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Don't fall for flawed arguments - vote for Brexit

Published Fri, May 20, 2016 · 09:50 PM

London

BRITAIN'S European Union referendum is partly about economics, but it also involves big issues of security, accountability and democracy. It's part of a long-running unresolved constitutional debate about the government and identity of the UK. Many deeply flawed arguments are put forward for Britain to stay in. On June 23, I shall be voting for "Brexit".

The UK's security depends above all on factors beyond EU influence. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato), a military alliance between sovereign countries, was created to meet the challenge of a Europe at war. It's a myth that the EU, rather than Nato, has brought peace to our continent since 1945. Moreover, most of the hundreds of thousan…

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