Mike Nattrass has represented the people of the West
Midlands since being elected in 2004.
Born a Yorkshireman with Black Country roots on his mother's
side, he has resided in Birmingham for over 25 years. He is a
fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a former
senior partner of Nattrass Giles which he established in
1980.
'UK Independence' from the cd 'The Road Out of Europe'
In 1998 Keith, my brother in law sang this track and composed
the music - the words were mine.
Keith was killed on his motorbike in May 2002 and is
missed.
Mike Nattrass July 5 2010
Monday 15 December 2011.
Rest in peace Graham
Graham Booth has sadly passed away. He was a true gentleman and West Country through and through. Our thoughts are with Pam his wife at this time. Here is Graham addressing the EU Parliament in his own inimitable way.
Latest Media Interviews and Speeches
Thursday, January 5 2012
Plans to widen the M6 are just a 'sticking plaster'
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Phil Upton about the proposals to widen the M6.
The Highways Agency are planning to spend around £130 million between Junction 5 Castle Bromwich and Junction 8 the M5 to use a managed traffic system which campaigners say will just be a sticking plaster.
Wednesday, December 21 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Andrew Easton at BBC Hereford and Worcester Radio
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Andrew Easton about comments made by The Church of England's Europe spokesman in the House of Lords.
The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Reverend Christopher Hill, who chairs the House of Bishop's Europe Panel has criticised David Cameron's EU veto, warning against the isolation of Britain from the rest of Europe. He has also condemned the British government's policy toward the European Union (EU) describing it as “disastrous.”
Fri, 16 Dec 2011.
Europe - Where are we going
Tony Fisher BBC radio Hereford and worcester talks to Mike
Nattrass MEP, Malcolm Harbour MEP, Emma Reynolds MP and Phil
Bennion (LibDem) about whether David Cameron's refusal to
sign up to an EU deal designed to save the Euro will cost us jobs
and less power on the international stage.
23 mins
Thursday, December 10 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg at BBC Radio WM
Mike Nattrass MEP comments on the view put forward by Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK that David Cameron's veto now makes the City of London a tax haven which threatens democracy, undermines economies and will result in job losses
Wednesday, November 09 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Andrew Easton at BBC Hereford and Worcester Radio
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass has launched a stinging attack on a European court ruling that could hit British beekeeping.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that all jars of honey may have to be relabelled to say they contain pollen and this judgment means producers will have to show the pollen is not genetically modified. See full story
Wednesday, November 02 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg at BBC WM
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Adrian Goldberg about the Greek Crisis and proposed bail-out
Sunday, October 23 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP on the Politics Show
Mike Nattrass MEP, Emma Reynolds MP and Malcolm Harbour MEP discuss the height of HGV's, the EU referendum and fish & chips.
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Monday, October 24 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to Phil Upton at BBC WM
Mike discusses the in-out EU referendum with Emma Reynolds MP
Monday, October 03 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks Joanne Malin at BBC WM
Mike discusses the continuing Euro crisis with Emma Reynolds MP
Monday, April 27 2011.
Mike Nattrass MEP talks to the BBC's Patrick Burns
Mike outlines the party's policies for this year's council elections and explains how EU legislation is affecting local issues.
Monday 28 February 2011.
STOP HS2
Mike Nattrass MEP talks about why he is against HS2 (a proposed new high speed railway to run between London and Birmingham in the UK). Mike believes that more commuting into London is not required, and that HS2 will only promote that. Instead, Mike outlines that the UK Government should be stimulating growth in other parts of the UK (eg. Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton) in other ways.
Wednesday 1 December 2010.
Mike Nattrass comments that the EU is incapable of overseeing the single market.
States have been given ten years to comply with the legislation but some large egg producers have still not met the requirements. For those that have, it has been at tremendous cost. If the EU now extends the deadline, producers that haven't complied will have an unfair advantage which could result in the closure of those that have.
Wednesday 1 December 2010.
MEPs call for fairness on new egg rules
Mike Nattrass and Nikki Sinclaire are using a "written
declaration" to call on the European Parliament to impose
tough sanctions on member states who choose to ignore new rules
outlawing the sale of eggs from non-enriched cages.
This is the first time a UKIP MEP has used this official form of
attack.
Mike comments - This will lead UK egg producers to go out of
business ... because they HAVE complied with the EU regs!!
More on this story in the Farmers Guardian
Monday, September 27 2010.
Mike Nattrass talks to BBC WM about 'rip off' EU
Mike talks to Ed Doolan at BBC WM about his job as a MEP, returning Sovereignty to the UK and the poor financial return we get from the EU.
Monday, September 20 2010.
Mike Nattrass interview on Roma explusions by France - BBC Radio Shropshire
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass discusses whether the French can, as a member of the European Union, expel the Roma
Thursday, 12 August 2010.
Mike talks to Ed Doolan at BBC WM about the EU imposition of a £150,000,000 fine.
The EU has instructed the British Government to collect around
£150 million in fines because of failures to prominently
display the EU flag or logo where European funding is
involved.
Local organisations and businesses have also been fined including
the YMCA and Advantage West Midlands.
Mike discusses all of this as well as the lack of interest in
Europe,
why we don't get fined when we don't fly our national
flag and why we can't fly the European flag upside down.
Archived Video Interviews can be found here
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Latest news
New Euro logo branded ‘frivolous waste’ of taxpayers’ money
Tuesday, January 10 2012
West Midlands’ MEP Mike Nattrass says
the European Union should be rebranded “Expensive and
Undemocratic (EU)” following news that more than
£100,000 has been blown on designing a new logo for the
European Commission.
The UKIP MEP says the new European Commission logo is a
‘frivolous waste of taxpayers’ money’ when
Britain is in recession and when other EU member states, such as
Greece, are in financial crisis.
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Hartlebury incinerator - project to be newt-ered?
Friday, January 13 2012
Another incinerator is
being considered by the Government at Hartlebury following the
County Council's fight against local protests, but are the
facts really understood? asks Mike Nattrass the local UKIP
MEP.
Mike said: “This is an enormously expensive project for
ratepayers, costing in the region of one billion pounds by the
time the H.P has been paid off, yet there is already an
oversupply of these monsters and not enough rubbish to
burn.
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more...
Responding to Turkish threats to jail the Duchess of York
Friday, January 13 2012
UKIP West Midlands MEP
Mike Nattrass today said: “The Duchess of York has done
first class work in exposing the inhuman conditions of Turkish
orphanages for which we should all be thankful. “In
response to her revelation the Turkish state has disgracefully
threatened her with jail.
“It is now time for UK politicians to halt their fervent
support for Turkish membership of the EU. It is certainly time
for us to leave if they join!
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more...
HS2 decision branded a multi-billion pound blunder
Tuesday, January 10 2012
West Midlands MEP Mike
Nattrass states the Government has made a multi-billion pound
blunder after giving the go-ahead for a high speed rail line
between Birmingham and London.
Mr Nattrass, who has been a long time vocal opponent of the
project and is a member of the EU’s Transport and Tourism
Committee, commented: “This decision shows the Government
is out of touch with the views of the of people who have
expressed strong and sensible opposition to this hugely expensive
vanity project.
Read more...
Government on the chicken run over egg imports
Thursday, January 5 2012
West Midlands MEP Mike
Nattrass has called on the Government to safeguard thousands of
British jobs by banning imports of illegally produced battery
cage eggs.
The UKIP MEP has welcomed news that the British Egg Industry
Council (BEIC) has taken the first steps towards launching
judicial review proceedings against the Government and its
refusal to ban battery cage eggs, which are being produced
illegally by a host of EU member states including Spain and
Italy.
Read more...
EU garlic fine to give British taxpayers indigestion
Tuesday, November 29 2011
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says meddling
EU bureaucrats are again giving British taxpayers indigestion
– this time thanks to a £20 million garlic tax
bill.
The UKIP MEP says the EU is once more creating a stink following
revelations that the EU Commission is threatening the UK
Government with legal action if it fails to pay millions of
pounds in alleged unpaid duty on imports of fresh garlic.
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more...
Government on a fast track to ‘fat cat’ transport network
Tuesday, November 22 2011
MEP Mike Nattrass, who for years warned that
pay-as-you go travel could become a reality on British roads, has
attacked Government moves which could lead to the introduction of
toll lanes on our motorways.
The UKIP West Midlands MEP, who is a member of the EU’s
Transport & Tourism Committee, has this week hit out at out
of touch ministers who are considering the introduction of toll
lanes as part of the Government’s so-called ‘growth
review’.
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more...
EU Honey Trap
Tuesday, November 8 2011
West Midlands MEP Mike
Nattrass has launched a stinging attack on a European court
ruling that could hit British beekeeping.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that all jars of
honey may have to be relabelled to say they contain pollen and
this judgment means producers will have to show the pollen is not
genetically modified.
Read more...
Mike supports FSB at the European Commission
Thursday, October 13 2011
On 13 October, the
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and a cross-party group of
MEPs sent a strong message to the European Commission regarding
the Commission's proposed regulation to introduce a four
metre height limit for new lorry trailers.
Read more...
As sure as eggs is eggs compliance will cost Britain dear
Thursday, October 6 2011
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says the British egg industry has
been caged in by a new EU regulation which UK producers have
obeyed but foreign EU competitors have ignored.
Almost a dozen European Union member states could continue
producing eggs from battery hens despite an EU ban on their sale
which is due to come into affect from January 1 next year.
Read more...
MEPs put mounting pressure on PM to hold referendum
Thursday, September 15 2011
West Midlands MEPs Mike Nattrass and Nikki
Sinclaire have called on Prime Minister David Cameron to listen
to the British people and hold a referendum on the UK’s
continued membership of the EU.
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass and independent MEP Nikki Sinclaire
travelled to London last week to deliver a petition of 100,000
signatures in support the referendum campaign.
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more...
EU Regulations Affecting :-
- Animal Welfare
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Blood Festivals
British taxpayers are subsidising Spain's sadistic 'blood fiestas' which cruelly kill thousands of bulls every year.
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Chicken Cages
Mike Nattrass and Nikki Sinclaire are using a "written declaration" to call on the European Parliament to impose tough sanctions on member states who choose to ignore new rules outlawing the sale of eggs from non-enriched cages.
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- County Councils
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Incineration / Waste Disposal
Mike Nattrass UKIP MEP says that there is a scarcity of rubbish and an oversupply of incinerators in an EU-wide market screaming for more household waste to burn.
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Windfarms
Staffordshire MEP Mike Nattrass, who has backed a concerted and long-running campaign against plans to build a wind farm in Stone, has welcomed news that the scheme has been put on hold.
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- Criminal Law
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European Arrest Warrant
UKIP West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass says the ongoing nightmare endured by Edmond Arapi shows the European Arrest Warrant system is flawed and should be suspended pending a thorough enquiry.
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- Finance
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EU budget
MEP Mike Nattrass has called for the EU gravy train to be derailed following embarrassing revelations that the European Union wrongly spent billions of pounds from its budget last year.
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- Transport
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High Speed Rail
Warwick County Council is the latest local authority to confirm its formal opposition to the envisaged High Speed Rail 2 scheme.
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Lorries
Figures released by VOSA have shown that thousands of foreign registered trucks are driving illegally on our roads.
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Local Issues
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Gravestones
Church leaders at a place of worship in Birmingham say they are ‘content’ to allow parking to continue on top of historic gravestones, much to the dismay of West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass.
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Planning
A concerted campaign has been launched to preserve a green belt site bordering a popular nature conservation area in the Black Country.
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Slaughterhouse
A meat processing plant which is causing traffic chaos and also an appalling stench in Birmingham should not be allowed to operate at its present site.
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Motorways
Incensed residents who live just yards from the busy M6 fear the proposed hikes in charges to use the M6 Toll will drive even more traffic onto the congested motorway in Walsall.
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Armed Forces Issues
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Bomber Command
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass, whose father served as an RAF World War Two Lancaster pilot, is calling on the nation to support a major campaign for the bravery of Bomber Command to be honoured.
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Gurkas
West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass has this week called on the coalition Government to secure the future of the Stafford-based Gurkha 248 Signal Squadron.
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Navy
“The nation that gave birth to Drake, Cook, and Nelson, might know a thing or two about the sea,” says Mike Nattrass MEP.
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