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The international crony-capitalist corporates are going to try to paint our leaving the EU as a negative act - the referendum question will undoubtedly be framed that way. But, actually, it's a series of very positive acts. So, don't be conned into accepting their proposition that anyone who supports OUT is "a little Englander". Adam Fitchett in Europe wrote these ten positive reasons to leave on May 19th 2015: This is one thing that clear thinkers on both right and left are united on. People as far apart in political thinking as the late Tony Benn and JCB boss Lord Bamford believe it's the rational way forward for our country. Huge amounts of tainted corporate money are going to be spent on scare campaigns to try to convince everyone otherwise. Last time around the Euro-liars outspent the NO campaigners ten to one, and they are going to try the same thing on again. I was young enough and silly enough to vote Yes, and I'm going to try my damnedest to ensure that today's youngsters are not similarly fooled.

So now it starts beware the Censor ... Frau Theresa May wants Ofcom to pre-approve programmes reporting stuff that might be against the 'public interest'. Now, just to clear, it won't just be Auntie Beeb's bloomers that'll be examined but ALL broadcast media's undies will be sniffed (social media, telly, streaming, web, bloggs - the list will be endless). Give the Peelers and the Quangos any excuse and they'll extend their remit to be catch-all. This is censorship, pure and simple ... forget all the bleating from the Westminster shysters (and their apologists here and further afield) about it'll only be directed at the terrorboys; the wording on the draft talks about those 'against the public interest'. What a catch all ... a Government Minister, or a local Councillor, or a bossPeeler, or boss BigBusinessman could declare just about anything being against 'the public interest' or any group 'working against the public interest' ... would that trigger Ofcom calling-in news reports or telly documentaries to be censored? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/mays-plan-to-censor-tv-programmes-condemned-by-tory-cabinet-colleague I'm against any form of censorship (apart from self-censorship). Publish and be damned is my mantra and allow open challenge. p.s. Before anybody raises the record of the Left ... Labour were a disgrace with some of their anti-libertarian views and legislation.