It could be more a case of ‘Allo Allo’ than ‘Ello Ello’ in the West Midlands as the EU plans to push ahead with moves to train our police forces and judges.

Interfering Brussels’ bureaucrats are hoping to set up a student style training exchange programme under a five year scheme the EU claims would improve cooperation and justice across the European Union. But, West Midlands UKIP MEP, who's father was a police superintendent, has expressed his dismay at the plans and claims it is yet another example of the EU’s ongoing efforts to erode UK sovereignty.

The Stockholm Programme looks set to be approved in Brussels next week and would see training exchange schemes introduced in the EU. This year, the European Civil Liberties Network said it was completely opposed to the implementation of the Stockholm Programme.

The ECLN website states: "The Stockholm Programme sets the agenda for EU justice and home affairs and internal security policy from 2010 to 2014 and will extend militarised border controls, discriminatory immigration policies, mandatory and proactive surveillance regimes and an increasingly aggressive external security and defence policy.

“The ECLN believes these policies constitute an attack on civil liberties and human rights. It calls for active civil society engagement and opposition to dangerous authoritarian tendencies within the EU.”

This week, Mr Nattrass said: “How we police our borders and indeed our streets should be decided by our armed forces, by our police forces and by Westminster and not by the EU.

“Our police forces and judges should also be trained by us to meet Britain’s needs and not the needs of the EU.

“The Stockholm Programme is assault on our sovereignty. We should pull out of the EU and UKIP is the only party fighting for Britain’s withdraw from the European Union.”

(  click here to go back  )