More than 200 people attended a meeting discussing EU Threats to Britain.
The meeting, held at St John's House, Broadway, Winchester featured UK Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage and author Lindsay Jenkins.
Ms Jenkins spoke about the plans for the Regionalisation of England. Regional Assemblies have already been set up in London, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However England, too big to be a single region, is likely to be divided up.
She said the regions will be ruled from Brussels rather than London and warned that, whereas people can choose our representatives in Westminster, you would not be able to choose the rules for Brussels. She pointed out that the EU commissioners make the bulk of the regulations; they are not elected and can't be sacked.
Nigel Farage of the UK Independence explained how the increase in numbers of asylum seekers was a direct consequence of our membership of the EU
He then outlined the key elements of the forthcoming EU Constitution, which threatens to cause Britain to hand over control of its foreign, economic, social and employment policies to Brussels and remove many rights previously taken for granted. At present 80% of legislation coming from Westminster is merely rubberstamping of rules sent from Brussels. He said control from Brussels will become nearly total if the EU constitution is adopted.
Mr Farage urged Britain to leave the EU while it still can. He said: "We should arrange an amicable divorce and stay on excellent terms with the EU, and with the rest of the world. In this way we would keep our own legal system and control our own affairs, our own borders, and trade with whomever we want including the US and the Commonwealth"
Richard Jeffries, a Eurosceptic singer and songwriter, provided exciting music.
The meeting was organised by Europe of Democracies and Diversities, a group within the EU Parliament.
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