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EU Referendum: “Three bald men�
Clearly intrigued by the spectacle of two bald men fighting over a comb (see previous Blog), Lib-Dim MEP Christopher Huhne has joined in the spat between Bill Cash and Digby Jones over parliamentary scrutiny of EU legislation � to make three bald men fighting over a comb.
In a letter to The [...]

Britain always seems to send failed politicians to the EU, those who have been sacked for some misconduct or other, or those who have been rejected by the people. The last two were from the latter category, Kinnock stood for election as leader of the Labour party twice and was soundly rejected by the electorate, [...]

Of course the EU is not a state is not going to become a state never intended to be a state, the EU is no more than a club we all happily joined so that we can share our futures together. Of course we all still are citizens of our own nation state, and [...]

The Draft Civil Contingencies Bill,

The seventh report from the House of Commons Defence Committee poses some very important questions, although the committee is generally in favour of the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill, they were critical of some government requirements as portrayed in the draft.

The Civil Contingencies Bill is an enabling bill that if passed [...]

The Observer | Comment | When the price is right
Very interesting atricle by Nick Cohen
Sunday August 29, 2004
The Observer
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Think of how many raffles and discos ordinary party members would have to organise to raise Wheeler’s £500,000, Sykes’ £715,000 or Ondaatje’s £1m.
The result is a vicious circle. The big donors’ big cheques go to [...]

Euobserver today
http://euobserver.com/?aid=17161&rk=1

Plans to reform the Stability and Growth Pact - the set of rules underpinning the euro - are set to be announced by the European Commission this Friday (3 September), according to French financial daily, Les Echos.
The reforms are expected to result in a softening of the rules, which have caused huge [...]

The German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer who is currently on a five-nation Middle East tour has underlined the importance of a European Union role, alongside that of the United States, in working out solutions to conflicts in the Middle East.
Speaking at a news conference in Amman with Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher on [...]

The Civil Contingencies Bill
One of the reasons I am opposed to the European Union on offer, is that it is a Non democratic organisation, however it would be foolish of me to try to suggest that the EU is an outside organisation, imposing its will on an unwilling government in Westminster.
The fact is that Westminster [...]

The Tories are just not hitting the mark

Some little time ago I wrote to Mr Howard, the Tory leader to tell him that unless the Tories came up with some solid policies on the EU that would have the effect of controlling the ever increasing integration into that un-democratic institution, then I would be unable [...]

Eurobarometer the EU opinion survey will now be run by a British firm.
The survey, established by the European Commission 30 years ago to inform its policy-making, will be conducted by the market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres for the next four years under a 50m (£33.8m) contract.
The survey, established by the European Commission 30 years [...]

I have often stated that the BBC is and has always been pro EU, its output has constantly denied air time to a very large proportion of the British people who would wish to leave the Union, they (the BBC) have simply dismissed these people as a lunatic fringe. Perhaps we should all ask [...]

As the government has refused to offer a study into the cost and benefits of the EU (because they are self-evident) We are forced to either accept their unproven assumptions that Britain gains by its membership of this organisation. There have been other private studies, which show there is doubt that the benefits of the [...]

The man in charge of the EU Commission in Britain
Jim Dougal: 05 July 2004
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“The bureaucracy in the Commission is stifling
However I spent two years in London pushing paper around my desk, generally the same pieces of paper recirculated, dealing with rules which appeared more to impede communication than facilitate it.
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It should be the Government’s job [...]

Although there is a protocol attached to the Constitution to the effect that if a percentage of countries vote against the draft Constitution (I think it is five countries) the others will go ahead anyway. Thus attempting to place the onus on those reluctant countries to either accept the Constitution as it stands or leave [...]

Late last year whilst conducting a debate with a student of EU matters and obviously a fervent EU supporter, I began to realise that for some, the EU was not a political matter but was verging on a religious passion, and to question the EU at all was almost heretical doctrine.
As all common sense arguments [...]

The High Court has allowed another legal challenge to the Inland Revenue’s corporation tax rules.
Up to now more than 300 international companies have filed legal actions in London, claiming that the government has taxed them on their UK earnings in ways that break European law. The multinationals protest that, for much of the Nineties, their [...]

In July a reader responded to an Independent article, the Independant did not print his letter, I find that unfortunate because I feel Mr Spalton has hit the nail on the head with the problems and the causes of those problems the EU is going to face in being acceptable to many British people who [...]

After a Eurostat calculation that Britain last year was the richest of the net contributors with a Gross National Income at 111.2 percent of the EU-15 average. Michaele Schreyer, EU budget commissioner, is pushing the idea of replacing the British rebate with a “generalised correction mechanism” for all big net contributors.
He is seeking to stave [...]

Britain in Europe the organisation supported by the EU with our own money to promote “European Values” in Britain, has thoughtfully issued a briefing paper on the EU Constitution, titled “Briefing on the draft EU Constitutional Treaty” It is thirteen pages long and has seven sections they are:
1. Introduction
2. Myth and MisinformationThe top ten anti-Constitution [...]