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Talk of Jersey’s independence and closer ties with Brussels is a nonsense
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From Thomas Moon.
IN your article on the Constitutional Review Group’s report on the possibility of independence from Britain (JEP, June 28) to, among other things, ‘safeguard Island interests, particularly its finance industry’, you state that independence might make necessary ‘closer links with Brussels’.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t all the changes that have been made over the last few years been forced on Jersey by the EU (of which Jersey is not a member), rather than the UK?
I’m sure others can add to the list, but here are a few of the things Jersey has been forced to do by Brussels:
l Allow EU nationals to work in Jersey without the need for work permits.
l Allow EU nationals to vote in elections (until recently you had to be a British subject or Irish citizen to vote).
l Introduce the zero-ten tax regime, which has led directly to the introduction of GST.
It seems to me that to talk of independence and closer ties with Brussels in the same breath is a nonsense. What Jersey should be doing is supporting groups in the UK seeking to get Britain out of the EU.
British withdrawal from this inefficient, undemocratic monster is the best hope of retaining, or regaining, the high level of independence Jersey has enjoyed for 800 years.
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