Protectionism! testing the hypocrisy

The government of Great Britain are elected to serve the people of this country and to defend the state. They are paid by the British people to defend our country us our Rights and our interests this includes jobs.
When a foreign owned company grants a construction job in Britain to another foreign owned company, who [...]

The effects of EU Citizenship part 1

Those who would suggest that the EU is not destined to become the United States of Europe as originally envisioned by the founding fathers of the project, might like to answer one simple question. If that were not the case, then why on earth do we continually have new treaties thrust upon us? No sooner [...]

The Road to nowhere an EU of Nation States

The Conservative party are echoing the views of many when they say they want to work to create a different direction for the EU. They say they would like an EU of Nation States, an EU that respects the existing national boundaries and has fewer areas of competence, and an EU that actually adds value, [...]

Did the EU ever have the will

Kissinger believes EU losing will to go to war
PARIS – The reluctance of Europe’s leaders to risk soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan is rooted in the emergence of the European Union and the decline of nationalism and patriotism here, former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger argued in an essay published Tuesday.
I have not read this [...]

Another load of our money goes on EU propaganda

The EU propaganda minister has just announced the Commissions new propaganda initiative is to be launched with a budget of €7.2.

Debate Europe is part of the commission Plan D a propaganda programme started to boost the EU public image after the Constitution was voted down in 2005.

The propaganda minister said the idea was [...]

A factual error leads to a fallacy

Debate on Quaequam Blog
Which claimed the Constitution was 95% the same as the previous treaties.
A fallacy is, very generally, an error in reasoning. This differs from a factual error, which is simply being wrong about the facts.

I will go into this a bit later, but first I would like to put [...]

Reform of the EU is a Constant Reality

AH Ha! just as I wrote that NM (please excuse the initials but I simply cannot take seriously someone who calls himself Nose Monkey, and I believe that the issues he raises are serious) was convinced that the reform of the EU was a possibility, he comes up with a post in which he explores [...]

Referndum Monkey

I have been reading and exchanging some views with NM on his blog, Nose Monkey`s EUtopia my blog being almost dormant.

I should say that on many issues I do tend to agree with the views as presented on the blog, until that is it comes to the EU, there I am afraid [...]

Why Europe’s National Politicians Sign Away National Sovereignty

Why Europe’s National Politicians Sign Away National Sovereignty
From Brussels Journal
Well worth reading for a good explanation of the problem we face, it is not only the EU but our own elected leaders who are scheming towards the destruction of our nation state.

Perversion of British ministers

I see Jim Murphy Minister for Europe, is maintaining the historic perversion of British ministers who are quite happy to blatantly lie about EU treaties.

In the Telegraph Letters he actually argues;

“The reform treaty will lead to no transfer of power away from Britain” but just like Mr Heath he adds a [...]

Would Thatcher have backed the EU treaty?

Supporters of the EU are always keen to use the propaganda of the dead to promote the project, Churchill, for instance is always wheeled out in support of the cause, even though he is clearly on record as standing against.

This one though takes proverbial the biscuit; Roland Rudd Chairman of Business for New Europe [...]

Dear Foreign Secretary,

Dear Foreign Secretary,
I write to explain why I shall be among thousands of angry and despairing British citizens attending the Referendum Rally in London on Saturday 27th October and [...]

Mr Deluded

The Telegraph reports that Blair may announce his resignation as Labour leader before next Thursday’s local elections in an attempt to limit the expected electoral damage. May the first seems to be the day most favoured by the pundits who say that the announcement would dominate the news in the run up to the local [...]

Modest Brussels bureaucracy

Looks like Labour Movement for Europe trolls are out today.
This from the Independent
 
Sir: Marc Glendening is talking through his hat in when he mentions the “over-centralised structures of the EU” (Letters, 27 March). The EU can only legislate with the approval of the ministers from its member states in the Council and any [...]

Abolishing the Regions

John Redwood has replied to some comments about abolishing the regions;

I want to see all unelected regional government abolished.
The Conservatives will not be abolishing the three elected regional governments in the UK that have been endorsed by referendum, nor the elected tier in Northern Ireland if that is in operation.
The fact that Brussels likes regional [...]

Conservatives Plans at odds with EU ideals

John Redwood has a post ridiculing a glossy brochure sent to him and doubtless many others, by Margaret Hodge, entitled “Creating prosperity in every region: England’s Regional development” Agencies”.

“She tells us the RDAs help to bring prosperity to all parts of England. Nowhere does she point out that the reigonal disparities have grown substantially during [...]

So, what has Europe ever done for us? Apart from…

The points in the Independent are mainly irrelevant to the existence of the EU – Cannot the Europhile press and Europhiles generally come up with something other than this same old lies and propaganda that has been challenged so many times in the past that it has become boring to even produce the evidence to [...]

My 50 Reasons to loathe the EU

On this day when the Euro enthusiast are gathering to celebrate the 50th birthday of the European Project by patting themselves on the back for a job well done, whilst in the real world the real people of the European nation states have indicated in recent polls that they are not as enthused with the [...]

The Crime that dare not speak it`s name

A post on Conservative Home about the refusal of by Salisbury District Council to allow Ted Heath’s wish that his house be opened to the public as a museum has cause a bit of to do.
Of course the decision by the council has nothing to do with Heath’s term as Prime minister when he took [...]

Another Tory leader Leader Bites the Dust

Oh dear! David Cameron suddenly decides the Conservatives do “do the EU” after all. In a long batch of waffle in the Telegraph Mr Cameron assisted by the Prime Minister of the Czech republic sets out the Conservative vision for the future of the EU, a vision based on the formation of the new political [...]

In the Region of Propaganda

Doing a bit of Surfing based on my own draft folder in which I put links that to posts and article and sites which grab my interest, I came across this letter on the Labour Movement for Europe Site
Written by an Administrator and subsequently locked to prevent any chance that someone might [...]

Talk about Cherry Picking

According to Le Figaro, Nicolas Sarkozy has said that a “simplified treaty” would be necessary for the correct “functioning of the institutions” of the EU.
 
He explained that the abolition of national vetoes in EU decision-making was essential, arguing that “It is inconceivable that a single member state, indeed even two, should be able [...]

House of Lords Reform II

I said I was going to post on Jonathan Freedland article in the Guardian about the reform of the House of Lords, I do not intend to actually comment on Freedland`s article, except to say he is suggesting a fully elected house and use that as a springboard for my own thoughts. Although many belive [...]

Socialist in a spin over democracy

There is this story in the Guardian also this from Euobserver
Socialist leader Martin Schultz is set to urge other political groups in the European Parliament to join forces and sideline the new far-right faction once it is formally confirmed next week, while calling for higher thresholds for deputies to form a new group.
The [...]

Support for the EU can be equated with a semi religious belief

J Clive Mathews seems to be a firm supporter of a utopian European vision, who nevertheless is prepared to support the EU Nightmare that is in reality the only one on offer, in the hope that it will all work out right in the end.  
Having crossed swords with Nosemonkey on his Blog several times, [...]

The poor old EU

Dennis the Bloody menace MacShame writing in the Independent is a calling for a celebration of the both the Acts of union 1707 and the Treaty of Rome, he say that the both of theses two acts of unions have altered profoundly the nature of our nation-state.
Three hundred years ago England and Scotland [...]

Discuss Charlie Bolton’s attitude

A new teaching pack on the EU has been introduced for use in Key Stage 3 and 4 “citizenship” classes that claims to offer a balanced view of the organisation and its role. Officials responsible for the pack say “The resources have been designed to offer a balanced introduction to the European Union and the [...]

Preparing for the Volte-face ?

Was only 25 days ago that the home secretary John Reid said “The constitutional treaty is no more – it is a diseased dead parrot,” less than a month later now we have Europe minister Geoff Hoon saying in the FT“In the UK it had been assumed that the constitutional question was moribund after [...]

Eurosceptic who would belive such a thing!

Denis MacShane (Matyjaszek)  Who still advises the government on European affairs (I think ePolitix must mean the EU) has said the Conservatives’ foreign policy is a "disastrous blow" to Britain’s national interest. In relation to the Tories’ ambition to split from the European People’s Party grouping of centre right parties, MacShane said: "David Cameron once [...]

1972 was not a good year for democracy

From Ireland comes a legal challenge to EU law;
The problem arises over the way in which European Community law is enacted in Ireland. EU law is superior to Irish law so when a Directive is handed down from Europe it has to be transposed into Irish law. This is usually done by Statute but also [...]

It`s in the details

The presiding officer of the Welsh assembly has said that devolution in England would help deliver a “United Kingdom in a united Europe.”
Lord Elis-Thomas said giving people in England a similar say in their domestic affairs would help achieve a more secure constitutional settlement.

“There should be a proper English parliament, and that [...]

Social Platform Lies

The Social Platform
The Platform of European Social NGOs is the alliance of representative European federations and networks of non-governmental organisations active in the social sector.

In its Briefing no15 The Social dimension of the European Constitutional Treaty tells us exactly what a Constitution is…..

What is a Constitution?
A Constitution is a text which contains the [...]

What did the EU do for me in 2006?

IP/06/1835
Brussels, 19 December 2006
What did the EU do for me in 2006?
The European Commission is launching a new multimedia product, the European Union Yearbook, which sets out 10 major policy actions undertaken by the European Union this year and is available in 22 languages. “Europe and you – a snapshot of EU [...]

An Historical Failure

The German government is starting as it means to go on.

EU Ministers set out yesterday a timetable for reviving the Constitution, with the hope of concluding negotiations on a new document by late 2008.
In a move to isolate countries which have not ratified, the18 countries that have already ratified will attend a meeting in Madrid [...]

Scotland Does Not Want Independence

I know a lot of Scots would take issue with that headline but I will try to explain why I belive it to be true.
But first I would like to explore why some Scots are calling for the break up of the United Kingdom.

Brian Adam is the MSP for Aberdeen North

Independence [...]

Labour should use EU to split Tories

Anthony Giddens one-time director of the London School of Economic, suggests in an article for Prospect Magazine “Labour should use EU to split Conservatives” at the next election.

Open Europe reports that Giddens “argues that Tony Blair has consistently “avoided spelling out what he thought should be the future of the EU and Britain’s place [...]

The Cost of Red Tape

An excellent article by Jeff Randle in the Telegraph on the cost of doing business in the EU.
I love some of the thoughts:
“For the sad souls who cling to the fast-disappearing hope of that headline ever becoming true, it has been another miserable week. Facts are stripping away the Eurofanatics’ clothing.
Very soon they will stand [...]

The End of Political Europe

Nicolas Sarkozy the French interior minister and presidential candidate said Turkey’s entry into the European Union would “be the end of political Europe“ and that it would worsen the “problem” of Muslim integration.
He suggested that instead of membership Turkey be offered a “privileged partnership”
Sarkozy is quoted as saying “We have a problem [...]

Thinking oustide of the Box

Anatole Kaletsky says the Dave’s not the Tory party “The Conservative Party has not just moved to the left, abandoning Margaret Thatcher and leapfrogging Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on to what David Cameron described as the liberal, progressive mainstream of British politics. No, the Cameron project appears to be far more audacious. He [...]

Setting the Political Agenda

Eureferendum post says that the political elites have removed many subjects from political discourse.
For instance; “the way different issues are put in separate boxes and treated as if they were entirely unconnected issues. Thus, while “right-wingers” are no longer prepared to talk about “Europe” but will talk about taxes, no one is putting two and [...]

Highest Ambitions

Highest Ambitions
From Anne Palmer 2006/09/25
BERLIN
(Own report) – Last weekend, at a conference in the “World Room” of the Foreign Ministry, representatives from nearly all EU states were briefed on Berlin’s European policy guidelines.

The focus was on the further elaboration of the EU Constitution Treaty, the development of a European state “leadership” as well as [...]

The Wise Monkeys

Euobserver announces that an EU Commision backed group of “wise men” are going to meet this weekend to see if they can come up with solutions to pull the EU out of its institutional stalemate. (Euobserver actually said Europe but we do have to keep on correcting them don’t we).
 Apparently Giuliano Amato former Italian prime [...]

The Benifits of Treason

George Blake worked against the British nation state because he believed in a different ideal. Working against your Nation state is treason, more so if you have sworn to uphold the laws of that state and serve your monarch and preserve their realm, Blake did both.
But then so many more have done exactly the [...]

Tossing Away the Veto on Justice and Home Affairs

THE spin machine is playing the resignation of Hartlepool MP Iain Wright as a matter of principle. This might be true, but the principle has more to do with his political career than with the best interests of the people of Hartlepool.
Not a single Member of Parliament, including Mr Wright, has enough [...]

Furthering the EU Ambitions

Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph tells us that The European Union is a solution in search of a problem. Whatever the question, the answer is invariably “more Europe“. War in Lebanon? We need to be able to deploy an EU army. A breakdown in the World Trade Organisation talks? Let’s have a more integrated European [...]

Our Health Service in Hock

Our Health Service in Hock for many Years to come and for future generations to pay off. Anne Palmer 26.8.2006.

The Health Service WAS ours. We paid for it through our taxes and it remains (for now) free at the point of service. We pay for it [...]

The new EU treaty putting British sovereignty at risk

Hat tip to Tommy English for the link to this essay

…Our next general election should be about much more than schools and hospitals. Britain’s sovereignty is at stake. And although the Government wants to pull the wool over our eyes, we need an elevated debate on Europe…
Brian Durrant – Other articles
Mon 17 Jul, [...]

Hurd welcomes new realism on EU from Cameron

In a letter to the FT Douglas Hurd argues that “David Cameron, with his colleagues, certainly understands that the tide of opinion in the European Union, including part of the European Commission, has swung in favour of liberal reform. (This has been clear to some of us for 15 years.) Like all compromises, his decision [...]

Power Struggle in the EU

Some time ago Eureferendum pointed out that there is a power battle going on at the heart of the EU between the Commision and the heads of states in the Council and that it would be a mistake to belive that the unelected Commision was the real power in the Union. (I paraphrase)

 Perhaps this [...]

EU Maritime Policy

Why did the British need the EU Constitution to explain where the Falkland Islands stood as regards THEIR overseas territories. Did ‘todays’ people not understand why we went to war, or so many of our young people lost their lives in so doing?

Perhaps this re-inforces my reasoning re the EU’s [...]

Conservatives half-brained over the EU

It looks as if the Conservatives are at it yet again; they do seem to live in a dream world in which the EU does not exist and can therefore be ignored, because the EU is a constant source of conflict within the party, the Conservative leadership wish it not be above the political horizon [...]

“It’s Time We Governed Ourselves”

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE FROM THE U.K. INDEPENDENCE PARTY Office of Graham Booth, M.E.P. Member for South West Counties
“It’s Time We Governed Ourselves”
Geoff Hoon, the latest Minister for Europe believes that we should have another “debate” ( * ) about the EU, so that the people of the UK can learn to know and [...]

Vision for the Oceans and Seas

A European Vision for the Oceans and Seas: A ‘Roadmap’ for the Motorway in the Sea. Anne Palmer 16.6.2006.

I have always hoped that the people we elect into ‘power’ in this seafaring nation of ours, and yes, pay their wages, would take on the mantle of responsibility in looking after our own [...]

Dialogue, Debate and Democracy

Margot Wallström informs us on her blog that “The Commission launched an internet discussion last Monday 27th on the future of Europe as part of our “Plan D” which of course stands for Dialogue, Debate and Democracy.” The EU commissioner for Communication / propaganda tells us that she wants to “encourage everyone who [...]

Why didnt they tell the Truth in 1972-5

I have no idea whether treason was committed in 1972/3 when we joined the then European Community, or at a later date, but the people were indeed told lie after lie on what the Community was about, it was “just a Common Market”, “about trade” and there would be “no loss of sovereignty”. Now [...]

EU Embassy

The EU’s External Action Services/Embassies/Consulates/High Commission/Missions.

In a declaration attached to the Treaty, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) stated that “as soon as the Treaty ESTABLISHING a CONSTITUTION for Europe (meaning the Union) was signed, the Secretary General of the Council or High Representative for the CFSP, the Commission [...]

European Defence and EU Foreign Policy.

From Anne Palmer 20.4.2006.

Without doubt, one of the most important jobs of a Prime Minister and His/Her Government is to ensure that the Country is always ready, able and willing to defend itself. To ensure their military staff has adequate supplies and that the forces that have to use [...]

EUsceptic comment

The Telegraph hits the jackpot with EUsceptic comment this Easter Monday, with this article
below Daniel Hannan`s comment that you might as well vote for Duck a for all the diference it makes and David Rennie report on Blairs dishonesty over the EU Budget
Impoverished by the EU
(Filed: 17/04/2006)

A billion [...]

Nothing More Than Hot Air?

There are two MSM articles that coincide with two separate themes this blog has referred to recently,
The first was in yesterdays Telegraph “There IS a problem with global warming… it stopped in 1998
By Bob Carter”
For many years now, human-caused climate change has been viewed as a large and urgent problem. In truth, however, the [...]

Climate change is a huge and growing problem.

More from David Cameron’s speech yesterday Climate change is a huge and growing problem.
In Britain the three hottest years since records began centuries ago all occurred in the last
decade. “Our planet is rapidly getting warmer. The polar ice caps are melting. Sea levels are rising. Hosepipe bans in April. What more [...]

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