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Cameron 'insincere' over Turkey

Tuesday, 27th July 2010

UKIP's chief spokesman, Nigel Farage MEP, has slammed David Cameron's demands that Turkey get let into the EU as "irresponsible and illegitimate".

"He states that those who wish to preserve our culture make him angry. Well, Prime Minister, your cavalier approach to the traditions and history of this country make us all very angry, but your anger can lead to disastrous and irreversible changes to our nation," Mr Farage said.
 
Under EU laws of free movement the people of Turkey would be granted the right to move to Britain, nobody in Britain has ever been asked if they are happy with that. Turkey is a nation whose population is projected to grow to 100million by 2020 by the Council of Europe.
 
Mr Farage continued: "Worse still, as he knows that Turkish accession will be rejected by France, Germany, Austria and others he is guilty of building up hopes where there are none.

"Of course we should be building up trade links, of course we should encourage free movement of capital and goods. Of course we should be politically supportive of a friend and ally, but to do so requires honesty. Not snake oil and insincerity.
 
"Mr Cameron knows that he is flying in the face of the people of Britain by making this grandiose gesture to the Turkey. He knows that his point of view is shared only by a small number of people in the UK, and he knows that he cannot deliver on his demand.

"What is more he knows that Turkish membership would change the EU constitutionally so much that it would require a new Treaty and ratification in the UK by referendum under his own 'referendum lock'.. A referendum he knows he would lose."

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