The Dutch activist group who recently prompted and won an EU referendum in their own country have cruised into Britain this week to assist Nigel Farage and the UK Independence Party campaign for Britain to leave the European Union.

GeenPeil – the pro-democracy group behind the EU Association Agreement referendum where a majority of Dutch voters slammed the EU for causing problems on the Ukraine-Russia border – took to the streets of South Thanet and Sittingbourne with UKIP’s Battle Bus yesterday.

Their activists handed out leaflets showing a British bulldog constraint by a European Union dog collar, itching to get it off (which they call ‘Brexitch’).

GeenPeil’s website makes clear their involvement is related to democracy, sovereignty, and the fact that the people of Europe are increasingly having their voices silenced by the European Union.

An open letter to Britons reads: