By David Furness
The European Customs Union focuses solely on trade in goods and is unrelated to immigration policy or the free movement of people. However, it remains a separate arrangement that could still impact our sovereignty and control over trade policies. MPs who support rejoining see it as a step towards full EU membership.
Customs Union:
- Countries in the European Customs Union, including all EU member states and Monaco, do not charge customs duties on goods traded between them.
- All member countries apply the same import duty on goods from outside the union, creating a unified market area for products.
- Member countries negotiate as a single entity, prohibiting separate trade deals for goods covered by the union’s regulations.
Lib Dem MP Al Pinkerton introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill supported by 101 MPs, which should alarm voters about potential threats to our independence.
In 2016, we made a bold decision to reclaim our sovereignty by leaving the EU, but now some MPs are pushing to undo that by rejoining the EU’s Customs Union.
We are witnessing the demise and total capitulation of our once proud nation. Rejoining the European Customs Union means a first step to Europe ruling over us. We must demand a general election now to choose leaders who will protect our independence!
Every MP who voted to join the European Customs Union should resign. Here is a list of those MPs:
Liberal Democrats
Gideon Amos, Taunton and Wellington
Steff Aquarone, North Norfolk
Josh Babarinde, Eastbourne
Alison Bennett, Mid Sussex
Jess Brown-Fuller, Chichester
Charlotte Cane, Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Alistair Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland
David Chadwick, Brecon Radmor and Cwm Tawe
Wendy Chamberlain, North East Fife
Danny Chambers, Winchester
Chris Coghlan, Dorking and Horley
Victoria Collins, Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Daisy Cooper, St Albans
Adam Dance, Yeovil
Steve Darling, Torbay
Ed Davey, Kingston and Surbiton
Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington
Sarah Dyke, Glastonbury and Somerton
Tim Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale
Will Forster, Woking
Zoe Franklin, Guildford
Andrew George, St Ives
Sarah Gibson, Chippenham
Rachel Gilmour, Tiverton and Minehead
Olly Glover, Didcot and Wantage
Marie Golman, Chelmsford
Tom Gorman, Harrogate and Knaresborough
Sarah Green, Chesham and Amersham
Monica Harding, Esher and Walton
Pippa Heylings, South Cambridgeshire
Wera Hobhouse, Bath
Christine Jardine, Edinburgh West
Liz Jarvis, Eastleigh
Clive Jones, Wokingham
Paul Kohler, Wimbledon
James MacClearly, Lewes
Ben Maguire, North Cornwall
Helen Maguire, Epson and Ewell
Mike Martin, Tunbridge Wells
Brian Mathew, Melksham and Devises
Charlie Maynard, Witney
Calum Miller, Bicester and Woodstock
John Milne, Horsham
Layla Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon
Edward Morello, West Dorset
Helen Morgan, North Shropshire
Tom Morrison, Cheadle
Tessa Munt, Wells and Mendip Hills
Sarah Olney, Richmond Park
Manuela Perteghella, Stratford-upon-Avon
Al Pinkerton, Surrey Heath
Joshua Reynolds, Maidenhead
Ian Roome, North Devon
Anna Sabine, Frome and East Somerset
Roz Saveage, South Cotswolds
Vikki Slade, Mid Somerset and North Poole
Lisa Smart, Hazel Grove
Ian Sollom, St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Luke Talyor, Sutton and Cheam
Cameron Thomas, Tewkesbury
Freddie van Mierlo, Henley and Thame
Caroline Voaden, South Devon
Max Wilkinson, Cheltenham
Munira Wilson, Twickenham
Martin Wrigley, Newton Abbot
Labour
Sadik Al-Hassan, North Somerset
Fleur Anderson, Putney
Tonia Antoniazzi, Gower
Richard Burgon, Leeds East
Dawn Butler, Brent East
Marsha De Cordove, Battersea
Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch
Imran Hussain, Bradford East
Afzal Khan, Manchester Rusholme
Peter Lamb, Crowley
James Nalsh, Ruholme
Dr Simon Opher, Stroud
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Clapham and Brixton Hill
Greens
Sian Berry, Brighton Pavillion
Ellie Chowns, North Herefordshire
Clara Denyer, Bristol Central
Alliance
Sorcha Eastwood, Lagan Valley
Independents
Dianne Abbot, Hackney North and Stoke Newington Barr
Shockat Adam, Leicester South
Adnan Hussain, Blackburn
Ayoub Khan, Birmingham Perry Barr
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