Since I was elected to Parliament in 2010, I have taken every opportunity to push back against the EU’s move towards ever closer union. I have also been a long-time supporter of offering the people a say on our membership of the EU and was delighted when the Prime Minister led the way in pledging to hold that referendum after renegotiation before 2017. I am proud to be a member of the only party offering that choice.
Now that the Prime Minister has taken the bold step of pledging a referendum, he must be no less ambitious in the renegotiation he seeks.
When we talk about our membership of the EU, we hear from the usual suspects who have dominated the discussion for so long: corporate big business and professional lobbyists. These voices have pushed the debate to its most extreme corners: In at all costs or Out no matter what.
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