Lord Rose of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign said on March 2nd that being in the EU is good for large businesses because it keeps wages low and gives industry a plentiful supply of cheap foreign labour. He admitted to a meeting of the Treasury Select Committee that “Wages for British workers will rise in the event of Brexit” Sigmar Gabriel, the German Economy Minister speaking on Friday March 8, said “the EU’s policies are depressing the earnings of low paid workers and pensioners”.

Mr Gabriel also admitted that “The blame lies with Europe’s inability to put together a joint growth programme”. The EU (under various names) has been in existence since the Treaty of Rome signed in 1957, 59 years ago, was set up (in part) to make it easier for trade and industry across Europe to work in partnership and yet, after all that time, it has still not been able to put together a realistic, functioning joint programme.

Two people, both strong advocates for European Union, two different countries but just one message. Both are saying that being in the EU is bad for the common people, makes it difficult for industries in different parts to work together, keeps wages and pensions low despite ever rising prices, puts your job at risk because someone from elsewhere in the EU is ready todo it for less money and many politicians, together with the big industry leaders, are encouraging the fact. How much clearer does it have to be for the majority to see that being ‘in’ is no good for anyone except the politicians and big industry bosses with their ‘fat cat’ salaries and gold plated pensions? Those getting least from our EU membership are the ordinary workers, their families, those on a pension, small business people like local shop keepers and so on?

Essentially everyone else.

Glen Wilson UKIP Candidate Pedmore & Stourbridge East