Sir – While the group with which Conservative MEPs align themselves in the European Parliament is important, the more pressing issue surely has to be that roughly two thirds of all laws that take effect in this country come from Brussels, not Westminster. It is very helpful that David Cameron allows backbench Conservative MPs to [...]
A Meaningless Opt-out
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What is the point of our government acquiring an opt-out from EU legislation and then transforming our national laws to fall into exact alignment with the original EU legislation? It would be reasonable to assume that the opt-out was negotiated in the first place because the EU laws were not acceptable to our government, it is certainly the [...]
Thinking oustide of the Box
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Anatole Kaletskysays 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 is trying [...]
“It’s Time We Governed Ourselves”
April 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Consumer rights day
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I did not know that there was such a thing as “consumer rights’ day” The Brussels Journal Chresten Anderson Today the Austrian EU Presidency is organising the 8th European Consumer Day, in cooperation with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The date marks US President John F. Kennedy’s declaration to the US Congress [...]
Throw Away Lines
January 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It is often the throw away lines that say the most, in case you think I am nit picking, I suppose I am, but I do get annoyed at the simple acceptance of basically untrue assertions, which gain the veneer of truth just by the process of repeating them often enough. What has got under [...]
House of Lords debates
January 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
House of Lords debates Friday, 15 December 2006 European Union (Information, etc.) Bill [HL] Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat) Link to this | Hansard source My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. We have just had a most important and lengthy debate on a crucial subject, to be [...]
Instead of Democracy
March 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Headlines make the point that polling has taken the place of democracy, instead of allowing us the people a real voice we are inundated with the results of polls conducted and financed by the EU. The EU relies on the results of polling to pretend that it is listening to the people, several times this [...]
Tory MEP defends trip to sons wedding
March 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Daily Mail reports that Tory MEP Sir Robert Atkins has been forced to defend his fact finding trip to the USA. His claim for £2,500 was approved by the EU parliament I have a long-standing interest in US politics which goes back to 1972 That’s alright then, I have a long standing interest in [...]
Referndum Monkey
March 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 I tend [...]
Why Europe’s National Politicians Sign Away National Sovereignty
December 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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.
Security Council Seat
August 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Security Council seat Sir – The replacement of our seat on the UN Security Council with a single EU seat (report, August 7) would seriously hamper our ability to form alliances with other non-EU nations or take unilateral action to defend British interests. We could even find ourselves engaging in a conflict opposed by our [...]
My 50 Reasons to loathe the EU
March 25, 2007 By 1 Comment
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 [...]
Ownership Unbundling
March 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Just for those who still like to belive the EU is somehow democratic because the Commision is only after all a glorified civil service at the behest of the member states through the Council. Senior EU officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Brussels will table a piece of legislation which would force large [...]
Another Tory leader Leader Bites the Dust
March 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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
March 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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 possibly inject [...]
I didn`t know that
March 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Christopher Booker informs readers of his Notebook in the Telegraph that “In terms of meeting the EU’s targets, the moment when waste disposal counts as “recycling” comes when it is collected and registered for that purpose.” After that it can be and in many areas, often is simply dumped in landfill sites, there would of [...]
New Police Power Undermines Human Rights
February 27, 2007 By 1 Comment
Well it’s taken a couple of years but finally the British government have had to cave into the EU Commissions demand that the British people must be subjected to Random Breath Tests. Even though giving our police this power undermines one of our basic rights; that strange concept of the Presumption of innocence. Back in [...]
Unilateral withdrawal from the EU! How Else?
January 17, 2007 By 6 Comments
On his blog John Redwood wrote that the Conservatives failed yesterday in the House of Commons to get a commitment to a referendum on part of the Constitution, if they decide to smuggle some of it in by the back door. Mr Redwood says it is typical of this government’s approach. It is also typical [...]
Discuss Charlie Bolton’s attitude
January 3, 2007 By 3 Comments
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 [...]
Eurosceptic who would belive such a thing!
December 29, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Let`s Turn off the Tap
December 29, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It will take only 15 seconds: long enough for Britain to hand over another £6,000 to the EU. What are you waiting for? Daniel Hannan begs in the Telegraph; he is of course writing about the BBC Christmas Repeal Which law should be tossed into the dustbin of British history? Hannan says we should blowtorch [...]
The Taxing EU II
December 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
An article in the FT says the EU’s tax commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said he would introduce legislation if necessary to improve tax co-ordination between the the EU’s 25 member states. Mr Kovacs also set out papers on co-ordinating exit taxes for people who move to another member state. At present their assets are sometimes taxed [...]
What did the EU do for me in 2006?
December 19, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Brussels Bureaucrats Eat Babies
December 11, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Richard Corbett up to his usual histrionic verbalistic form in his post about the affect of the new EU driving licence, which must be renewed every 10 years. nb.I do not link to Corbett because he is far to grand to allow comments, He complains of the Express and Mail’s predilection for publishing at face [...]
The Cost of Red Tape
October 19, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Tossing Away the Veto on Justice and Home Affairs
September 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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 principles to [...]
