Britain turning its back on Europe?

Commenting on the strikes in Britain against foreign workers, Nigel Farage, head of the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party, writes in The Guardian that by turning its back on Europe Britain can secure jobs for British workers. "'British jobs for British workers' simply cannot happen while we're still in the prison of nations that is the European Union. For we've signed away, without any consultation with the British people or, whisper it if you dare, any vote or referendum on the subject, our right as a country to decide who comes to this country or who works in this country. ... British jobs for British workers will only be a possibility when Britain is ruled by Britons again. When we leave the European Union and become a free and independent nation, when we who live here are able to decide what are the laws here, something that is the very essence of the democratic ideal."

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