarked to get £4 million from the European Regional Development
Fund.
Now I am a great supporter of this County Durham heritage site,
which is an economic asset to the North East, and I hope it long continues to
attract hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
But no one should be fooled into thinking that we should rely on
and be grateful for European money. Let me make it plain – there is no such
thing. This country meekly hands over a staggering £55 million a day to the EU
and then they very kindly give us some back and we jump up and down in
gratitude.
It is madness almost beyond belief and the sooner we leave this
failing economic bloc the better.
Yours sincerely
Jonathan Arnott MEP,
