UK Independence Party - Stourbridge branch

Controlled by surveillance and the EU

March 2008

Lounging on the beautiful beach on Margarita Island, Venezuela … a long way off from British politics, I became involved in conversation with the guide of the day

We asked questions of each other and he was shocked, and I do mean shocked, when I confirmed we do have cameras on our streets and buildings. He said, “That would not be tolerated in our society. Indeed it’s simply not in our thought pattern”. Shaking his head with a NO, he was trying to imagine living under constant surveillance. I was suddenly reminded of the freedom we have been denied and realized how easy it would be to opt out of our of society. I know there are other problems in countries of this kind, but Oh the joy of living an individual life, with natural care being shown from one to another, and, generally speaking it’s the culture of many countries for the citizens to respect each other.

Hypothermia needed to be explained and he found it difficult to understand how we could allow people to feel cold in their own homes. Of course this island doesn’t experience low temperatures, but he was talking on principle here. I went on to say our financial affairs were actually no longer our own, and we were unable to look after ourselves in the way we ought. This is due largely to the E.U. but our governments have much to answer for also. Theirs is a socialist country he said, but enterprise is encouraged, education well in place and medical care no problem.

By this time the ship was set to sail and I was due to be on it. We shared a firm handshake and Sacha was gone, but he had left a breath of fresh air, which reminded me of my youth and enthusiasm. I do not hark back to all things, hurray for progress, but am I being selfish when I say ‘I want my country back, and its people to return to the values of yesteryear’.

Lynette Wragg
member of UKIP