United Kingdom and British Overseas Territories
The largest group of members of the Commonwealth Nations Research Society comes from all parts of the United Kingdom, who support the aims of the society as a 'Third Way' alternative to British membership of the European Union and British alliance to the United States. A Commonwealth Free Trade Area would allow the U.K. to have a strong and independent foreign policy, with free trade with both Europe and America, and strengthen the U.K.'s global trading position. The biggest advantage to the United Kingdom would be that it would be in a union of like-minded states.
The Commonwealth Nations Research Society also believes that in a Commonwealth Free Trade Area, expat British citizens living in other member countries should be entitled to indexed pensions from the United Kingdom.
The Commonwealth Nations Research Society believes that it is far
more fitting
for the United Kingdom to belong to a Commonwealth Free Trade Area than
to
the European Union. The charts below, taken from current data, show
that the number of citizens of British ethnic origin (English, Scots,
Welsh and Northern Irish) and the number of British expats (U.K.
citizens living abroad) is the highest in Australia, Canada and New
Zealand combined. Almost half of all U.K. citizens living abroad around
the world, live in these three countries. In a Commonwealth Free Trade
Area,
the United Kingdom would be united with like-minded people, mostly of
the same stock, speaking the same language and having access to all the
major markets of the world (Europe, North America and Asia).
U.K. LINKS
- United Kingdom and British Overseas Territories
- The Truth About The European Union (Video)
- Brits in Space
- Information on how to visit and emigrate to the United Kingdom
- Better Off Out Campaign to withdraw the UK from the European Union
CNRS United Kingdom Office:
2 Green's School Lane
Farnborough, Hampshire
GU14 7PS
E-mail: micahsicotte@yahoo.ca
