Jill Seymour
Jill Seymour (born 8 May 1958) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2014 to 2019. Elected as an MEP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), in April 2019 she switched (along with Nigel Farage and others) to the Brexit Party. She was not selected as a Brexit Party candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections.
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[edit]- The result sends a clear message to the powers at Westminster that people have become completely disenfranchised with their politics, and that the politicians have become completely detached from the issues which really concern the working man and woman.
I have always believed that Britain is big enough and strong enough to stand on its own two feet, and to truly thrive when freed from the shackles of EU bureaucracy. Now we have the opportunity to prove it.
June 23 will go down in history as our Independence Day – and for me, it's very emotional.- "Today we celebrate our Independence Day", Jill Seymour's website (24 June 2016)
- [T]he European Union is happy to suck money from member states like a giant leech, with absolutely no respect for how it is spent.
Whenever more transparency is called for, they simply hide behind smoke and mirrors and fancy words, and completely ignore common sense. They show a total lack of respect to the citizens of the European Union. - The problem with the EU is that it spends money like it is going out of fashion, when actually it’s the Euro which is going out of fashion right now, with so many countries now questioning its membership.
- "Where is the transparency? "More EU smoke and mirrors...", Jill Seymour's website (28 February 2017)
