I HAVE started a national petition which I will hand in to 10 Downing Street at 2pm on November 11, 2000, telling Tony Blair that we, the people of Britain, do not want him to sign the treaty in France on December 2.
The treaty will lock Britain forever into a European superstate. The British people who sign the petition will be saying NO to Mr Blair giving away without their permission their right to be a self-governing country. They will be saying they do not want to be part of a United States of Europe with a constitution which will override our own laws. They will also be saying:
NO to the abolition of our British legal system.
NO to a common foreign policy with the creation of a common EU army and the creation of a European police force (which will have diplomatic immunity, i.e. will be above the law). NO to losing the right to set our own taxes, which will be harmonised with those of other European countries.
The signing of this treaty will also spell the end of the national veto so that Britain will be powerless to stop any new proposals from Brussels.
The date on which I intend to hand in this petition, Armistice Day, seems particularly appropriate as one million people died in two world wars to keep this country free.
Anyone who would like a blank petition form(s) can write to me at 21 Redland Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3QA, sending an SAE, or visit my website at www.6.50megs.com/yeohac where there is a copy of the petition form which can be printed off.
Mrs D F Yeoh.
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