Ceding power

Published on 06/08/2012 00:00

I’m glad the Olympics have cut short the Jubilee excitement because I do not think we have much to celebrate in the Queen’s long reign.

It is true that during the first 20 years of her reign, British skills – developed to help win the Second World War – kept us ahead of the world in many aspects of science and engineering (such as world’s first nuclear power station, first jet airliner, the QE2 etc). However, from 1972 onwards the Queen has signed a succession of treaties and acts of parliament which have progressively surrendered our freedom and economy to an unelected commission appointed by the countries of the European Union. One such act decreed that laws dictated by this commission could become UK law without debate in parliament.

The result is that the pre-1973 British achievements have been largely negated, our research and development has gone to the EU, and our main industries have closed down or become foreign (mainly EU) owned. In addition, things made in the EU and elsewhere are flooding Britain causing a massive balance of payments deficit and the EU’s green energy requirements are adding to it by our import of EU windmills and purchase of green energy.

One bizarre example is that a Danish group is going to erect 300 giant 6MW wind turbines, made in Germany, in British coastal waters, owned by the Crown. The Danes will own the turbines and sell the electricity to us, thereby increasing our payments deficit. Presumably the Crown will benefit in some way.

John G Greer-Spencer

Touch Wards

Dunfermline, Fife