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Dear [MP name],
Today, I signed The People's Pledge in support of the campaign for a referendum on UK membership of the EU. I would like to explain why I did so and ask for your support as my MP.
The democratic process should be more than simply casting a vote, it should be an indication to our elected representatives of the strategies and directions the electorate require Parliament to pursue.
It is clear that the EU is not supportive of the democratic process, if it were it would have elected representatives. Largely, it does not. Indeed the President of the European Commission (unelected), Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, has said "...Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong."
That may be so but I and many others would prefer to live with the democratic freedom to make those mistakes, learn from them and move forward. The alternative is not democracy, it is slavery, supposedly abolished in the 1833 Act of Parliament.
The only external influences on the EU appear to be financial, lobbying by larger organisations and a wealthy elite, leading to the marginalisation of the electorate whose role is confined to paying for their increasingly restricted lifestyles.
The EU is an isolated, expensive and increasingly dangerous incursion into the lives of every individual in Europe and I expect your support in lobbying Parliament to provide a referendum so that the electorate can decide whether to be a member of the EU or not.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]