New UK reports back EU powers, enrage euroskeptics

EU Observer ^ | 13.02.14 @ 18:23 | Benjamin Fox

[Olog-hai]

EU policies ranging from the single market and trade, to culture and transport, are good for the UK, according to a series of government reports on the balance of power between London and Brussels.

The findings are contained in eight reports published on Thursday (13 February), which form the second batch of the UK’s “Balance of Competences” review, comprising more than 30 separate studies by a range of government departments. […]

Euroskeptics are already unhappy the reports published so far have all offered qualified support for the way that Brussels is using its powers.

“The whole review has been commandeered by the pro-EU establishment and is going to be a total whitewash that claims EU membership has no downsides and only advantages,” said the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in a statement. …

[Olog-hai]

This is only adding fuel to UKIP#&146;s fire. The LibTories are going to really shoot themselves in the foot.

[JSDude1]

This can only help the UKIP vs. the Europhile Tories, Labour and Liberal Democrats, as well as the corrupt bureaucrats serving them both in London and Brussels.

[Gay State Conservative]

And in other news,”Dirty Harry” Reid states that “immigration reform” will bring a new golden era of prosperity to the United States.