European Union and Westminster Politics
The Power Report suggests that each voter should tick a box on their ballot paper to allocate £3 pounds of state money (our taxes) to the party of their choice. Neil Harding comments that if they don’t want the state to give a party any money, they don’t tick any box. This is totally up [...]
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 [...]
It is good to know that the Labour party are preparing for government, today we have the announcement from the shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna that he was determined to tackle big businesses which fail to pay suppliers on time – or abuse their purchasing power by insisting on payment terms that can be as [...]
Harriet Harmon deputy leader of the Labour Party, it seems feels it is necessary to wear a flack jacket when walking the streets of her own constituency in broad daylight. She has apparently insisted she does not need to wear protective armour and only did to as a courtesy to the several police officers who [...]
The short answer is because the Labour party would loose influence over England because they would never gain a majority in an English Parliament. And it would make Westminster even more redundant that it already is, if that were possible. But Helen Goodman decided to opt for the longer answer in her reply to a [...]
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 [...]
I am going to post my thoughts on Jonathan Freedland article in the Guardian about the reforom of the House of Lords, but first this e-mail from Anne Palmer A thought provoking article on the proposed Lords reform by Jonathan Freedland and his desire for an all elected second chamber. I doubt very much that [...]
The Scotsman seems to be conducting a series of article on Scottish independence, today it looks at the Border Issue. Pensions and Benefits, Financial Services and Tax. On the border issue, I cannot see that there would need be a border between Scotland and the England, for as long as the residual part of the [...]
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 [...]
From The Independent letter page Sir: One of Tony Blair’s most important domestic achievements has to be the greater sense of security we now enjoy in Britain. I saw this in action in the centre of Manchester on Wednesday afternoon, in St Peter’s Square, near the site of the Peterloo massacre. A small group of [...]
Blair speaking on BBC’s Sunday AM programme was asked if he believed there needed to be a shake up in the way political parties were funded the Prime Minster replied: “I do, but the public will have to work out whether it wants to bear more of the burden as taxpayers.” Umm…… and how do [...]
Guido Fawkes` Blog is covering a money laundering operation story; the Government is apparently donating tax payer’s money through the DTI to the Unions to the tune of 10 million, for union modernisation? This amount oddly, just about balances the funding the labour party receives from the unions at 11 million, thus saving union members [...]
What an increasingly absurd, corrupt and dangerous system we have. Labour Party oligarchs devise a manifesto for elections to the first chamber. The people who they permit to stand as Labour candidates must accept everything in that manifesto. Enough of those candidates are elected to give the party oligarchs a whipped majority in the first [...]
To be honest I have never really understood what all the fuss was about, almost forever those in power have donated honours to people who have supported their party, them or their political aims, you scratch my backism has been part of our political culture for as long as anyone can remember. Think back to [...]
There’s a story going round that taxpayers already fund political parties through “Short money”, so state funding of political parties would be nothing new. (Another case of the false “we already do X, so we might as well go on and do Y” argument.) But Short money was only intended to assist MPs outside the [...]
From Dennis Cooper :Good questions from Anne Palmer. And why do we have to wait for annual accounts to find out who tried to buy influence and/or a title? Any large payment to a political party should be declared the same day it’s received. But I also agree with the next letter: “Buying a peerage [...]
The Adams Smith Institute By Dr Eamonn Butler There are of course many old laws still in place in the United Kingdom. Some years ago, Lord Harris of High Cross formed what he called the ‘Repeal Group’ in the attempt to get them wiped off the statute book. But most people, especially busy parliamentary business [...]
Last week I put a link on my blog that cunningly tells readers of other web documents referring to the blog. I was intrigued to see one such web site called the Labour Movement for Europe. Not being a member of the Labour Party, this pro-Euro organisation working within the Labour Party has passed me [...]
Times EU law and British legislation Sir, There is a stream of proposals for constitutional reform, most of which are well overdue. The latest is the Power inquiry (Political briefing, Feb 28). Peter Riddell is right in calling attention to the number of revolts by MPs as one example of the assertiveness of Parliament. However, [...]
The English Question Thanks to the Blog Great Britian not Little England for the link to this report from Publius: The Journal of Federalism by Robert Hazell. Devolution to Scotland and Wales throws up related questions about the government of England. Does England need to find its own separate political voice? Does England too need [...]
I wish to make my objection about the the double standards the police are operating. Thanks EURFERENDUM The Police attack the Hunting Demo The Police attack the Hunting Demo But this man told them to go softly writh this demo The only people to be arrested at this demo were two men found carrying cartoons [...]
This from Euan MacDonald TransAtlantic Assembly: “If you’ve nothing to hide, then you’ve nothing to fear” runs the popular, logically-suspect response to those who worry over the civil liberties implications of the current raft of new powers that have been awarded to police recently. This argument is, of course, as spurious as it is superficially [...]
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 – [...]
Dear All, Apologies for the short notice. NO2ID will be holding a photo opportunity tomorrow, on the Home Affairs day of Labour party conference. Supporters are asked to assemble on the lawn of Pavilion Gardens (behind Brighton Pavilion, beside Brighton Museum & Art Gallery) at 11:30 on Wednesday 28th for an 11:45 – 12:15 photo [...]
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 [...]
From Samizdata.net This appeared in the comment section of the previous post, writen by Michael Taylor. It is just too interesting to leave as a comment: One thing we in the online community can do is to work to ensure transparency and accountability is brought to this process. We need to find out who has [...]
Eurealist :: Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths: “Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths by Eurealist at 07:50AM (BST) on April 25, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos William Rees-Mogg asks in the Times “Why this baffling silence?†NEXT MONTH there will be historic votes [...]
Gravy Train Passengers write to the Times en-masse Regional responsibilities in the UK — and in the EU From the Chief Executive of the South East England Regional Assembly Sir, Regional assemblies in England are voluntary partnerships between local authorities and stakeholders representing constituencies of interest, such as business and the environment. Dr Matthew Portal [...]
Taking a leaf out of the EU book on denigrating the opponent, the Labour party has just issued its latest election ploy, instead of the EU myth where everything that is detrimental to the image of the EU is goatishly labelled a myth, the labour party has decided to label any policy coming out of [...]
NE referendum spending revealed. Figures released by the Electoral Commission have revealed that the groups campaigning for a ‘yes’ vote in the North East referendum spent twice as much as the ‘no’ campaign. The total ‘yes’ spending revealed so far was over £400,000, but that figure could rise to nearer a million when further figures [...]
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