law includes changes such as removing the limit on the level of income NHS hospitals can earn from private health services and permitting new Clinical Commissioning Groups to outsource commissioning work to private companies . We should reject any attempts through EU law to privatise the NHS and use the £ 8.5bn ( net ) we send to Brussels each year to invest sufficiently in local health services .
2 . “ Special ” EU deal is a farce
Prime Minister David Cameron launched the ‘ In ’ campaign on the premise that he had secured Britain ’ s ‘ special status ’ in Europe in an apparent redrawing of the UK ’ s membership . Number 10 hailed it as a victory and repeatedly claimed the terms negotiated are “ legally binding and irreversible ”. But in an embarrassing development which leaves the deal in farce , the House of Commons library , which provides independent research and advice to MPs , said the European Court of Justice “ could not enforce ” the deal if it clashed with EU treaties . Researchers warned that uncertainty around the legality of the deal mean that parts of it could end up “ effectively being reversed by the courts ”. And the report also said key parts of the agreement , including curbs on welfare payments to EU migrants , still had to be agreed by the European Parliament “ which is not directly bound by ” the deal .
The very foundation of the Remain campaign has been built on a lie , one which is repeated continuously in the hope that the British public believe it . The truth is the concessions won by Mr Cameron are not legally binding or enshrined in EU law at all . In fact , the most senior Tory MP in the European Parliament Syed Kamall , who helped broker the deal , is now backing the Leave campaign . What does that tell you ?
3 . The EU is in decline
When the UK joined what is now the EU in 1973 , the bloc accounted for 37 % of world GDP . By 2025 , according to US Government figures , the EU will account for just 22 % of world GDP . Even after enlargement , the EU is lagging behind other major economic blocs including China and the Commonwealth .
Whether it ’ s the eurozone crisis and the currency split between northern and southern Europeans , the migrant and refugee influx dividing older western member states and newer central and eastern ones or the three hugely expensive financial rescues of Greece ; the EU ’ s 28 member states are as divided now as they ever have been . It is no longer inconceivable , as it perhaps once was , that the EU will become increasingly bereft of power and relevance on the world stage before slipping into a glacial decline .
4 . National security stronger outside of EU
Apparently we ’ re safer in the EU ? Not according to the British head of Europol who has warned that as many as 5,000 ISIS-trained jihadists are wandering free in Europe . Rob Wainwright described the EU as an “ international passport free area for terrorists ”. Does that sound safe to you ? How about having proper border security so we can ensure those we are letting in are either skilled workers or people with a genuine humanitarian need ?
27 cross-party reasons to Leave the EU | @ DavidSeadon