Saturday 18th April 2015
Independence from Europe Launch their
manifesto
Boston, Lincolnshire
Independence From
Europe Parliamentary candidates at the launch of their
manifesto
From the left: Helen Bashford, Mike Nattrass, Chris Pain and Ray
Spalding
An Independence From Europe was the 6th largest party in the Euro Elections, gaining almost a quarter of a million votes accross England
Thank you for your support
Results
East Midlands
East of England
London
North East
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
21,384
26,564
26,675
13,934
26,731
45,199
23,169
27,171
24,297
A Message from the Chairman
We received 235,124 votes in England.
We were in 6th place.
We received more votes than BNP and the English Democrats.
Not bad for a party that has only been going for six months.
Mike Nattrass - Party Leader
Independence From Europe
An inclusive, democratic Euro Realist party established to give
active party members a clear voice in policy making.
Fighting the European Elections on 22 May 2014 in
every English region
Independence From Europe - Manifesto and Policies
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Mike Nattrass has represented the people of the West
Midlands since being elected in 2004.
Born a Yorkshireman with Black Country roots on his mother's
side, he has resided in the West Midlands Region for over 39
years. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors, a former senior partner of Nattrass Giles which he
established in 1980.
LETTERS
Daily Mail, 9 Dec 2009
Don't bank on it
PETER OBORNE states that when he was Chancellor, Gordon Brown
'made some sensible decisions, of which the granting of
independence to the Bank of England was the most astute'
(Mail).
But rendering the Bank independent had nothing to do with him. It
was a requirement of the Protocol on Central Banks enshrined in
the Maastricht Treaty.
GEORGE CURTIS
Dedham, Essex
Latest Media Interviews and Speeches
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
7 mins 39 secs
An Independence From Europe
Mike Nattrass MEP talking about An Independence From Europe, the EU and European and Domestic issues. Mike also highlights the main differences between the two parties and the need for Eurosceptic MEP's who will report back to the British public and tell them what is going on.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
BBC News - Politics
An Independence From Europe hopes to get 10% of vote
A Eurosceptic party only formed last November is hoping to get at least two MEPs elected in Thursday's polls.
An Independence from Europe, set up by former UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass, is predicting that it will get more than 10% of the total vote in polls for the European Parliament.
Mr Nattrass said he had had a "strong reaction" from voters.
Sunday, 18 May 2014
49 secs
BBC Sunday Politics Show
Mike Nattrass MEP talking about An Independence From Europe and his concerns over privatisation initiatives being pushed by the EU especially the National Health Service.
Daily Politics Show
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
3 mins 25 secs
An Independence From Europe is to the left of UKIP
Andrew Neil talks to Mike Nattrass MEP about An Independence From Europe
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
1 mins 42 secs
Freedom of movement for workers (debate)
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass MEP speaking at
the Strasbourg parliament about the Freedom of movement for
workers.
Read
the full transcript here
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
1 mins 33 secs
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings...
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass MEP speaking at
the Strasbourg parliament against the Fourth Railway Package
which will impose the fragmentation and privatisation of rail
passenger services accross the whole of the EU.
Read the full
transcript here
Monday, 9 December 2013
9 mins 32 secs
Immigration
Mike Nattrass MEP and Jim Carver (West Midlands UKIP Activist) discuss with Adrian Goldberg comments reportedly made by Lincolnshire UKIP Councillor Victoria Ayling.
Thursday, 11 November 2013
4 mins 49 secs
Mike Nattrass MEP forms new party
The launch of a new political party has gathered a “splendid following”, according to the West Midlands MEP who set it up. Mike Nattrass has launched a new Eurosceptic group, called ‘An Independence Party'. The Euro MP says celebrity chef Rustie Lee, and a former Welsh minister are amongst his supporters
Friday, September 20 2013
6 mins 32 secs
Deselection and Democracy in UKIP
Andrew Neil and Mike Nattrass MEP discuss democracy in UKIP, Mike's deselection and NOT joining the English Democrats
Thursday, August 29 2013
4 mins 36 secs
Mike - deselection by UKIP
Andrew Easton and Mike Nattrass MEP discuss Mike's deselection by UKIP
Thursday, August 29 2013
6 mins
Mike - deselection by UKIP
Danny Kelly and Mike Nattrass MEP discuss Mike's deselection by UKIP
Friday, August 02 2013
4 mins 27 secs
Crime and Open Borders
Mike Nattrass MEP argues the case for policing our own
borders.
Now that Europe is effectively turning into a single country with
an implied single passport, these open borders are allowing
criminals to cross the borders of EU member states and enter the
UK.
Monday, July 29 2013
5 mins 40 secs
Jobs - Let's put local people first
Whilst Government business minister Matthew Hancock is
critisising industry for not employing enough British workers,
the Government is advertising 800,000 jobs accross the European
Union through the EU website.
Wednesday, July 24 2013
9 mins 14 secs
Is immigration a drain on public services?
David Cameron has said that he agrees with the proposition
that immigration causes a constant drain on public services
whilst the Office for Budget Responsibility say that we need more
immigration to take account of an ageing population. West
Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass argues that what we need is managed
immigration, which we don't have at the moment due to the
open door policy from the EU
Monday, 01 July 2013
2 mins 04 secs
More legislation from the EU sausage machine - Mike Nattrass MEP
More legislation from the EU sausage machine - Witness on debates about the length of chicken beaks, enquiries into how much wine in a wine gum and facts about rotten fruit leading to drunken reindeer.
Monday, July 01 2013
3 mins 17 secs
M6 Toll Free to Lorries
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass, who is a member of the
EU’s Transport & Tourism Committee, discusses whether
an offer by the owners of the M6 Toll road to members of the Road
Haulage Association for free use of the road during July will
lead to an increase in lorries using it after this period.
Mike Nattrass argues that the Toll road is a failure and should
be brought into public ownership.
Tuesday, May 07 2013
8 mins 22 secs
relaxation of working restrictions for people from Romania and Bulgaria
Mike Nattrass MEP in debate with the Ambassador of Romania in
London, Dr Ion Jinga about the relaxation of working restrictions
for people from Romania and Bulgaria.
Tuesday, April 23 2013
4 mins 08 secs
Should the M6 toll be free.
In July this year a trial takes place to allow members of the
Road Haulage Association to use the M6 Toll for free. The result
of this trial may well support the case for
nationalisation.
Monday, March 25 2013
4 mins 52 secs
Immigration
Mike Nattrass talks to Adrian Goldberg at Radio WM about
uncontrolled immigration and how this affects our ability to
properly budget for infrastructure which leads to increased
pressure in housing, hospitals, schools etc. Also mentioned is
the effect uncontrolled immigration has on the jobs market.
Monday, March 18 2013
4 mins 49 secs
Scrap the Tolls Protest
Mike Nattrass talks to Eric Smith at Radio Shropshire about
the Countrywide Scrap the Tolls Protest which, in the West
Midlands is taking place at the M6 Toll at Cheslyn Hay.
Wednesday, January 23 2013
4 mins
David Cameron promises EU referendum - again
Shane O'Conner talks to Mike Nattrass MEP about David
Cameron's promise to hold a referendum on the EU.
David Cameron has again promised to hold a referendum once he has
negotiated a new deal with Europe but, only if the Conservatives
are returned to power with a majority.
Mike compares Cameron to the little boy who cried wolf and points
out that he has made referendum promises before Click here for previous EU referendum
promises.
Monday, January 07 2013
18 mins
Adieu to the EU
Annie Othen talks to Mike Nattrass MEP, Doug Squires, and
Professor Simon Bulmer about our place in the EU, what has it
done for us and what would happen if we left and asks:
Is it now time to say 'Adieu to the EU'.
Tuesday, January 01 2013
40 Year anniversary
Britain has been a member of the EU for 40 Years. Mike gives his thoughts on what the EU has done for us during this time.
Wednesday, November 21 2012
EU Recycling targets cost Councils
Although Councils in Hereford and Worcester are only sending a third of their waste to landfill, the fines have now doubled. Incineration is now seen as the answer. Mike Nattrass explains the potential pitfalls and why European landfill targets are a 'one size fits all' solution.
Monday, July 9 2012
Another cast iron promise?
As David Cameron holds out the posibility of a referendum on
whether we remain in the European Union, Mike Nattrass MEP
comments that this is like the little boy crying wolf.
He also explains why, if we left the EU, we would not see a
reduction in trade with Europe.
Saturday, June 2 2012
A referendum on Europe
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said of a referendum on
Britain’s relationship with the European Union "I
cannot think of anything sillier to do than hold a referendum.
I’m not keen on referendums, I see no case for this
referendum.”
Mike Nattrass MEP and Michael Cashman MEP discuss Ken
Clarke's comments and the mounting calls for a
referendum.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
The Greek financial crisis
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg about the Greek financial crisis, the potential collapse of the Euro and the impact it could have on the West Midlands.
Thursday, March 29 2012.
Mike Nattrass MEP in the EU Parliament in Brussels speaking about concerns on EU citizenship.
A patriotic pensioner from Walsall came under the spotlight in Brussels when his letter to MEP Mike Nattrass, calling for advice on how to renounce EU citizenship, was read out in the European Parliament.
Eighty-three-year-old Alan Sheath, who lives in Portland Road, Aldridge with his 83-year-old wife Dorothy, says he is determined to fight Brussels bureaucrats all the way and has enlisted the help of Mr Nattrass to seek ways in which to reject imposed EU citizenship and defend his “birthright” of being a UK citizen.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
The Politics show - Our Economy
Mike Nattrass MEP talks about the effect Eu regulation is having on local businesses
Monday, 19 March 2012
Roads - pay as you go?
The Coalition Government are proposing to put private
companies in charge of maintaining our roads using funding from
the private sector.
Mike Nattrass MEP and Mark Garnier MP discuss the issue.
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
For the love of cod do not do this - SAY NO
Speech given by Mike Nattrass MEP at the European Parliament
Strasbourg on the Icelandic application to join the EU.
Mike's message to Iceland is: If you join you will loose your
fish, your freedom and your currency.
For
full transcript click here.
Saturday, 4 February 2012.
Mike Nattrass suggests the M6 Toll should be nationalised.
It would appear that there is a direct correlation between the
increase in M6 Toll charges and a reduction in the number of
drivers using the Toll road.
With toll charges due to rise again, more traffic will be pushed
on to the M6.
Mike suggests that the Toll road should now be brought back into public ownership.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Top Totty banned from the Strangers' bar.
Mike Nattrass MEP and Yvonne Roberts talk to Danny Kelly about moves by the House of Commons to throw out Stafford Brewer, Slaters fine beer 'Top Totty' after shadow equalities minister Kate Green said she was "disturbed" to hear it was on sale in The Strangers' Bar.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Plans to widen the M6 are just a 'sticking plaster'
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Phil Upton about the proposals to widen the M6.
The Highways Agency are planning to spend around £130 million between Junction 5 Castle Bromwich and Junction 8 the M5 to use a managed traffic system which campaigners say will just be a sticking plaster.
Thursday, 10 December 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg at BBC Radio WM
Mike Nattrass MEP comments on the view put forward by Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK that David Cameron's veto now makes the City of London a tax haven which threatens democracy, undermines economies and will result in job losses
Wednesday, 9 November 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Andrew Easton at BBC Hereford and Worcester Radio
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass has launched a stinging attack on a European court ruling that could hit British beekeeping.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that all jars of honey may have to be relabelled to say they contain pollen and this judgment means producers will have to show the pollen is not genetically modified. See full story
Wednesday, 2 November 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg at BBC WM
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg about the Greek Crisis and proposed bail-out
Wednesday, 1 December 2010.
Mike Nattrass comments that the EU is incapable of overseeing the single market.
States have been given ten years to comply with the legislation but some large egg producers have still not met the requirements. For those that have, it has been at tremendous cost. If the EU now extends the deadline, producers that haven't complied will have an unfair advantage which could result in the closure of those that have.
Wednesday, 1 December 2010.
MEPs call for fairness on new egg rules
Mike Nattrass and Nikki Sinclaire are using a "written
declaration" to call on the European Parliament to impose
tough sanctions on member states who choose to ignore new rules
outlawing the sale of eggs from non-enriched cages.
This is the first time a UKIP MEP has used this official form of
attack.
Mike comments - This will lead UK egg producers to go out of
business ... because they HAVE complied with the EU regs!!
More on this story in theFarmers Guardian
Monday, 27 September 2010.
Mike Nattrass talks to BBC WM about 'rip off' EU
Mike talks to Ed Doolan at BBC WM about his job as a MEP, returning Sovereignty to the UK and the poor financial return we get from the EU.
Monday, September 20 2010.
Mike Nattrass interview on Roma explusions by France - BBC Radio Shropshire
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass discusses whether the French can, as a member of the European Union, expel the Roma
Thursday, 12 August 2010.
Mike talks to Ed Doolan at BBC WM about the EU imposition of a £150,000,000 fine.
The EU has instructed the British Government to collect around
£150 million in fines because of failures to prominently display
the EU flag or logo where European funding is involved.
Local organisations and businesses have also been fined including
the YMCA and Advantage West Midlands.
Mike discusses all of this as well as the lack of interest in
Europe,
why we don't get fined when we don't fly our national
flag and why we can't fly the European flag upside down.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Labour MEP calls for EU Rail Privatisation.
Mike Nattrass, MEP, European Parliament, Strasbourg - March
2010.
Debate: Implementation of the first railway package
Directives.
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UKIP moving towards NHS privatisation. NOT US!!
Monday, April 28 2014
Here we have UKIP saying that privatisation is necessary in
the NHS. So are we to the left of UKIP ... or do we just have
better judgement? See link below to UKIP statement.
Whilst we have no problem with private hospitals and have no
issue with people who wish to pay for their treatment WE DO NOT
ACCEPT A MIXED PRIVATE/STATE FUNDED NHS.
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more...
Can we taxpayers afford the 2.5 billion Euros sent to South America?
Wednesday, March 26 2014
Mike Nattrass MEP, Leader of "AN INDEPENDENCE FROM
EUROPE" who will be standing at the 22 May election, has
exposed the spending of UK taxpayers money on an EU 2.5 billion
euro, six year aid package to South America.
"These billions are from the EU, an organisation that has
failed to get its own accounts cleared for the past 18 years and
seems unable to sort out its own governance for spending or for
the care of its own population" said Mike Nattrass MEP
"This means our taxes will be going to Argentina, amongst
other places!" said Mike
The funding, unveiled by EU development commissioner Andris
Piebalgs, will support a programme to improve social cohesion in
the region.
Read more
Metric Compulsion and the EU
Monday, March 24 2014
This aspect of unnecessary compulsion from the EU is why I
originally started my quest for Independence from the EU.
As a Chartered Surveyor I have always defended Imperial Measure.
The EU insisted we changed to metric measure in the 1980s and I
became actively Euro sceptic, a rebel.
Read more
HS2 is madness but is it news
Tuesday, February 18 2014
As an MEP on the EU Transport Committee I still wonder why the
EU motivation for HS2 via the EU TENT-T project is never
mentioned!!
The HS2 budget is as remarkable for what has been left out of the
list of costs, as for what has been included. The £50bn cost has
more or less now been admitted by Sir David Higgins, but his
suggestion is, that if we build it more quickly, it will cost
less. The fact is ...
Read
full article
VIENNA TREATY
CONVENTION...
EXIT ROUTE FROM THE EU
Monday, March 05 2014
... The importance of what you are saying is that WHEN a UK
Government actually wish to leave, they can ignore the crazy exit
rules of article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and simply have that
vote at Westminster and leave. That is very important to
me.
UKIP do not accept this, as Farage believes that the EU exit
requirements must be followed. AIP say that Westminster has the
ability and any referendum is legally not necessary.
Hence our slogan "UK Independence NOW."
Read the full
thread
"EU DESIGNER FLOODING"
Monday, February 17 2014
Mike Nattrass MEP says the current floods are much worse due
to EU directives and that the expensive EU Land Fill Tax should
not apply to dredged silt.
The disposal of silt dredged from rivers by local landowners has
been made complex and expensive by EU regulations. It has become
attractive to take the easy option of the ‘financial
incentives’ given to ‘conservation schemes’
rather than do the real job.
Read
more...
EU REGULATIONS and the SOMERSET FLOODS
Monday, February 10 2014
It has been argued that parts of the Somerset Levels, being
below sea level, were bound to flood after such relentless
rainfall.
At first sight it may seem that the lack of dredging has resulted
from government cut backs, but on closer examination it appears
that resources have been switched to less important projects. The
real crux is that parts of the Somerset Levels have been
sacrificed as a result of EU directives to promote biodiversity
and the creation of inland lakes.
Read more...
UKIP fail to attack the EU's 'designer floods'
Sunday, February 9 2014
Latest Farage comments on floods indicate UKIP has abandoned
anti-EU role
Despite having days in which to take on board the extent of
EU’s responsibility, for turning what would have been
annoying floods into a major incident that has gone on for weeks,
the sum total of Farage’s effort to explain it to
Sky’s audience was this reference to the Environment
Agency’s role in the matter...
Read full article...
The ROAD out of
EUROPE
(An open letter to the
EU)
Saturday, February 8 2014
Dear EU,
The attached picture shows the final straw on the road out of
Europe.
Thanks for messing with our regulations.
Thanks for cocking up our basic infrastructure.
Thanks for your open borders invasion which has increased our
housing problem, over crowded our roads, wrecked our hospitals
and decreased job prospects, whilst lowering the working
man's wage and confusing our school teachers.
Thanks for taking £55 million of our UK money per day and then
wanting £10 billion over 5 years to support the Eurozone failure,
a project we do not want.
Read
more...
Question to the EU Commission
January 27 2014
An Independence Party MEP Mike Nattrass is asking questions of the EU Commission to determine how a commercial company can be protected by a Member State from shirking its legal and moral responsibilities.
Thalidomide was developed in the 1950s by the West German
pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal GmbH. It is a powerful
drug that was sold over the counter and prescribed to many
pregnant women principally during the period 1958 to 1962 before
being withdrawn. There were over 20,000 live births of severely
impaired babies world-wide though it is estimated that at least
100,000 babies died in utero. Then, knowing all this, they
released the drug in Spain in 1965!
Read the full document...
The EU fly in the face of wisdom by attempting to create tired pilots with French-driven regs
Friday, September 27 2013
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass is set to meet pilots at the
European Parliament ahead of a crucial vote which could force
through French-driven rules which could jeopardise air travel
safety.
Mike has joined forces with the British Airline Pilots
Association (BALPA) to wage a concerted campaign against the
proposed new EU regulations which will dilute existing UK
standards and legally allow pilots to land their aircraft 22
hours after they woke for the day.
Read full
article...
Will soaring English land prices put another hole in Government’s "Swiss cheese" HS2?
Wednesday, September 11 2013
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass MEP and Chartered
Surveyor has questioned the Government’s grip over the HS2
budget, quoting a survey which shows the cost of farmland in the
West Midlands has hit a “record high”
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says the Coalition Government is
presiding over a Swiss cheese, following the publication of yet
another hole in it, the RICS Rural Land Market Survey which shows
farmland prices have more than trebled since 2004.
Read full
article...
Billions of pounds wasted on white elephant road projects
Tuesday, September 10 2013
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass MEP says it is
high time for Britain to get into the fast lane and leave the
European Union following revelations that billions of pounds has
been blown on unnecessary motorways projects.
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass, who is a member of the
EU’s Transport & Tourism Committee, says a new report
by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), has revealed a story of
chronic waste which has seen £2.5 billion being wasted on road
construction schemes in Europe.
Read full article...
HS2 Treasury warning
Wednesday, September 4 2013
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass says the Coalition
Government has been left red-faced yet again over HS2 after a
senior Treasury civil servant warned this week that the
controversial rail project could be scrapped if its cost
continues to skyrocket.
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass, who is a member of the
EU’s Transport & Tourism Committee, believes the
Government is clearly in disarray over the multi-billion rail
scheme following a statement by Nick Macpherson in which he
insisted that there was no blank cheque book for HS2.
Read full
article...
MEP welcomes IoD stance on HS2
Tuesday, August 27 2013
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass has welcomed calls by the
Institute of Directors (IoD) for a multi-billion
‘folly’ project to be abandoned.
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass commented today:
“The IoD quite rightly describe the HS2 project as
‘one grand folly’ but at least a folly can be
decorative. This rail line would destroy the countryside and
whole communities and its cost continues to escalate at high
speed.
Read
full article...
EU tractor vibrations rules – “furrowing Yorkshire farmers’ brows” says MEP
Monday, August 19 2013
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass says Yorkshire
farmers will furrow their brows over EU regulations to limit
tractor vibration.
The West Midlands MEP says the EU is again attempting to plough
ahead with yet more shaky regulations – this time governing
the level of vibrations experienced by farmers while driving
their tractors.
Read full
article...
Lib Dems illiberal push for road charging
Tuesday, August 6 2013
EU Transport Committee member Mike Nattrass says the Liberal
Democrats could be on a journey to electoral oblivion following
news the Party is again looking at introducing road
charging.
MEP Mike Nattrass, who is a member of the EU’s Transport
& Tourism Committee and is UKIP’s Prospective
Parliamentary General Election Candidate for Skipton & Ripon,
says the Lib Dems will be on a collision course with voters if
they push ahead with draconian ‘anti motorist’
policies.
Read full article...
EU delivers hammer blow to Royal Mail plans with ban on State help
Thursday, July 11 2013
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass fears huge job losses and cuts
to rural postal services will result from EU and Conservative
driven plans to privatise the Royal Mail.
The UKIP MEP said: “The ongoing destruction of the Royal
Mail lies firmly at the door of the EU and the Lib/Lab/Con who
voted for it in the EU Parliament while UKIP voted against the
regulations. These Parties delivered regulations that should have
been lost in the post.
Read full
article...
British Thalidomide survivors still awaiting compensation
Thursday, June 27 2013
Mike Nattrass MEP has written to Grünenthal (The German
manufacturer of anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide) asking
why 469 British Thalidomide survivors have not received due
compensation.
The letter proposes that Grünenthal now set up a fund for British
victims as they have already done for 3,000 victims in Contental
Europe.
Read the full Letter (opens as
PDF)
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HS2 Class Action Website Launched
Wednesday, June 26 2013
Campaigners, who hope to make legal history by launching a
class action-style suit against HS2 Ltd and the Secretary of
State over the proposed High Speed Rail line, have launched a new
website this week.
This week promises to be a busy week for anti-HS2 campaigners as
Stop HS2 will be holding a national convention at the
Staffordshire County Showground this Saturday (June 29).
UKIP Transport Spokesman Mike Nattrass, who will be on the
question panel at the Convention, is looking forward to seeing a
good turnout to this Saturday’s event.
Read
full article...
Time for penny to drop over Toll debacle
Monday, June 24 2013
UKIP Transport Spokesman Mike Nattrass has challenged the
owner of the beleaguered M6 Toll to bite the bullet and admit the
road has been an abject failure following news that motorists may
soon get access to the route at peak times.
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says it is time for Midland
Expressway Limited (MEL) and the Government to ‘pull their
heads out of the sand’ and finally accept that the
privately run toll road should be nationalised.
Read
more...
EU Regulations Affecting :-
- Animal Welfare
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Blood Festivals
British taxpayers are subsidising Spain's sadistic 'blood fiestas' which cruelly kill thousands of bulls every year.
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Chicken Cages
Almost a dozen European Union member states could continue producing eggs from battery hens despite an EU ban on their sale which is due to come into affect from January 1 2012.
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- County Councils
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Incineration / Waste Disposal
Another incinerator is being considered by the Government at Hartlebury following the County Council's fight against local protests, but are the facts really understood? asks Mike Nattrass the local UKIP MEP.
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Windfarms
Campaigners fighting controversial proposals to erect six 126-metre wind masts in Brineton are jubilant following South Staffordshire Council's decision to refuse the scheme.
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- Criminal Law
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European Arrest Warrant
UKIP West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says the ongoing nightmare endured by Edmond Arapi shows the European Arrest Warrant system is flawed and should be suspended pending a thorough enquiry.
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- Finance
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EU budget
MEP Mike Nattrass has called for the EU gravy train to be derailed following embarrassing revelations that the European Union wrongly spent billions of pounds from its budget last year.
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- Transport
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High Speed Rail
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass states the Government has made a multi-billion pound blunder after giving the go-ahead for a high speed rail line between Birmingham and London.
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Lorries
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass fears struggling British hauliers could be driven out of business by EU green tolls.
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Local Issues
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Gravestones
Church leaders at a place of worship in Birmingham say they are ‘content’ to allow parking to continue on top of historic gravestones, much to the dismay of West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass.
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Planning
A concerted campaign has been launched to preserve a green belt site bordering a popular nature conservation area in the Black Country.
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Slaughterhouse
Permanent planning permissions have been granted to a meat processing plant and nearby sheep holding facility in Birmingham despite massive local opposition from residents and businesses.
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Motorways
The M6 Toll, which was designed to be a relief road, has been an abject failure. Figures show fewer and fewer vehicles are using this road but despite this trend MEL, which posted £49 million losses last summer, will be hitting motorists with increased toll charges from March.
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Armed Forces Issues
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Bomber Command
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass, whose father served as an RAF World War Two Lancaster pilot, is calling on the nation to support a major campaign for the bravery of Bomber Command to be honoured.
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Gurkas
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass has this week called on the coalition Government to secure the future of the Stafford-based Gurkha 248 Signal Squadron.
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Navy
“The nation that gave birth to Drake, Cook, and Nelson, might know a thing or two about the sea,” says Mike Nattrass MEP.
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