September 2019. I apologise that this is a bit lengthy, but it’s seriously crazy and complex stuff. EU Leaders have been telling us they are Not creating an EU Army for almost as long as they have been creating it. In 2003 Tony Blair wrote in The Times, "There is no such concept as a European Army." The month before the Referendum, the Guardian told us that 'Claims from the Leave side about moves to unify Europe's armed forces are nothing more than Fantasy.' Lord Ashdown said the idea of an EU Army was 'Nonsense' and 'for the birds'. Sir Nicholas Clegg, who has now shown his commitment to Britain by taking a Well-Paid PR job in California, said, "the idea we're going to have a European Air Force, a European Army is simply Not True." Jolyon Howorth, the Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics at the University of Bath, argues that the EU was not creating a European Army. He then wrote, "However, there can be No Denying that what is being created is a European Armed Force, for use on behalf of the European Union and the International Community." So, it is a European Armed Force but not a European Army! Five days after our vote to Leave, the EU sent a Secret Paper to EU Ambassadors about its Global Strategy. The paper laid out the groundwork for the EU's ambition to centralise Defence and Security Policy, to lead to an EU Army. In the following months Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon and other ministers agreed to EU proposals for closer Military Integration including the Security and Defence Implementation Plan, the European Defence Action Plan and the Global Strategy. These all boosted the Powers and Remit of the European Defence Agency and the European Defence Fund. They all mean that we continue to pay Vast Annual Sums to the EU and they all Give Away Control over key parts of our defence and foreign policy. Lord James Blackheath is sincere in his concerns for our Forces; he observes that the UK Armed Forces will have to Reject the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen and Country and make an Oath to the EU whatever they end up calling it. Do we really want to be a part of this? I sure don’t!
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September 2019. I apologise that this is a bit lengthy, but it’s seriously crazy and complex stuff. EU Leaders have been telling us they are Not creating an EU Army for almost as long as they have been creating it. In 2003 Tony Blair wrote in The Times, "There is no such concept as a European Army." The month before the Referendum, the Guardian told us that 'Claims from the Leave side about moves to unify Europe's armed forces are nothing more than Fantasy.' Lord Ashdown said the idea of an EU Army was 'Nonsense' and 'for the birds'. Sir Nicholas Clegg, who has now shown his commitment to Britain by taking a Well-Paid PR job in California, said, "the idea we're going to have a European Air Force, a European Army is simply Not True." Jolyon Howorth, the Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics at the University of Bath, argues that the EU was not creating a European Army. He then wrote, "However, there can be No Denying that what is being created is a European Armed Force, for use on behalf of the European Union and the International Community." So, it is a European Armed Force but not a European Army! Five days after our vote to Leave, the EU sent a Secret Paper to EU Ambassadors about its Global Strategy. The paper laid out the groundwork for the EU's ambition to centralise Defence and Security Policy, to lead to an EU Army. In the following months Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon and other ministers agreed to EU proposals for closer Military Integration including the Security and Defence Implementation Plan, the European Defence Action Plan and the Global Strategy. These all boosted the Powers and Remit of the European Defence Agency and the European Defence Fund. They all mean that we continue to pay Vast Annual Sums to the EU and they all Give Away Control over key parts of our defence and foreign policy. Lord James Blackheath is sincere in his concerns for our Forces; he observes that the UK Armed Forces will have to Reject the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen and Country and make an Oath to the EU whatever they end up calling it. Do we really want to be a part of this? I sure don’t! 
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