What are you for Mr Prime Minister?

From England Expects
Think about it, what political party would go into a European Election campaign seriously highlighting the importance of the EU in the creation of legislation? After all only a year or so later the same people (MEPs often vanish during national elections – curious) are standing up infront of the same electorate trying [...]

Forign Jobs for Forign Workers

A certain Keith Dunnell who holds the post of National Statistician has revealed  figures showing that jobs for foreign workers has increased at a far greater level than jobs for British workers.
Since Labour came to power in 1997 the jobs for foreign workers has almost doubled whilst jobs for British workers have only risen by [...]

Mandelson says go and look for work in Europe

When Norman Tebbit in response to a question – that rioting was the natural reaction to unemployment said;
I grew up in the ’30s with an unemployed father. He didn’t riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking ’til he found it.
Ever since then Tebbit and in fact the whole [...]

Criminalizing Genocide Denial

According to the CNN Turk, A decision was made at the meeting of the EU Ministers of Justice and Internal Affairs meeting in November 2008. To pass a bill criminalizing the denial of the fact of Genocide. The law will be introduced in the EU member countries in the course of two years.
According to the [...]

Climate Change aids EU Integration

Of course there is no chance that the EU will take the slightest notice of the facts on climate change as reported by Booker this morning. The EU has far too much invested in the industry to allow little things like facts get in its way. The climate change scenario fits extremely well with [...]

And in 1973, the UK joined the European Economic Community

And in 1973, the UK joined the European Economic Community

This week Gordon Brown launched a nation wide public debate on the British Constitution.

I say launched perhaps I should say re-launched because he was referring to the Governance of Briton a green paper published in July last year.

Having read [...]

The EU is a Distant Foreign Policy Question (not)

In my previous post I remarked that I had recently been exchanging views with NM, the exchanges developed to include my challenge to NM assertion that renegotiations of treaties affect the man in the street not a jot (that he’d notice). And he also very much doubts we’ll notice any impact on our day to [...]

Reading the Treaties

The EU is not a defence alliance in fact this is quite clear as Article 17 of the treaty states the EU "shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy" of a member state.
But articles 11 and 16 also state that EU countries "shall refrain from any action which is contrary [...]

British interests

Sir – Dr Charles Tannock’s defence of the Conservatives’ spavined refusal to leave the EPP raises some interesting points (Letters, July 17). Leaving on one side the pleasures of what he refers to as "advantageous separate whipping" (which sounds kinda fun – may we be allowed some in the Lords?) could he explain why he [...]

The EU ID Cards and an Uninformed? Minister

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Will the Home Secretary confirm that people are right in thinking that this is all part of an EU requirement to prepare for a common system across Europe, and that that is why he is in such a hurry to get rid of our liberties in this respect?

Mr. [...]

The Invisible Elephant

Several letters to the Times argue that George Osborne should have acknowledged in a recent article that Irelands current prosperity is partly due to its membership of the euro and the amount of funding it receives from the EU.
The Times
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It`s Not Our Fault Honest Guv!

The EU Commision is again promoting its Euromyth policy, they have launched a new web site Get Your Facts Straight paid by our taxes, in a clear attempt to create an argument against those who question the very basis of EU control of the our lives, apparently this putsch is supported by the British government, [...]