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...in Strasbourg, having travelled to this
building we only occupy 50 days a year at a cost of millions of euro to the tax
payer discussing yet another ‘strategy for growth and jobs’ when it is
legislation rubber stamped in this very building which has cost my constituents
in Scunthorpe and Rotherham their jobs.
The obsession with the green agenda has led to
increased energy prices. The outgoing boss at Tata steel in Scunthorpe said
these levies cost £130million a year.
Thanks to our EU membership the British government
can do virtually nothing to help.
To add insult to injury, they are even using
Swedish steel to make British Army equipment: steel that beat Hitler is no
longer good enough for our Armed Forces!
But given that the UK has a referendum on our
membership in 2017 I say we should ignore the Commission and put our own people
first.
If Brussels doesn’t want us to have a steel
industry it’s something we can talk about after the referendum where I imagine
the conversation will be brief, if the polls keep showing a win for
LEAVE.
The North suffered under the Conservatives during
the 80’s and 90’s and is doing so again. The Northern Powerhouse is a myth -
it's the Brussels powerhouse we need to deal
with.
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