Article 5o - EU, Bye, Bye.

Nick Martinek, Briarlyn Road, Huddersfield. THE Article 50 letter is sent to reclaim our nation from the EU. No more rule from Brussels. No more glowering, unelected EU Commissioners telling us what we can’t do. This is the time to take back control and restore our rightful place amongst the independent nations of the world. The crucial issues are legal, of course: the supremacy of UK law; and the sovereignty that makes it possible. All the other benefits follow – democracy, fiscal and economic independence, control of our borders, control of farming and fisheries, the freedom to make our own 
trade deals, and many many others. Compared to those, our exports to the EU are a relatively minor concern at only around 10 per cent of UK GDP. A tenth of our economy is not to be sneezed at, of course, it is important. But nowhere near as important as the other 90 per cent of our economy, and our independence.
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