Tiscali Europe – Home: “An EU Foreign Minister ‘Lowest common denominator’ or ‘all to play for’” Many feel that the most innovative and radical part of the European Constitutional Treaty is the creation of the position of Foreign Minister of Europe, a position that has already been assigned to Javier Solana, the current High Representative [...]
The Truth About ID Cards.
May 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It looks like the Labour Party is about to get its way, and force ID cards down everyone’s throat, but you may be unaware of some interesting facts about this scheme. The man we can call the father of the ID card is Michael Howard. That’s right – it’s good old Dracula, the former leader [...]
Hurd welcomes new realism on EU from Cameron
April 29, 2013 By
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 [...]
Conservatives half-brained over the EU
April 26, 2013 By
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 [...]
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 [...]
Protectionism! testing the hypocrisy
February 4, 2009 By 1 Comment
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, [...]
The effects of EU Citizenship part 1
April 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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
April 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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
April 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Another load of our money goes on EU propaganda
April 2, 2008 By 3 Comments
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
March 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 to [...]
Reform of the EU is a Constant Reality
March 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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
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.
Perversion of British ministers
December 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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 qualifier “on [...]
Would Thatcher have backed the EU treaty?
December 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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,
October 23, 2007 By 10 Comments
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 why I and others now urge our fellow citizens to overturn hundreds of years of highly developed Parliamentary tradition and demand a national plebiscite on [...]
Mr Deluded
April 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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
April 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
So, what has Europe ever done for us? Apart from…
March 25, 2007 By 2 Comments
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
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 [...]
The Crime that dare not speak it`s name
March 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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 [...]
Talk about Cherry Picking
March 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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
February 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
