I don’t think I am. Here is a UKIP MP’s take on it. While not seeing it in inflammatory terms, he sees it as unnecessary.
http://www.ukipmeps.org/pdf_news_73.pdf
Another UKIP voice:
https://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/arc-manche-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge/
A conservative former cabinet minister:
Sorry. All those article were written years ago, but after the EU had introduced inter-regional cooperation. Any one can look it up and see you are wrong.
You can believe as you wish, but don’t expect anyone to believe you or your sources.