Last Friday, French President Francois Hollande told our Prime Minister, David Cameron, that the European Union would not allow the United Kingdom to renegotiate her terms of membership of the Union and would not win what the Prime Minister had called a “new settlement” for the British.

Hollande went on to say that membership of the EU was for life and “that treaties are meant to be complied with”. This was on the same day that European leaders called for a report into how the EU can boost their joint defence and security role in the world. The ultimate plan is, of course, the creation of a European army which, along with a unified political system and common taxation equates to the creation of a completely sovereign entity, namely a European Superstate.

Prime Minister Edward Heath knew all along all that the creation of a European state was the ultimate plan when he took us into the misleadingly named European Economic Community in 1973. Two years later, in 1975, Prime Minister Harold Wilson was equally duplicitous when his government asked us to vote on whether or not we wanted to stay in that “economic” community.
 
As I’ve said before in this blog, we’ve been deceived and misled from the start and if, as seems increasingly likely, our present Government are willing to prejudice membership of the EU by attempting to renegotiate more favourable terms of membership they should receive our full encouragement.

Many of us are happy for the UK to be part of, or to remain in, an “economic” or trading community but not at the cost of national sovereignty. A shopper may well wish to purchase apples from the nice lady in the local market but he doesn’t necessarily wish to set up home with her.

There are, no doubt, many more twists and turns ahead of us in our relationship with Europe but if David Cameron cannot get what he wants at the negotiating table he should leave it to the British public. Give us a referendum Mr Cameron and we’ll show you the way.