Steel Industry: Nigel Farage accused of hypocrisy

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Nigel Farage accused of hypocrisy over vote against EU law that could have helped British steel

Nigel Farage has been accused of a “staggering level of hypocrisy” over Britain’s steel crisis after it has emerged he and other Ukip MEPs voted against an EU move that it is claimed could have helped protect the steel industry from cheap Chinese imports.

Typical UKIP.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-accused-of-hypocrisy-over-vote-against-eu-law-that-could-have-helped-british-steel-a6964476.html

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Waiting for Dan: "well it isn't the EU's job to protect us, SO WE DESERVE IT!!!111!1!1!!".

I mean, is anyone really surprised that Nigel Farage is a hypocrite, yet again? Surely nobody has forgotten "I'll resign if I am not elected. I'm not like all those career politicians!!!" - 5 minutes late... 'oh soz guis, dey sai no to my resign letter, so i stay'...

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Ukip votes against any legislation that gives the Commission or the European courts more powers. I thought that's pretty clear by now.

In any case, i'll be voting Leave this June to fire Nigel Farage and all the other MEPs to send the entire lot packing.

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Ukip votes against any legislation that gives the Commission or the European courts more powers. I thought that's pretty clear by now.

In any case, i'll be voting Leave this June to fire Nigel Farage and all the other MEPs to send the entire lot packing.

Costing thousands of jobs for British workers. Great work, guys.

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Costing thousands of jobs for British workers. Great work, guys.

No. If you believe steel policy should be one way or another then you register your preference in a General Election where we send elected MPs to the House of Commons. Then, you either reward a government or punish a government at the next General Election depending on it's performance on the issue. You don't hand over democratic control of your steel policy and thus steel industry to unelected bureacrats in the hope that they *might* sometimes make the right decision that you happen to agree with or wish for. That's both foolish, undemocratic, servile and weak.

Is this country somehow incapable of controlling and debating its own steel policy in Parliament? Whilst in the EU yes. Hopefully not in the future.