After series of one-on-one meetings with fellow EU leaders, Mr Blair said he was “making progress” on Britain’s four “red line” issues: that the new treaty should not affect Britain’s ability to determine its own labour laws, foreign policy, domestic law on issues such as tax and benefits and criminal and jurisprudence legislation. A Government [...]
Now England wants its independence!
November 26, 2006 By 5 Comments
Very strange polling results in the Telegraph, “an ICM opinion poll for The Sunday Telegraph has found. Independence is backed by 52 per cent of Scots while an astonishing 59 per cent of English voters want Scotland to go it alone.” 68 percent of English voters and 58 per cent of Scottish voters support for [...]
Our Health Service in Hock
August 28, 2006 By
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 in the same way we pay for our [...]
What is so wrong with our democracy?
April 5, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I was wondering if the MSM would pick up on Charlie Falconer’s interview in the Telegraph last week-end. When he suggested that “The right position for the Lords is that it should amend legislation to give the Commons the opportunity to think again but… then it should give way.” Simon Heffer has done so today [...]
No Mention of a CBE from Party Members
March 22, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Alice Thomson in the Telegraph writes about the public funding of political parties and mentions perhaps one of the reasons that both Labour and the Conservative leaders are keen on the issue of public funding. That of falling membership of the main parties “Instead of playing endless games of tennis with Lord Levy, Mr Blair [...]
Immunity From What?
October 19, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Immunity From What? I read a News Release on 23rd September, “Government to end Crown Immunity from Planning Controlsâ€. The list was quite long so I will mention only that “the Crown†includes Government Departments, Her Majesty’s private estates, the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and also part of the Palace of Westminster is Crown [...]
Blair`s Speech
September 28, 2005 By 2 Comments
I did not hear this speech at the Labour party conference, and have only read bits of it, but those are enough to chill the bones of any democratically minded person. Mr Blair told the conference the criminal justice system was two centuries out of date. ”We are trying to fight 21st century crime – [...]
The Destruction of the European Dream
June 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Anatole Kaletsky in the Times suggests that Blair has the opportunity enjoyed by no other British leader, at least since the Second World War. The question is how he can play the strong hand that fate has dealt him. Simple really “Mr Blair can start by explaining why the EU constitution has failed. The voters [...]
1984 here we come again
June 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Letters from the Telegraph on ID Cards Sir – “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves” (William Pitt, 1783). Rodney McGough, Harrogate, N Yorks Sir – We are told that it is possible to track by satellite millions of cars [...]
Where are the conservatives?
June 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
This fantastic post from The England Project tells us everthing that is wrong with the Tory party, and shows how far they have to go before we can begin to trust them again. Here is just one example of what I hate about politicians. Tory stated policy is not to oppose ID cards as a [...]
The EU is heading in only one direction
June 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
So when the Euphiles keep telling us that the member states are in charge do they mean that they are in charge only so long as they understand that it’s all heading in the direction of more Europe, and the direction of deeper integration. EU development commissioner, Louis Michel, said “The British Prime Minister has [...]
So It Was A Treaty After All!
June 3, 2005 By Leave a Comment
EURSOC: So It Was A Treaty After All!: “So It Was A Treaty After All! So It Was A Treaty After All! By EURSOC One 03 June, 2005 As the dust settles after the massacre by the French and Dutch public’s ‘no’ vote, Europe’s desperate leaders and eurofanatics everywhere are scrambling to read the publics [...]
Who Wants the EU?
May 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Eurealist :: Main Page: “View Article Who Wants the EU? by Eurealist on May 14, 2005 08:35AM (BST) Britain is seen as the hot house for Eusceptisism, we are expected to belive that we British Eusceptics are the only ones causing a nuisance, all the other peoples of the member states are happy to go [...]
Electioneering for power at a local council
April 25, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Eurealist :: Electioneering for power at a local council: “Electioneering for power at a local council by Eurealist at 09:09AM (BST) on April 25, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos I have been away for part of the week and then to busy to post much, as I have been relying on the main BBC [...]
Toothless Watch Dogs
March 4, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Michael Gove Whatever the question, the answer is that these watchdogs are wrong YOU CAN achieve anything in life, I was once told, if you always let someone else take the credit. True or not, it’s rarely been a principle close to Tony Blair’s heart. The man who asked for eye-catching initiatives on crime with [...]
Whats the Question again?
January 27, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Roger Knapman, leader of the UK Independence Party, is quoted in the Guardian as saying “Mr Straw has already launched the government’s misinformation campaign, claiming that voting for an end to self-government is somehow patriotic. If the consequence of a No vote is an end to British membership of the EU, then isn’t Mr Blair [...]
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
January 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle Shyster lawyers and charlatans Proof that this Parliament, apart from making bad law, doesn’t know the reason for repealing good law. I bet the traitor Blair knows though Good work Anne, it’s a pity the Baroness Scotland couldn’t make a public apology, but hopefully by publishing this letter we can show [...]
The Foxes
January 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I have now found some links to the story below, but not unfortunately the orgional from EU Referendum, which was posted as “Foxes to investigate chicken coop†Two members of the committee are committed Europhiles and the others are pro EU but anti Constitution. not exactly independent and Richards description is quite apt. Sir Stephen [...]
Quotes!
January 21, 2005 By 5 Comments
Quotes! I did not expect that this particular pro European would try to argue against the words of such a leading light in the European movement as Monnet. So I was to say the least, a little surprised to find the old argument resurrected because it has been disproved so many times, not by Eusceptics [...]
The Rebate
January 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The Rebate In a sure sign that Blair is preparing to cave in on the £3.2Billion rebate he has asked the EU leaders to postpone the negotiations until after the general election. The Guardian says Amid fears that Labour’s campaign could be distracted by rows over the “cheque Britannique”, he has persuaded his EU counterparts [...]
The Asian tsunami the BBC and some other Idiot
January 15, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I am often so flabbergasted at the BBC blatant bias that it takes me a while to wake up, not the case with Eureferendum title “Beneath Contempt†which mentions last night “Newsnight programme, a report on the UN “Oil for Food” scandal. In what was supposed to be a critical piece, we heard Peter Marshall, [...]
Belmarsh detainees and other matters
December 23, 2004 By Leave a Comment
From Anne Palmer Pt one Belmarsh detainees, and other matters. December 2004. It was sheer folly for this country to officially adopt the European Convention on Human Rights into our law. (Shock, Horror-how could I suggest such a thing?) Prime Minister Blair was advised of the many disadvantages this would hold for us, and he [...]
Erudite Moles
September 25, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The Telegraph today Saturday 25/09/04 Ran three pieces on Sir Stephen Wall, a leading Foreign Office mandarin. Now he has gone off to work for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Sir Stephen feels free to as the Telegraph put it -let rip -with condemnation of Mr Blair [...]
The T-shirt Rebellion
September 17, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The T-shirt Rebellion The invasion of the House of Commons by five young men has caused consternation in Parliamentary circles, they would now like to increase security in the house and stop protestors from protesting outside in Parliament Square. I can clearly see their point, that the work of the government of this country must [...]
White Paper on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
September 11, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Whilst I have been away the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has released the governments “White Paper on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe†with a foreword by the Prime Minister. Our Tone has “no hesitation in commending it to the country as a success and as a major step forward in creating the kind [...]
Four Rebuttals to the EU Fanatics
September 4, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Four Rebuttals to the EU Fanatics This piece and the following were based on a speech FIVE REBUTTALS TO THE EU CONSTITUTION FANATICS delivered by Philippe de Villiers, Member of the French National Assembly, and President of the Movement for France (MPF), to the “Rally for a Referendum”, held by the Congress for Democracy on [...]
Mandy Mandelson the new soon to be EU Commissioner for Britain.
August 31, 2004 By Leave a Comment
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, [...]
The Costs and Benefits of the European Union
August 26, 2004 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Brown could face £20 Billion Tax Bill!
August 24, 2004 By Leave a Comment
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, [...]
The British Rebate
August 24, 2004 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
