A tale of abject surrender of UK sovereignty by our own government
How our sovereign freedoms are being given away
With every week that passes, a new constitutional outrage seems to be inflicted on the British people. Taken in isolation, they may not feel like an existential threat but together as a corpus of law they represent a profound erosion of our sovereign democratic freedoms and all undertaken without the explicit consent of the British people.
From Chagos and Gibraltar to the coast of Calais and our precious fishing waters, UK sovereignty is being undermined at every turn. We are, as so often, indebted to former Cabinet Minister Sir John Redwood for his take on what is going on.
In a blistering analysis which covers Britain’s vital interests at home and abroad, Sir John highlights the reckless decisions now being taken by the government which will leave the country immeasurably weaker.
“This government loves giving away money and assets to foreign governments. They love taxing us to fund this largesse.”
On Chagos
“They gave away Chagos, unless Parliament and the lawyers wake up and find a way to stop this act of self harm. They gave a big dowry to Mauritius on top. This dowry is so big that Mauritius can cut income tax dramatically whilst the British public pay more. Unsurprisingly we have China applauding Mauritius whilst the PM wrongly claims that China was against the deal!”
On the Channel boat crossings
“Meanwhile the situation on our south coast worsens all the time. The UK government has given £500 m to France to control the small boats, only to see the number of boats and illegal migrants surge to record levels.”
On the EU-UK Summit
“Then we have the offer of money to be given to the European Union under the agreements made by the Prime Minister at his ‘Reset Summit’, which will have the effect of putting us all back under their laws, which most of us do not want. He has offered money without pinning down any advantages for the UK, with just a promise of more talks.”
On Gibraltar
“On Wednesday 11 June, a day dominated by media coverage of the Chancellor’s 3-year spending Statement David Lammy tried to slip out his latest gift to the EU and Spain. He has offered Spain and the EU the right to run our borders in Gibraltar with their armed police on our sovereign territory with its key naval and air base. The Spanish PM is over the moon. He has what he wants while at the same time retaining his claim to take over Gibraltar as a whole, against international law and the views of Gibraltarians.”
On the cost of housing illegals
“Then there are the endless rising payments to house thousands of illegal migrants in hotels or in multiple occupation houses in our communities, because the government has failed to implement its promise to smash the gangs.”
On the wider implications
Sir John Redwood
Why is this government always against us? It is the government of international lawyers, by international lawyers, for international lawyers. The policies they are pursuing are not what the public wants or voted for. They undermine our sovereignty, which seems to be an alien concept to them. They are tearing up the intent of the Brexit vote instead of using the bedrock of sovereignty to build a prosperous future for all.
When we voted for Brexit we voted to control our own borders and to keep our own sovereign territory, not to give them away. We voted to keep our own money, not to raise more tax on us to send to foreign governments. When we voted for Brexit we voted for far fewer migrants to ease our shortages of homes, doctors’ appointments and infrastructure, not to allow far more. We did not vote for more anti-enterprise, innovation sapping laws from Brussels, but for freedom to grow and trade with the wider world.
I strongly support this campaign to ‘Stand for Our Sovereignty’.
– By the Rt Hon Sir John Redwood, 15 June 2025
CONCLUSION
Sir John encapsulates the reasons behind the Stand for Our Sovereignty campaign and why it is so vital we get these messages out. There is a common theme behind all the developments he highlights above. All of them point to the systematic, deliberate erosion of UK sovereignty both at home and abroad. It is as if our own governing class – the very people we return to Westminster to make laws on our behalf – are too ashamed to do so. Much easier and more honourable to farm them out to unelected institutions and abide by unelected overseas officials and subordinate UK interests to the court of international opinion.
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