OUT BY 2020
Douglas Carswell is a Tory MP who is firmly of the opinion that Britain should be out of the EU by 2020; he is the most Eurosceptic MP in the House; he is proudly independent minded and unlikely to keep quiet even if the Tory Whips offer threats.He shocked Labour by winning Clacton by a five figure majority. This may have been helped by UKIP not putting a candidate against him - because of his views.
He used the Adjournment column in The House Magazine to take a pot-shot at Cameron. Carswell believes that "free from the shackles of Brussels Britain could once again become 'economically competitive and renew our moribund democracy'"
"It is impossible to ignore how many of the key decisions that affect our constituents' lives were made not be anyone they voted for, but by unaccountable officials. NHS productivity is governed by EU rules on how long doctors may work. How often your local council is able to empty bins is governed by the EU Landfill Directive. Representative government has been incresingly usurped by quango government, presided over by the biggest quango of the lot - the European Commission in Brussels. Leaving the EU is not about going backwards. We must take powers back from Brussels and pass them down to local people and town halls."