UKIP Eastern Counties
Brentwood sixth formers are warned that their power as voters is being taken away
Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Stuart Agnew MEP giving his talk at Brentwood County High School
During a visit to Brentwood County High School on Friday (5th March), UKIP MEP for the Eastern Counties, Stuart Agnew gave a talk to sixth formers during which he highlighted the way in which successive EU treaties have removed the right of voters to decide who governs our country at a General Election. Mr Agnew said: "Each treaty has transferred more power to unelected officials in Brussels, leaving voters in Britain with an ever diminishing power over the running of their country. We still elect a governing party but there is very little left of the governance of the country over which it has full authority. 75% of all legislation passing through Westminster originates in Brussels. Our democracy is like an elastic band stretched to its absolute limit. Very soon, it will snap".
Meanwhile, UKIP Deputy Leader and MEP for the Eastern Counties, David Campbell Bannerman took part in a debate at the Berkhamsted School on 5th February of a motion calling for Britain to stay in the European Union. Mr Campbell Bannerman spoke against the motion with a speaker from the European Movement speaking for it. Mr Campbell Bannerman comfortably won the debate with 69 of the sixth form students attending the debate having voted against the motion, and 49 for it.
