27/05/2015
That's what the
BBC is saying - so it must be true. In this case, would prefer the question to be: "should we leave the EU?", although it is proposed as "Should the UK remain in the EU". The addition of the words "remain in" to replace "be a member of", is to take account of those who didn't realise we were already in the EU.
I am thus reminded of the Yorkshire farmer who at the height of the Battle of Britain in 1940 was prosecuted for breach of blackout regulations, after having lit a huge bonfire on his property and left it burning overnight. His defence was that he did not know Britain was at war.
All those years later, we have the Monarch - who presumably does know we're in the EU - reading out her lines provided by Mr Cameron, telling us that there will be an "in-out" referendum. At last, the game's afoot.
Now we have the chance to correct a historic mistake by past politicians, who gave power to a supranational body in the wrong-headed belief that it would improve our trading and manufacturing performance. We can undo their damage and set the United Kingdom back on the path to greatness.
