Darling: Eco taxes are for bankers, not the environment

The Daily Mail has a report with quotes attributed to Chancellor Alistair Darling - who, while a Labour politician, is at least one of the rare breed of powerful office holders who have actually been democratically elected.

Anyway, he apparently is admitting that the funds generated by eco taxes imposed on airline tickets actually finance bank bailouts instead - rather than financing anything to do with the environment.

So, if you thought coughing up billions of money was a strange solution to anything to do with the sun shining, you might have a point.

We did wonder about this one, with the EU talking about billions - of our money - being committed to environmental causes ahead of this controversial December summit in Copenhagen.

Billions and billions of our money being taken out of our treasuries for 'the environment'... and given to who exactly? To be spent on what exactly?

Keeping bankers in the lifestyle they've grown accustomed to, apparently.

So, whose house do you fancy searching without a warrant today?

We thought Jacqui Smith was bad. Now Alan Johnson is apparently pushing through powers that will see anyone from Royal Mail workers to Transport for London staff having the power to come into our homes and search them.

No, we didn't get it on a wacky conspiracy theory site. We wish we had.

Nope. It's in The Times.

And they're bringing the powers in through a statutory instrument rather than having to debate it in Parliament. Why go through the inconvenience of democracy when we can just impose a totalitarian, fascist state on the public?

Even the police are complaining about this latest one.

Still voting Labour, anyone?

Meanwhile, as a Londoner, can we just appeal to Boris Johnson to tell them to stuff off? Make a stand, Boris, and refuse to let anybody that the Mayor of London is responsible for have any part in this blatant destruction of another part of the constitution of our once proud land.

Wonder if those who lived through the Salem witchcraft trials would have any advice for the poor, poor citizens of this totalitarian regime..?

And soon they'll get rid of voting altogether...

As our unelected Prime Minister of a Government crammed with unelected appointees lobbies to get Tony Blair into the unelected President's gig in the European Empire that we weren't allowed to vote on...

...comes news that they are now planning to make it far more difficult for us to vote on anything here in Britain.

The Times reports that, under the guise of "cutting costs", there are plans on the table which would see:

- thousands of polling stations closed
- voting hours reduced
- replacing polling cards with e-mail requests
- increasing candidates’ deposits
- reducing security at election counts

And so democracy dies by a thousand cuts. Not that any of them seem to like the inconvenience of having to get elected anyway. That's part of the democratic process so often conveniently overlooked these days.

We really are treated with contempt. But hey - they've told you you are an A* student even though you can't add up or spell the most basic of words so quit worrying and make sure to vote for your favourites on X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing.

Every single day, just reading the mainstream press, things become more unbelievable. Really.

We hope Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't mind, but it puts us in mind of a song from Evita:

• (Che:)
  How annoying that they have to fight elections for their cause
  The inconvenience, having to get a majority
  If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause
  There are other ways of establishing authority
  
  (All:)
  A new Argentina, the chains of the masses untied
  A new Argentina, the voice of the people
  Cannot be, and will not be, and must not be denied.

Diane Abbott: Blair EU Presidency talk shows truth about Lisbon Treaty

Diane Abbott - one of the few Labour MPs who we will actually listen to - has just said that the debate on Tony Blair's possible role as President of Europe is proof that we were misled over the Lisbon Treaty and that we should have a vote on it.

We'll double check but, from memory, Diane Abbott abstained on the referendum vote. And if she has now moved her position...

You'll have to watch the first ten minutes of This Week on BBC I-Player tomorrow to see what both she and Michael Portillo now have to say on the matter.

All academic anyway. Seems that British sovereignty is doomed to have been irrevocably surrendered - unless we all rise up and vote for UKIP.

You might want to watch the entire show (if you haven't already) to see how many times Portillo playfully managed to make the BBC look silly by making reference to biscuits...

For the second week running, This Week proves to be the superior show to the flagship political show that precedes it in the BBC schedules.

Review: BBC Question Time, 29th October 2009

Well, well, well. What a difference a week makes. Anyone who saw the grotesque spectacle of last week's show might have thought they were watching an entirely different programme this week. If last week's audience was recruited and coached as has been claimed in the newspapers, this week's appears to have been told to keep quiet. Even the appearance of pantomime villain Jacqui Smith barely raised a 'boo'.

If last week's episode of Question Time was sensational, this week's was sensationally dull.

Jacqui Smith (ZaNuLiebour) is, as regular readers of this blog may know, one of those politicians who this blogger dislikes above all others. Not because of her dodgy expense claims, but because of her wicked destruction of civil liberties while she was Home Secretary. She was made to squirm by the studio audience a little on the topic of her expense claims - but this particular BBC studio audience made her squirm in oh-so-terribly polite and respectfully quiet terms.
Our Rating: 0/12 (well, what did you expect?)

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) was probably the member of the panel we liked most... or disliked least. In terms of politics, she did little to excite us... but we did start thinking that if she gets tired of politics, she should contact ITV and ask if they will let her audition for the female host spot on This Morning.
Our Rating: 5/12

Lembit Opik (LibDem) - now, wasn't this the one who had a relationship with a Cheeky Girl? Can't remember now. The LibDems all seem to blur into one ghastly drearfest for us. Who are they? What do they stand for? Why are they always so irritating? Anyway, we would have preferred hearing the Cheeky Girls singing their 'Touch My Bum' song than listen to the waffle that this guy went on with. Yuck.
Our Rating: 0/12

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) was, at least, a bit like a politician. Not especially animated about anything, not especially exciting or inspiring... what can one say about anything he had to say? Very little.
Our Rating: 5/12

John Sergeant (broadcaster and twinkle toes) seemed to have appointed himself judge and jury over what everyone else had to say and, to this blogger, represented all of those niggling question marks about BBC impartiality (or lack of). We thought we might like listening to what he had to say. We didn't.
Our Rating: 0/12

The Fourth Reich Moves A Worrying Step Closer

Oh no. Sky News is reporting that there has been loud cheering in Brussels and suggest that the Czech President Vaclav Klaus has been given his opt-out that he wanted as a condition of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty. Watch this space.

Meanwhile, our unelected Prime Minister Gormless Clown has been lobbying for Tony Blair to become the unelected President of the European Empire.

Glove puppets all.

Where's Julian Clary with quips about fisting when you need him?

And anyway... even Adolf Hitler got elected.

Government has to timidly ask the EU for permission over banking

It did not escape our attention that the EU Commission has "given permission" for Northern Rock to be broken up and for the "good bit" to resume normal business.

Let's just run that by you again.

The EU Commission has given that action it's permission.

As part of this great act of kindness toward us, the British taxpayer has to give Northern Rock's good bits another loan of £8 BILLION to help it out.

On the day we find out our servicemen in Afghanistan died directly as a result of Whitehall cost-cutting.

Of course, we the British taxpayer spend a fortune on fees - millions and billions - to belong to the all-powerful European Empire. Whether we like it or not. And for the overwhelming majority of us, the answer to that is 'not'.

Apparently, in the next few days, the said same EU Commission is to issue a proclamation decreeing which parts of their business the Lloyds TSB Group and Royal Bank of Scotland will have to sell-off.

Yup, the EU will decide that.

We might not like the (b)ankers. We definitely do not like the European Empire.

However, it's a story or two worth noting.

And this is even before the Lisbon Treaty comes into being...

Just to make you feel better about all of this, we now discover that Britain is to lose her rebate and the European Empire intend to create a European tax which will enable them to pick our pockets directly.

Could anyone make any of this up?

PMQ's: Did Gormless gaffe?

So, PMQ's. Not completely inspiring.

As ever, it started with Gormless adopting a sombre tone to announce yet more deaths of British troops in the war in Afghanistan that seems to have no purpose.

Gormless announces that these brave lads "will not be forgotten".

Words. He did not know them. Take away his piece of paper and ask him the names of the young soldiers. Would he be able to tell you without looking at a piece of paper?

The reading of names of our brave soldiers has become perfunctory. A ritual.

But let us, the people, not forget... these "names" were real people. Real young men with real families, real loved ones - their whole lives in front of them. And now they are dead. Their loved ones will never see them smile again except in memories. Their loved ones will never again experience the warmth of a hug from them. They will never get to share in the joys of life with these brave young men who gave their lives.

Gave their lives to what?

Really, reading out names is all well and good. A sombre tone is all well and good. A quick minute of discomfort before returning to the trappings of power.

Unlike the families of our young men killed fighting an unfathomable war. Their grief will never end.

After the perfunctory act of name reading, Gormless and David Cameron entered into their Punch and Judy show - both spending five minutes telling each other that they were "wrong".

If you're looking for a winner, David Cameron won. Not through any brilliance on his part. He has a lame duck Prime Minister to batter and lands only feather tickles. But with us all knowing the economy is completely stuffed, Gormless hasn't a leg to stand on. We're all living through the evidence of him being pathetic at running the economy.

And then... did our ears deceive us? Did Gormless really twice accuse the Conservatives of having no idea "how to get us out of growth"..?

Oh, so that's it! Labour's ruining of the British economy was by design was it? Growth is bad, is it?

Sounds a bit like Labour have deliberately set out to cripple the British economy...

Then up got GlibDum Nick Clegg - talking about 'climate change'. Cold Vegetarian Tart, anyone?

Mainstream media asks: should Miliband be up for treason?

Interesting.

Finally a British journalist in a mainstream British newspaper has formed the link between oaths of office, the laws of Britain, and the treacherous act of attempting to sign British sovereignty away to the European Union.

So, hurrah and hallelujah for Quentin Letts who uses the Daily Mail to pose serious questions which he lands squarely at the door of David Miliband.

If only the rest of the British media would put the jigsaw puzzle pieces of the British constitution together - which is written in various places, contrary to the eternal brain-washing to the contrary. There's a big clue to one place you'll find it at the top of this blog. And a couple more on the right hand sidebar.

Only, through putting the British constitution together, ZaNuLiebour, it's civil-liberty hating tyranny, and the Lisbon Treaty could all be slain forever...

Great first step, Mr. Letts.

Now the environment lobby want to make us all go vegetarian!

Days after Lord Monckton...

If Alex Jones or David Icke were to tell you that someone with connections to a global bank were to be planning for us all to be carbon taxed into going vegetarian under the guise of 'climate change', you'd probably call him a conspiracy nut.

Alex Jones has said that.

And lo and behold, but what do we see on the front page of The Times?

You know The Times - that bastion of conspiracy theories, extremists, alien abductees and time travellers. Or at least that's how they'll be tarnished and labelled by the left-wing for revealing this little plot.

Anyway, it reports that... a former Chief Economist of the World Bank actually wants the Copenhagen Treaty to "lead to soaring costs for meat and other food" in order to tackle climate change. The plan is that we are going to be forced to become vegetarian.

So, first of all, they're planning that we won't be able to eat meat.

What do they plan that we do eat then? Vegetables?

We might do... only so many farmers have turned their fields over to growing - not food - but plants for biofuels.

And if malnutrition worries you and you were thinking of stocking up on vitamins and minerals from the local health food store, the powers that be have that route covered with Codex Alimentarius.

So, let's all starve to death instead.

We can all drop down dead of hunger, but at least the environment will be lovely.

This world gets crazier by the day.

But at least we now know that Alex Jones and David Icke were right all along.

Better fasten down those hatches, guys and gals.

Open Europe warns European citizens: Prison Island Britain is coming to EU

The highly respected Open Europe group have today issued a press release which should serve as a warning to citizens of EU member states about the imminent eradication of their civil liberties.

While many citizens of European countries comment on UK newspaper online messageboards expressing disbelief at the curtailing of our civil liberties, Britain's island Alcatraz may soon be coming closer to the rest of Europe than any of them dare think - thanks to the Lisbon Treaty.

Open Europe warn proposals include: "a target to train a third of all police officers across the EU in a “common culture” of policing; the mass collection and sharing of personal data including DNA records into an EU-wide database; controversial surveillance techniques including ‘cyber patrols’; the creation of a fledgling ‘EU Home Office’ with powers to decide on cooperation on police, border, immigration and criminal justice issues; an EU “master plan” on information exchange; the transfer of criminal proceedings among EU member states; a three-fold increase in the number of controversial EU arrest warrants; access to other member states’ national tax databases; and EU laws on citizens’ right to internet access, among many other things".

Stephen Booth, analyst for Open Europe, comments: "Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty will see powers over justice and home affairs policy almost completely shifted to the EU level. How can citizens expect their fundamental rights to liberty and independence from the state to be protected by unaccountable institutions which have a vested interest in creating more laws? With its talk of the UK’s ‘opt-ins’ on justice and home affairs, the Government has attempted to hood-wink its citizens into thinking they will somehow be unaffected by the Lisbon Treaty. The reality is that the UK has often been at the forefront of the EU’s most invasive and controversial laws in this field, using the EU to bypass the democratic scrutiny of the UK Parliament."

Speaking as a British citizen, whilst horrified, we are unsurprised yet strangely optimistic about these plans. The people of Britain have been subject to more and more of this kind of island imprisonment masquerading as liberty over recent years.

We can't wait to see how the people of France, Spain and Italy respond to being treated as we have for the last decade.

Good luck EU. We can see what the French will do if you try it on them.

Let the EU eat cake, as it were.

Ken Clarke shoots Tories in the foot over EU... again

Who on earth decided that it would be a good idea to have Ken Clarke back in frontline politics?

Here he goes - scuppering the Conservative vote share again.

The EU loving Shadow Business spokesman has tried taking a swipe at the Czech President over his position on the EU and Lisbon Treaty.

In his attempt at a snide comment, he attacked a member of his OWN party - doh!!

Clarke told the BBC Politics Show: "Vaclav Klaus is the Boris Johnson of central Europe".

What an idiotic thing to say - even for an idiot.

What's that mean, Clarkey? Are you noting that they are two incredibly popular men both in touch with the people?

As opposed to being accountable to the European Union and big business?

In a popularity contest between Ken Clarke and Boris Johnson, we know which one we'd prefer by a country mile.

And it would not be EU-loving Clarkey.

Anyway, this latest spat should see even more waivering Tories switch their vote to UKIP. If this were a camp movie of the 1960's it would be called Carry On Clarkey.

When Labour has it's hands on a bank... continued.

Heard the latest about Lloyds TSB..?

This is the bank that worked perfectly well before this cretinous Government used our tax money to get it's hands on a sizeable chunk and forcing it to merge with another.

So, since then, Lloyds TSB have repeatedly had glitches with their direct debits for payments of their own credit cards.

The latest of which is current and, if you have a Lloyds TSB credit card, you might be well advised to check your bank balance.

It appears that Lloyds TSB have wrongfully direct debited monies against closed and defunct credit cards in addition to the debits for live and current credit cards.

So, if you had a credit card lost or replaced and got a new card with a different number, for some reason, they have debited money from bank accounts for those closed accounts.

On realising their error, instead of paying that money straight back into the bank accounts from which they have taken it, Lloyds TSB made the decision to keep the money and roll it onto people's current credit card balances.

For those on low incomes and bank balances, this would obviously cause a risk of people becoming overdrawn, having cheques or other direct debits refused, reaching maximum overdraft limits etcetera.

Think about it - in some of the worst cases, people may have been left with no money to do anything with because of this incompetence.

What makes it even more spectacular is the idiotic decision to roll the wrongfully taken money onto credit card balances rather than place it back into bank accounts. Remember, it would have been a senior staff member - not a computer - that made that decision.

Moral of the story? Do not pay Lloyds TSB credit cards anything by direct debit. This is about the third glitch in the last six-to-nine months.

Moral of the story part two - this is what happens when New Labour get their hands on what was once a perfectly good and excellently capable banking organisation.

Which neatly delivers an analogy for the British economy...

Another instance of pure Labour hatred

Seems the ZaNuLiebour socialists are compiling yet more lists of their political enemies.

Straightforward source - The Guardian.

This is a continuing and relentless pattern.

Anyone know what they want with us yet?

We're all damned to hell unless we learn to say 'no' to these people soon.

Just want do they want with us all? We live in truly scary times.

Every Labour MP, every Labour councillor, every Labour activist, every Labour donor and every Labour voter should watch or read The Boy in Striped Pyjamas and ask themselves what they are doing.

Seriously, what the **** are you doing?

Has history taught you nothing?

Monckton reaches a million

The video clip in which Lord Christopher Monckton warned about the global government aspects to a forthcoming climate change treaty has now been watched by over ONE MILLION people in the space of a week.

Since this blog mentioned his comments and linked to the video on Tuesday, we've noticed the phenomenal interest in what he has to say, manifest in the fact that it has been this blog's second most read post ever - and interestingly, almost exclusively, interest in what he has to say is coming from America.

That Lord Monckton can inspire over a million people with a speech at what was actually a low-level public event is pretty amazing.

The viral nature of Monckton's words is on a level last matched by Dan Hannan's withering rebuke against Gordon Brown in the European Parliament.

So, watch out for even further regulation of the internet in the not-too-distant.

Can't have people thinking for themselves and listening to two sides of an argument now, can we..?

Sunday Paper Review: 25th October 2009

Hopefully, you'll have remembered to put your clocks back and enjoy the extra hour in bed. And, as we now enter a period of dark, long nights, here's the round-up of what is in today's Sunday papers.

The Sunday Express focuses on what it calls "a chilling report" from the respected Open Europe think-tank which will be published later this week which, the newspaper states, will warn that the European Union plans to bring in "a spy state" which will severely and negatively impact on our civil liberties.

The Mail on Sunday runs with a story which claims that Labour deliberately and "dishonestly" concealed a plan to allow mass immigration into Britain. Laying Jack Straw and Tony Blair squarely at the centre of the charge, the newspaper cites Andrew Neather - apparently a former adviser to Jack Straw - who claims that the "secret Government report in 2000 called for mass immigration to change Britain's cultural make-up forever". The report also states that Labour chiefs deliberately aimed to accuse the Conservatives of being racist if they had voiced any opposition to mass immigration... sounds quite similar to the Labour tactic over the Conservative Party's new grouping in the European Parliament.

The Sunday Times speculates on whether we are about to enter another "winter of discontent" following the gloomy economic figures of a couple of days ago which showed that Britain is still in recession. First in, last out. Remember all the "well placed to weather the economic storm" rhetoric? Gormless has presided over the longest recession since records began... and now we're about to see a plethora of industries hit by industrial action.

The Observer has a report which could well worry David Cameron and the Conservatives. It cites analysis from Labour strategists who believe that support for UKIP will cost the Conservative Party in the region of fifty or so seats at the forthcoming General Election. The report suggests that UKIP will target key marginals where the Conservative candidate will not offer a referendum in any circumstance over the hated Lisbon Treaty. And still, bizarrely, the Conservatives won't tell the public what they will do if Lisbon is in effect when and if they win power.

The Sunday Telegraph continues to run with reaction to the BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Thursday's edition of the BBC show Question Time. The newspaper claims that the decision to invite the BNP onto the programme was as much to do with production company Mentorn chasing ratings as it was anything to do with the BBC fulfilling any impartiality remit. The episode attracted an audience estimated at eight million - the highest in the history of the political debate show.

The Independent on Sunday has a report on Obama's decision to declare "swine flu" a "national emergency". Interestingly, the implications of such a declaration are somewhat scant. While the IoS states that the declaration "will make it easier for US medical facilities to handle a surge in patients," there are no other details of the implications of the proclamation.

And finally... the News of the World claims that Her Majesty The Queen has "declared war" on the BNP over their use of Winston Churchill's image. The tabloid claims that Her Majesty "has ORDERED all the royals to join forces with her to unite Britain against hated BNP leader Nick Griffin". All very well, ma'am, but have you read the Bill of Rights and what do you think of Britain signing the Lisbon Treaty in light of having read it?

Diana: Fayed victorious and vindicated

In a sensational development, a court in Paris has ruled that the French state was liable for "unnecessary delays" in investigating the legitimacy of blood tests attributed to Henri Paul, the man driving the car in which Diana, Princess of Wales was carried to her untimely death.

At the inquest into the death of Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed, a number of scientists condemned the way samples attributed to Henri Paul had been managed. Those in charge of the samples refused to give evidence - as did the overwhelming majority of the paparazzi photographers present at the scene.

The inquest also heard evidence from a bar owner who telephoned the police after he was approached by people claiming to be journalists, offering him money to say that Henri Paul had been drinking that night.

The verdict of the French court in favour of Mohamed Al Fayed comes as a result of the ever-determined Harrods owner to prove that Diana and his son Dodi were victims of a sinister plot.

Incredibly high levels of carbon monoxide in the supposed blood sample of Henri Paul have never been satisfactorily explained. Yet despite the apparent controversial blood results, evidence on CCTV from the Paris Ritz clearly shows Henri Paul - stable and seemingly sober - moments before departing on the ill fated journey.

Fayed tells the Daily Express: "I am delighted with this decision. It is a major step towards uncovering the truth about what really happened that night."

Henri Paul's father, Jean Paul, is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "It’s a good thing that the French Republic should have recognised its mistake because the whole enquiry was badly managed. It was botched from the start."

Interestingly, it is the Daily Express and the Daily Mail who choose to make an issue of this sensational development as, little by little, yet more of what really happened to our much loved Princess becomes known.

Many British and international newspapers continue to claim that Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in an accident caused by a drunk driver - despite the official and strangely directed inquest concluding with a jury declaring that Diana had been the victim of "unlawful killing" by both the driver and the "following vehicles" - the identities of which remain unknown.

This development follows days after "outrage" over British Government plans to introduce secret inquests - plans which, no doubt, have more than a little to do with the revelations that were made available during Diana's inquest but strangely absent from most media reporting - apart from the Daily Express which has demonstrated, to much criticism, total dedication to the pursuit of justice for Diana.

Little by little... we wish Mr. Al Fayed and his team 'good luck' in his and their further endeavours to eke out more of the detail of events which claimed Diana's life - and that of Dodi - in the future.

Tractor production up 4%... (shhh! don't tell Gordon the economy is stuffed!)

Let's wait and see how Gormless and Darling-Sam-the-Eagle try to wriggle their way out of this one.

It appears that we here in Britain are STILL in recession - despite predictions to the contrary. As GDP shrank by 0.4% from July to September, we now can declare this the longest recession in this country for 54 years.

"Best placed to weather the financial storm..."
"It all started in America..."
"When the Tories were in power..."

Which one will we get on hearing this latest cold hard fact?

Seems that the only one thing that Gormless could try laying a claim to as a strength was the economy and that claim, the simple facts show, lies in shreds and tatters.

That's okay, though. He still has 'global governance' and 'a new world order is emerging' in which he can rob us of our sovereignty a bit more before he leaves office - so fear not, backbench Labour MP. You'll be in your job right up until the very end. They won't let old incompetent Gormless go just yet.

Review: BBC Question Time - the BNP "special" edition

Normally, this blog would write a proper review of the BBC show Question Time - but this was not a proper edition of the show, it was just a BNP hatchet job rather than a topical current affairs debate show. Hence, just a brief opinion sum up. Hopefully we'll go back to normal next week. This was a ridiculous hatchet job show - though the man himself did little to show he didn't deserve it.

Jack Straw (ZaNuLiebour) - yes, passionate. Easy to be part of an attacking pack. Was called up on his party's refusal to engage in any debate on immigration. 5/12

Nick Griffin (BNP) - in fairness to him, the show was a hatchet job and always was going to be. And that's about all that we can find to say that was positive. Not good and it would be difficult to see why anyone would vote for him and his party after this performance. 0/12

Sayeeda Warsi (Conservative) - massively impressed throughout until, right at the end, Dumblebee challenged her about her views on LGBT civil partnerships and Section 28. 7.5/12

Chris Huhne (LibDem) - did not stand out in any way. Seemed comfortable in a hunting pack of panellists. 4/12

Bonnie Greer (playwright) - a little slow getting off the mark but did work her way up to making a number of intelligent and interesting points. 7/12

Seriously though, this was an utterly abysmal edition of a normal much anticipated show. Viewing figures were no doubt sky high after all the hype, but the only topical issue debated was the furore over Question Time itself. Nonsense.

Thank goodness some sensible programming and opinion followed with the enjoyable and thought-provoking This Week.

UKIP slam 'bogus' global warming carbon taxes and people control

Hot on the heals of Lord Christopher Monckton's dire warning of the impact of a climate change treaty that will bring in global Government - a warning which has gone viral with some 600,000 views in the space of a few days - comes a similar warning from UKIP.

UKIP's MEP Godfrey Bloom has told the European Empire that the whole global warning debate is a sham aimed at raising taxes and controlling our lives. He points to the conclusions of those "independent" scientists who say that we are not experiencing any global warming at all and that the datasets show that global temperatures are flat-lining or cooling.

Meanwhile, the interest in Lord Monckton's speech has been remarkable and our blogpost on his warning for democracy posed by the forthcoming climate change treaty is already the second most viewed post to have been blogged about here - strangely, with almost uniquely all of the interest coming from readers in the USA.

This blogger remains puzzled that all we do on this blog is flag up mainstream - and generally British - news. And yet it constantly feels like scriptwriting for the BBC Drama show Spooks...

UKIP Deputy: "Europe firmly on the road to war again"

UKIP's deputy leader, David Campbell Bannerman, has used a hard hitting speech to warn of the spectre of war looming over the continent of Europe.

His comments came in response to the detail of plans for an EU Diplomatic service.

He said: "This 'masterplan' for an EU superstate is built on foundations of deceit, dishonesty and denial. But what federalists are creating is not a new United States of America, they are creating a new Yugoslavia. By forcing together very different nations, cultures and economies under a rigid, undemocratic, Soviet style bureaucracy you are entering very dangerous waters indeed... You profess to love peace, but by railroading through Lisbon and by this power grab of our embassies, you are putting Europe firmly on the road to war once again."

Is he right? Does history have any lessons for us to judge?

One can only hope - and trust - that the PEOPLE of Europe are not wishing to engage in any conflict with each other. Across the continent, the normal, everyday people - you and I - seem to share the same anger at the political elite who have forced us into a superstate.

As people, we share similar hopes, dreams and aspirations - to live happily, to have a few small pleasures and to enjoy and celebrate our lives with those closest to us.

The people of Europe have no quarrel with each other. But the people have not consented to the surrender of sovereignty or democracy.

Can any treaty legislate for the anger that the people feel? That is the question. War seems a strong word - but there may well be lots of radically different voting patterns in the battle which appears to be of Freedom against Tyranny - of representation and democracy against oligarchy.

The illusion of the old left-right paradigm seems critically exposed.

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Almost 20,000 people from across Europe have now signed the petition urging Czech President Vaclav Klaus to not sign up to the Lisbon Treaty.

Nobel winning virologist who 'discovered' HIV sparks new question marks on link to AIDS

Prepare to become very confused. One of the French virologists who won the Nobel prize for his role in the 'discovery' of HIV has gone on video recorded interview stating views which place question marks over the whole HIV and AIDS issue.

Luc Montagnier makes his opinions known in a film called House of Numbers. Montagnier suggests that a healthy immune system is capable of clearing the body of HIV.

The film is to be part of a screening and debate event being trumpeted by The Spectator for whom Fraser Nelson writes of this latest news story.

Just lets repeat that lest it be thought this is just a conspiracy theory blog. This is the virologist who discovered HIV raising question marks about the link between the immune system, HIV and AIDS and the source for this blogger knowing about it and flagging it up is The Spectator.

Here's the man himself... watch it and be totally confused.

Lord Christopher Monckton: Stop December's 'World Government' Treaty

Ever wondered what Gormless is banging on about with his 'new world order' and 'global governance'..? Thought it was a conspiracy nutter's fantasy until Gordon started banging on about being happy that a new world order was emerging?

You might be persuaded to think some more. Or maybe not.

Lord Christopher Monckton - brother of Princess Diana's confidante Rosa Monckton and a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher - has used a lecture in America to warn that the planned December conference on "climate change" will result in a treaty being signed that will bring about a global "communist government".

Monckton - as well as having Rosa Monckton in his family - comes from very well connected stock. He is worth listening to. Agree with him or dismiss him - he does have a remarkable background.

In his own words:

To find out more, click HERE.

Hain gifts the BNP acres of free publicity

The BNP could not buy the amount of free publicity that they have in the news headlines today - all as a result of Labour and, in particular, Peter Hain's opposition to their leader, Nick Griffin, appearing on BBC's flagship political programme Question Time.

Hain has written a letter to the Beeb talking about legal action over the BNP leader's forthcoming appearance on the topical debate programme.

This blog does not agree with the BNP's views on skin colour. And this blog holds the view that if an argument is solid, it is easy to make any wild opinion look ridiculous. However, we would defend anybody's right to have an opinion.

It was the same when this blogger was at University. Universities are overrun with far left ideology and part of the doubtless good intention centres on free speech... provided it is free speech containing content that is approved by those with said good intentions.

And they're all in on it over this latest BNP centred flurry of talcum powder. Downing Street has to give an opinion, OFCOM are involved, the BBC Trust are involved, the TV production union BECTU are involved, BBC staff are threatening to protest, anti-fascist campaigners are threatening to protest (oddly, solely against the BNP alone rather than against the appearance of ZaNuLiebour, too).

Now, even if they all take legal action and get the BNP taken off the show, could the BNP ever seriously dream of being able to afford all of this publicity?

And what does this signal to those who might be sympathetic to the BNP's views?

The best friend of the far right is the far left. A recruiting sergeant, of sorts. And sometimes the far left goes so far left that it ends up joining the far right on the other side.

Look at Labour's track record on civil liberties, for a start. The left becomes the far right...

And who votes for the BNP anyway? Disgruntled former Labour voters usually, polls show.

Strange old world. But if those opposed to the BNP's views were to debate with them or else shut up about the BNP...

...instead, the BNP gets bundles and bundles of free publicity that they would not have been able to otherwise afford.

That they don't all see it. Sigh! Or maybe they do, and this is - in fact - some strange manifestation of Orwellian double-speak...

Sunday Paper Review: 18th October 2009

If, like us, you cannot abide the sight or sound of Jacqui Smith - who has probably been the most authoritarian, civil-liberty hating Home Secretary in Western Europe since World War II (and then only maybe) - you might give a cheer of support to former Home Office 'mole' Christopher Galley who will apparently, on Tuesday, see how he can lead the campaign for justice against Jacqui Smith over her expense claims through a lawyer. Mr. Galley has our blessing and the Sunday Express has the low-down. And whatever happened to that nice American 'shock jock' bloke who was going to see her in court? Must have a Google at the latest on that one later.

The plot to get rid of Gormless continues to drip in several of the newspapers - not least the Mail on Sunday which claims that Stephen Byers and Alan Milburn have had a quiet word with Lord Voldemort of Mandy-Pandy-Doodah and told him that he should get Gormless to sail off and save the world elsewhere. Not for the good of the country, you understand - though that would be an added advantage. However, the motivation in this and the many sub-plots is Labour's imminent electoral wipe-out... that most of us cannot wait for. Name the day, Gordy. Name the day.

The Observer runs with news that Royal Mail is to take on 30,000 temporary workers to make sure that people continue getting mail during the strikes. Naturally, the CWU union are not happy. Not all cities in the UK have been on the receiving end of the mail strikes but here in London, they've been going on for weeks. Weeks ago, we said the Union had to keep the public on side. Alas, they lost our support... mail deliveries are an essential service in our view. And - having suffered the inconvenience of mail strikes for weeks - we're in support of Royal Mail on this one.

The Independent on Sunday carries on with it's campaign against Tony Blair becoming the EU President. The newspaper should really get into tune with Britain. We do not want an EU President - Tony Blair or anyone else.

The Sunday Times reports detail on how the banking sector is up to it's old tricks of scattering vast sums of money around - into their own pockets as bonuses. Yes, it's banking bonus scandal time again, and the newspapers are full of it. Obscene bonuses for all! Including in those banks that took billions upon billions upon billions in taxpayers money. Ever get the feeling that we're all being taken for mugs? Or simply being constantly mugged...

The Sunday Telegraph claims that the Government is planning a "windfall tax" on banks which could claw in hundreds of millions of pounds. And while that may sound reasonable enough, you can bet your bottom dollar that you and I will simply be passed the bill in the long term.

And finally, the News of the World has lots of stories stemming from the death and funeral of Boyzone star Stephen Gately. The funeral for the Irish star, who died tragically young aged just 33, took place in Dublin yesterday following the singer's death on the island of Majorca last week.

Halifax account holder? Watch out for the 182,500% interest!!

Just found out that Halifax is bringing in new interest charges from 6th December.

Apparently, they are charging £1 a day on overdrafts up to £2,500; £2 a day on overdrafts over £2,500, and £5 a day on unauthorised overdrafts - irrespective of the amount owed, it appears from the literature we've seen.

So, while the taxpayer coughed up billions out of our tax revenues for the greedy bankers, be very careful with Halifax.

Let's say you mistakenly go overdrawn by one single penny.

Halifax will charge you £1 per day from December.

That's £31 per month.

£31.00 over £0.01 = 3,100%

multiply that over a year

£365 over 0.01 = 36,500%

And if it's an unauthorised mistaken single solitary penny, it could cost you £5 a day.

Same proposition.

365 days in a year. 365*£5= £1,825

One penny could cost you almost two grand!!

£1,825/0.01 = 182,500%

We're happy to be corrected if our maths is wrong.

In the meantime, be extremely careful if you have an account with the Halifax... where one penny could cost as much as £1,825.

Talk about a load of greedy bankers...

Prison Britain: How they want to turn Brits and Aussies on each other

With concern about civil liberties in Britain sky high, there can only be one reason that some bright spark thinks it a great idea that Australians get paid to spy on British folk and vice versa - the implementation of an Orwellian nightmare setting people on the other side of the world up as the mutual "enemy".

We write, in case you did not know, of the plan to have Aussies monitor British CCTV cameras in the hope of winning cash prizes for catching "shoplifters".

Well, it's shoplifters today... who will it be tomorrow?

In return, we might get the chance to spy on Aussies and grass them up.

Not sure what our Australian cousins will make of the idea.

Australia is a great country. We're still related to vast numbers of the people there. They gave us Kylie Minogue. And Neighbours. And Prisoner: Cell Block H.

We just don't want to live in an island Wentworth Detention Centre.

We trust the good folk of Australia will have no part in spying on us and, in return, we'll play no part in giving them a taste of our prison island hell.

When will they just put barbed wire around our coastline and have done with it?

Now the EU wants to make your kids fall in love with it - through school lessons

The European Parliament's EPP group is proposing that all fourteen year olds in all EU member states be forced to take compulsory lessons on the European Union, the Daily Telegraph reports.

One of it's aims is to teach our teenagers about the EU's "founding fathers".

Now that could be an interesting lesson!

Anyway, we're all in favour of lessons based on history and forebears.

How about we in Britain educate all fourteen year olds in compulsory lessons on the written English constitution, on the Declaration of Rights, on the Bill of Rights, on the Magna Carta, on Habeas Corpus... how about we educate fourteen year olds on the role of the Sovereign, on the status of statutes versus common law... those sorts of things..?

Or is it politically incorrect to teach any of our own history? Sorry, we forget that our own history has been made unlawful. Or, at least, might well be.

So, a bit of pro-EU brainwashing of our teenagers it is then...

Review: BBC Question Time, Thursday 15th October 2009

Nigel Farage (UKIP) said of expenses that it was what is not being said by the Legg inquiry which shocked him - like 'flipping' and avoidance of Capital Gains Tax. Says he thinks some MPs will end up in prison and, as far as the British public are concerned, it can't happen soon enough. Said attempts to "sanitise" the BNP by amending it's constitution to allow non-white members was a mistake as if they were just left as they were, the BNP would go absolutely nowhere. Pointed out the role of the European Union in the current mail dispute and he urged mail workers not to strike as, with Christmas contracts due, it would be totally suicidal of them to do so. Accused the Labour Government of demanding more from our servicemen while providing our troops with less. Called for a short timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Our Rating: A solid performance and he spoke a lot of sense a lot of the time. 8/12

Alan Johnson (ZaNuLiebour) said MPs should just pay back the money they have been asked to else no-one will ever hear the end of it. Tried turning the issue against UKIP but Farage pointed out that ZaNuLiebour will probably send Jacqui Smith to the House of Lords. Said the BNP are a "white supremacist" party who are "illegally constituted" and on that basis, he said that the BBC should review their invitation to the party to appear on the show. Continued to attack the BBC's invitation to the BNP saying it would give them legitimacy. Was very defensive of the continuing deployment of British troops in Afghanistan. Dumblebee seriously made him - and Gormless - look dubious over the issue of equipment for our troops.
Our Rating: Know what? He seemed to say a lot of words but despite having that cuddly Uncle / Grandfather air of reassurance about him, what he had to say made us like him less than we like Gormless. Which is quite a triumph. 0/12

Damian Green (Conservative) said MPs should pay back any expenses they have been asked to as democracy was under threat through people's perceptions of the scandal. Said that it would be ironic if they reach the end of this Parliament and the only person to have been arrested were to be... him, for doing his job. Said he was pleased that people were talking about the BNP as it was now known that they had a ban on non-white people in their constitution. Said that you cannot win an argument through censorship. Expressed the view that the problems with Royal Mail were due to many reasons - not least the fact that ZaNuLiebour are running scared of the unions. Lost our attention when he trotted out the Government line on Afghanistan.
Our Rating: Was doing incredibly well until he got on to the subject of Afghanistan and how much we in Britain are protected by our role in the country. Which is all very well, but if Frankenstein creates a monster. A member of the studio audience who actually came from Afghanistan could teach all of our politicians things that make far more sense to the chaos and come up with strategies more acceptable for harmony in the world. 6/12

Norman Baker (LibDem) said that the expenses scandal goes to the heart of the public's trust in politicians. Said that those who have made tens of thousands of pounds should be "named and nailed". Asked the sensible question of whether non-white people would be queuing up to join the BNP if it had a changed membership criteria. Said the BBC has an obligation to reflect society - and that included the BNP, no matter if people disliked it. On the mail strike ballot, he said the union and Royal Mail were as bad as each other. In respect of Afghanistan, he said that we should not support an illegitimate regime with the lives of our soldiers.
Our Rating: Norman Baker is a rare beast - a Liberal Democrat who we will listen to and who has things worth hearing. So, not for the first time, we have to rate a Liberal Democrat reasonably positively. If only Norman Baker and Charles Kennedy were on the only Liberal Democrats. We might actually listen to the two of them as a party. 8/12

Joan Bakewell (broadcaster) said the expenses scandal raised issues about the lack of morals. Accused the Fees Office of being "complicit" in the scandal. Said that the conflict in Afghanistan cannot be won and is futile.
Our Rating: We used to like her Heart of the Matter programme. And she did something on BBC2 once about art and porn which put a male erection onto British television. Complete with total pixelation. On Question Time? Not quite as bad as Will Young, but getting there. 3/12

Best moment: When the studio audience booed Jacqui Smith's name as loudly as they did that of BNP leader Nick Griffin.

Official Question Time website - click HERE.

Dan Hannan: In support of Václav Klaus

Conservative MEP Dan Hannan - much liked by this blogger - has today given further thoughts on the pressure being placed on Czech President Václav Klaus, the only man who can now save Britain from the European Empire.

Hannan writes in his blog over on the Daily Telegraph: "It’s about democracy. Václav Klaus is the only European leader who champions the disfranchised majority who never asked for Lisbon. If you want a measure of the EU’s warped values, listen to those Eurocrats now claiming, without evident irony, that Klaus is defying the will of the people! Not that this Ministry-of-Truth-style argument will be new to Klaus... President Klaus’s stand, and the EU’s reaction to it, reminds us of the nature of the Brussels beast: its contempt for democracy, its willingness to bend the rules, its refusal to take no for an answer, the readiness with which it resorts to bullying – in short, its hideous strength".

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The people's petition in support of the Czech President now has almost 13,000 signatures. To join them, click here.

How much "climate change" science is dodgy?

We've happened across a couple of scientifically interesting reports in the last day or so that place great big question marks over the whole "climate change" and "global warming" religion.

Now, as an individual, this blogger does think that it is important that we look after our planet. However, the endlessly ratcheted-up bandwagon on green-this and green-that does appear to have reached fanatical levels.

Cards on table, this blogger is not into "science" - so we have to take everything we read as accurate. Yet it seems that there is a lot more to read on the "it's all a load of nonsense" minority perspective than is made widely available.

Our curiosity was aroused by a fascinating article in The Spectator by Melanie Phillips. She outlines how a study of trees from the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia which uses tree rings to look for global warming appears to be dodgy - because, it is claimed, they have only used those trees that back up the global warming argument and have ignored the rest.

She cites other analysis of this study which says that there is a "scientific scandal" at play here as it has been made impossible to even verify the data which leads to the "global warming" conclusion: "Scientists have ensured much of the measurement data used in the reconstructions remains a secret -- failing to fulfill procedures to archive the raw data. Without the raw data, other scientists could not reproduce the results".

By chance, we then happened across another article which alleges the same thing about a totally separate study - that a key plank of the global warming agenda is backed by "science" in which it is alleged that the raw data on which the scientific conclusions are based is absent and unavailable.

The study with apparent question marks over it looks at surface temperatures and was conducted by the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit - a study with backing from the U.S. Department of Energy.

So, without going into it too deeply and being open to reading two sides of a story, it seems that there are still plenty of question marks from the green lobby to have to answer - even about the science on which their conclusions are said to be backed up.

Complex story, ladies and gentlemen. And these question marks do not seem to receive much in the way of publicity.

That is until one reads a report from the BBC which appeared online over the last couple of days and which asks the question: "What happened to global warming?".

In this last story, it appears that scientists failed to predict the latest set of data - that there has been no global warming over the last eleven years and that the warmest year measured was 1998. It appears, from this report, that the planet goes in thirty year cycles and that there was a period of global cooling - rather than warming - between 1945 and 1977.

Anyway, this blogger is not scientifically minded. But this blogger can read. If two sides of an argument are made available for us to read.

Interesting how, on global warming, we seldom see the other side of the argument and so are all too often not even encouraged to think there might be another side to the argument.

And then you notice proposals to make "climate change denial" a crime. Have a Google search of that one.

What strange times we live in.

And our conclusion? If your science is solid, you shouldn't need to lose your raw data. If your argument is solid, then you should be able to counter the other side of the debate - not repress it through criminalising thought.

Snogging in footie? How fun!

To enjoy a break from the endless stories about political tyranny, check out this story in The Sun about Italian Serie B player Vincenzo Santoruvo of Frosinone.

According to the British tabloid, Santoruvo celebrated scoring by having a good snog with a team-mate.

Now, isn't that just what the world needs?

Doom and gloom, doom and gloom.

So, bravo to Santoruvo and let's hope he starts a new trend.

Wouldn't it be lovely to see more snogging?

Men and women, men and men, women and women...

Who doesn't like a good snog?

We approve wholeheartedly, and if any player in the Premier League fancies celebrating with a damn good snog after scoring on Saturday, feel free. Our Sky+ box sits awaiting the romance...

The death of democracy: Blogosphere outrage at ban on free speech in UK

Two of the UK's biggest political blogs - Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale - are making a stand in defence of free speech in Britain - after the Guardian newspaper has found itself on the receiving end of a gagging order.

The Guardian's story that it is not being permitted to tell us about involves what a Member of Parliament is going to be asking in the House of Commons later this week.

How can this country be heading to hell in a handcart this way? A mainstream newspaper cannot report on a factual story about our own Parliament?

See what Guido Fawkes says on the matter and have a read of Iain Dale's further highlighting of the story.

You know, all this blog does is look at the British mainstream media and highlight stories that we find interesting. Over recent weeks, we've felt like we're some naughty conspiracy theory website through the stories we've highlighted. And then we have to remind ourselves that we are just picking up what is in the mainstream British news.

It is vital that Britain has a free press that can keep us informed - especially now when tyranny is increasingly looking the order of the day.

No newspaper is perfect and the British press has often hidden some very significant facts from the British public - for decades upon decades they've been doing it.

However, if something comes to their attention that is in the public interest and concerns questions to be asked in our own Parliament, then there is no way that they should be gagged from reporting such stories.

Hell in a handcart really would be upon us. And it looks like it may well already be.

One rule for one, one rule for the rest of us: Stick Jacqui Smith on her own frigging database... now!!

The Parliamentary standards folk have ruled that the authoritarian former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith wrongly claimed on her expenses after declaring one home as her "main" home when this was not the case.

She was made to apologise. To her fellow MPs. Not to us, the stupid taxpayer. Oh no!

So... mass murderer, drug dealer, rapist, paedeophile, mugger, thief, shoplifter, fraudster, tax evader, drink driver, TV license dodger... you're quite right to feel hard done by.

...why should you be on a database that Jacqui Smith stands by and inflicted upon the British public if...

...she is not now on it herself?

We should march on Westminster and demand Jacqui Smith be fingerprinted, DNA swabbed, photographed, biometric analysed, stuck on a database, locked up for 42 days without charge, have a smart "spy" meter installed in her home, be tagged, and watched under dodgy laws aimed at trainspotters and journalists for the rest of her natural.

Sorry, she presided over most of this authoritarian hell. Parliament itself has ruled on what she has done wrong. Why is she apologising to MPs in Westminster? We've paid for it. We the people. We're the people she has set the police on. We are the people she has abused through the abuse of technology.

Parliament has found her wanting. Now she should be subjected to her own punishments.

Fair is fair, if you're the most authoritarian Home Secretary in British history.

Sorry isn't good enough, Ms. Smith. Now we want to see you go through your own long list of tortures which you aimed at the British public.

We would swear, but we're not feeling excessively immature.

Of course, nothing will ever happen to Ms. Smith. This is a Labour Government. Jobs for the boys, deceptions left, right and centre, and the people - the general public, the taxpayer - are the enemy to be vilified, persecuted and treated like the lowest of the low.

Well, maybe the British public are sick of it. Maybe we just want our lives back from these people. Naff off to Europe with the rest of the dictators and tyrants that you've been ingratiating yourself with and live off their money. We want you lot and your nasty authoritarianism off our shores and the British way of life back.

1997 and life under the Conservatives feels like a romantic idyll from a by-gone age compared to the living hell and constant torture (sometimes literal, sometimes... where was that news link again, Guardian?), monitoring and cataloguing of the ZaNuLiebour control-freaking, freedom-hating tyrants.

Like they are whiter than white, holier than thou. Naff off. And act like public servants. Which is what you're meant to be.

Horrid, horrid, double standards from authoritarian control freaks. They make us feel repulsion on a scale unquantifiable in the English language.

10,000 European people flock to support Vaclav Klaus

In the space of just a few days, 10,000 European people have flocked to sign an online petition expressing solidarity with and support for Czech President Vaclav Klaus.

The democratically expressed views of those signing the petition urging Vaclav Klaus not to sign the EU Constitution Lisbon treaty seem to, by consensus, accuse the European Union of being anti-democratic and of being a fascist state.

They hope, collectively, that by signing the petition, they might strengthen the Czech President's resolve not to sign the Lisbon Treaty - hoping that he can stall the Empire until the British General Election when David Cameron's Conservatives would cause rioting on the streets were they not to now honour a pledge to hold a referendum.

A referendum which, if the British people were asked, would - without much doubt - result in a resounding "no" vote... hence Labour and their European Union chums have made sure that the British people cannot have a referendum.

Those wishing to send their support to Vaclav Klaus should look at:

http://supportvaclavklaus.wordpress.com/

or go straight to the 10,000 man petition at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/sptklaus/petition.html

Intriguing question of the day

Why are front-line NHS staff refusing to have the "swine flu" vaccine..?

And now comes spying on us in our own homes...

Gas and electricity meters could be used to spy on us in our own homes, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Not only that, but it may become possible for the powers that be to switch our domestic appliances off by remote access.

Now, if you'd read this on David Icke's website, you might have laughed.

Here is the link to the story. Look. No David Icke involved. It's the Daily Telegraph.

And looking at the calendar, it appears to be 12th October, not April Fool's Day.

What on earth are we becoming? We can only shake our heads in disbelief.

Now they're plotting the overthrow Vaclav Klaus!!

According to The Times, diplomats in Germany and France have been discussing ways of overcoming the Czech President's obstacle to their European Empire.

Yup, that bastion of integrity, the European Empire, is actually talking about having Vaclav Klaus impeached or changing the Czech constitution to remove his right to veto.

They will have their way, at all costs - as we've seen.

Laughably - if it weren't so serious - those with their hands on power over 500 million people accuse Vaclav Klaus of standing in the way of democracy.

One German diplomat is quoted by The Times as saying: "If the president is obstructing the democratic process and opposing the decision of parliament as well as the will of the people, he is moving beyond the law and will need to face the consequences".

Hang on just a chuffing minute. Vaclav Klaus is obstructing the democratic process?

Would that be the same "democratic" process that voted "no" to the Constitution Treaty Constitution in France and the Netherlands? That also voted "no" to the retitled Constitution in Ireland until they were made to vote again?

The same democratic process that has a British Government full of unelected people who have denied the people of Britain the referendum they were promised in the manifesto of the Governing party?

This is not democracy. This is tyranny.

The spirit of Britain be with you, Vaclav Klaus. We're with you every step of the way. Do not sign!

Jobs for the Boys: Labour's Cosy EU stitch-up

The Telegraph is reporting that, should Tony Blair fail to land the EU President job (which would make him higher in the pecking order of Britain than Her Majesty The Queen), then diplomats are lining David Miliband up to be the EU's Foreign Minister.

So, let's look at that.

David Miliband, the man who tried to claim that the "Lisbon Treaty" was different from the "EU Constitution" so we in Britain would not be permitted the referendum his party promised us is being lined up as a possible Foreign Minister for the EU - a post that is only possible because of the transfer of national sovereignty contained within the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty Tyranny.

This manoeuvre is being lined up in case Tony Blair fails to land the EU President gig - our former Prime Minister whose party promised us a referendum on the EU Constitution and who then walked out of his job leaving us with an unelected Prime Minister who oversaw our ratification of the Lisbon Treaty whilst denying us a say contrary to his party manifesto.

This would be the same David Miliband and Gordon Brown who signed the Lisbon Treaty which contains the name of Her Majesty the Queen in it's opening paragraph and therefore means that they have signed a document diverting Her Majesty's symbolic custodianship of the people's sovereignty to a foreign power, contrary to the British constitution. Further, Her Majesty had to sign the law in Britain to permit their signature and because Her Majesty has had her powers to refuse to give assent removed, means that she was unable to uphold the solemn oath that she gave to the British people in her Coronation.

This from the Government whose unelected Lord with millions of titles, Mandelson, is credited as saving Gordon Brown the unelected Prime Minister from being sacked by his own party. Mandelson is a former bigwig of the European Union.

Mandelson is one of many unelected members of the Labour Government. Another unelected member of the British Government is Glenys Kinnock, a former high flyer in the European Union and who is married to the former leader of the Labour Party Neil Kinnock who is a current European Union high flyer.

Anyone spotting a trend?

And they call this democracy.

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Tony Blair and... former Labour cabinet minister Stephen Byers are named in a story in The Times about lobbying for membership of the EU by Ukraine. Money from a steel billionaire is linked in. Sound familiar?

Sunday Paper Review: 11th October 2009

The Independent on Sunday suggests that the finding of retina tears might be used by Gormless as part of his previously hinted at 'exit strategy' - of leaving the Prime Minister's job (that he was never elected to) without having to fight a General Election rather than lose. It also notes BBC speculation on Gormless possibly being made to repay some of his expense claims.

Losing is something that Gormless may well have to face up to - an ICM poll for the News of the World reveals that the Conservatives are more trusted by voters on a staggering NINE out of ten key policy areas. In terms of voting intention, the poll has the Conservatives on 45%, ZaNuLiebour on 26%.

The Mail on Sunday reports on a storm surrounding Geoff Hoon. The senior Labour politician - Defence Secretary at the time of the Iraq war which has claimed many British soldiers' lives - is claimed to have shown disrespect at the Iraq war memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral by using his Order of Service to hide the fact that he was texting on his mobile phone during the religious events.

A campaign by newsagents to get their cigarette buying customers to boycott ZaNuLiebour is threatened should the sale displays of cigarettes behind newsagents counters be made unlawful, the Sunday Express reports. The 18,000 members of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents are being asked to support the retaliatory move.

The Observer reports that one of the two manufacturers of "swine flu vaccines" for Britain - US firm Baxter - is having to repay millions of dollars after claims of fraud and overinflated prices to Medicaid, the health programme for the poorest Americans. The newspaper says that the claims of the company "fraudulently overcharging" Medicaid might raise questions about how much the British Government is spending on "swine flu vaccines" - but apparently "the Department of Health and the drug companies have declined to say exactly how much each vaccine costs".

The Sunday Times covers a report from the respected Royal College of Surgeons, the hard-hitting findings of which state that the EU Working Time Directive which came into force in August is "killing patients". Roughly half of 900 surgeons surveyed agreed that patient safety is being compromised by the EU directive. The college is lobbying the Government to get them an opt-out of the directive.

The business section of the Sunday Telegraph launches a 'Ditch the Directive' campaign aimed at countering excessive EU regulation of the financial sector and which, it reports, could have a vastly negative effect on the UK economy. Simon Walker of the British Venture Capital Association is quoted as saying one aspect of the EU financial rules amounts to "the worst kind of 19th century protectionism". The newspaper praises the action that London Mayor Boris Johnson has been undertaking on the matter.

Poland Signs Up To The EU Lisbon Tyranny

Oh dear. Poland today finally signed the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty Tyranny.

Only Czech President Vaclav Klaus can save us now. We send him all of our strength and good wishes and hope he can sustain the huge pressure he will now be placed under.

In the meantime, we in Britain can always withdraw from the European Union.

Vote UKIP and keep bring back our national sovereignty.

How to win the Nobel Peace Prize...

Seems Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Can't think where in the world he's brought peace to.

So, what did he win it for? Not being George W. Bush..?

I'm not George W. Bush either. Where's my trophy?

Review: BBC Question Time, 8th October 2009

Yvette Cooper (ZaNuLiebour) did not give any praise to Cameron... but then you wouldn't expect her to, would you? Started attacking the Conservatives on inheritance tax... only to find Ian Hislop recalling some of the exact same things Labour have been doing. Defended George Osborne and said that politics needs people from all walks of life - including from wealthy backgrounds and poorer backgrounds. Denied that the ZaNuLiebour Government had smeared army chief Richard Dannatt and spoke in complimentary tones about him - but was pulled up by a member of the studio audience on whether Labour had been involved in smear campaigns against him.
Our Rating: For someone whose party has been in Government for twelve years, she spent a lot of time saying 'inheritance tax' but did little to highlight what had been so brilliant about ZaNuLiebour's stewardship of the economy. Which is hardly surprising, considering the mess they have made of it. 2/12

George Osborne (Conservative) says he wants the General Election called now so that the country can just 'get on with it'. Said that his aim on the economy was about wanting to 'tell you the truth' about the choices the nation faces. Defended his own background by pointing out his father set up his business from scratch and employs 200 people - said that he is very proud of him.
Our Rating: For a man held under intense scrutiny during this programme, he pretty much held his own; never got into a flap and came across as pretty genuine. 8/12

Sarah Teather (LibDem) was upset that Cameron's speech didn't say the things she wanted to hear - but said she agreed with Cameron when he had attacked Labour over poverty. Used Trident as her mantra for the economy. Also talked about ID cards... but Ian Hislop was on hand to point out that the LibDems have questions to answer. Defended George Osborne on his background and said she would judge him on his policies. Said that there was 'no doubt' Dannatt had been treated badly by the Labour Government. Said Britain needs an 'in or out' debate on Britain's future in Europe.
Our Rating: A Liberal Democrat. They're pretty pointless, aren't they? Trident, trident, trident. Almost as bad as Yvette Cooper's 'inheritance tax' mantra. 3/12

Ian Hislop (Private Eye/Have I Got News For You) said he thought on the evidence of Cameron's speech, he was ready to become Prime Minister. Made Yvette Cooper look completely stupid when he pointed out her hypocrisy on inheritance tax. Said that Yvette Cooper was married to a very powerful person in Cabinet, saying that if one wants to make attacks on nepotism, one has to be very careful. Said there had been an attempt by Labour to smear Richard Dannatt - because he had told uncomfortable truths. Said that he could not believe that they were discussing an issue relating to 'Strictly Come Dancing' on the programme. Said he felt that we will get no democracy at all on the issue of Europe.
Our Rating: Now, given half a chance, isn't Ian Hislop the exact kind of person that you would want to vote for? Upfront, honest, man-of-the-people with a keen eye and a sharp intellect. 11/12

Sir Stuart Rose (Marks & Spencer boss) was very uncommitted on David Cameron, except when pushed by Dumblebee - at which point he conceded that Cameron would make a competent Prime Minister. Echoed Cameron and Osborne's 'we're all in this together' line by saying that the United Kingdom is practically bankrupt. Said he had no problem paying his taxes provided whoever is in Government next year spends the money wisely. Said it was clear that there had been a campaign to smear General Dannatt.
Our Rating: Played everything political fairly close to his chest which was a little frustrating on a political discussion programme. However, his observations sounded reasonable enough, and we do love the M&S '2 can dine for £10' offer. 7/12

UK viewers can watch again using BBC IPlayer. Click here.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Polish President Lech Kaczynski save the peoples of Europe again

Vaclav Klaus, the Czech President, should have a statue erected in his honour in Trafalgar Square in a few years from now. Or maybe in Parliament Square alongside Oliver Cromwell.

Yes, we had hoped he would have the kahoonies to resist pressure from the EU to ratify Lisbon. However, he's gone and trumped even that hope.

Vaclav has told the European Empire's dark lords that he'll only sign it if his country's constitutional court clears a case going through it - and if the Empire add a two sentence footnote to the Charter of Fundamental Rights. At this time, it is not known what the footnote that the Czech President has proposed contains.

However, as far as we're concerned, this footnote buys us more time for a British General Election - the very thing that the Empire do not want to happen before the deal is sealed because they know where we, as a nation, will tell them to stick their takeover.

So, three cheers for Vaclav Klaus... hip, hip...

Meanwhile, the heroic Vaclav is perhaps not so isolated as was thought to be the case.

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski was reported to be set to sign the damned treaty on Sunday... but his twin has now said publicly that this will not happen, the BBC reports.

Marvellous, Mr. Kaczynski. Please do not set a date for signing it before June 2010. If Poland can resist for a little longer, they can have Britain by their side - with Czech President Vaclav Klaus being a heroic leader.

Dare we believe in the Czechs and Polish forming an alliance that will mean that we in Britain get to have our say..? Could it really happen? Dare we dream..?

Credit where credit's due: it was a top notch speech, Mr. Cameron

Having declared our support for UKIP for the next General Election this morning, there is a risk of appearing somewhat schizophrenic in what we're about to say.

However, partisanship and opinion should never mean one is unable to accept and recognise truths or to conceal compliments that would otherwise be forthcoming.

So, we would like to give a very positive appraisal of David Cameron's Conservative Party Conference Speech. It was passionate, he came over very positively as an individual that you would feel comfortable with as a leader and his outlined vision for Britain sounded like a positive one.

This blog has two major issues that dictate our political allegiance - civil liberties and the European Union.

On civil liberties, Cameron used a section of his speech on Britishness to condemn ZaNuLiebour's control freakery and pledged to the British people that a new Conservative Government will sweep all that away. It was a moment that was applauded warmly in Clock Towers.

Surprisingly, he also said a great deal about the poorest in society and means to tackle poverty that ZaNuLiebour have exasperated rather than healed. His stinging rebuke to ZaNuLiebour earned a round of applause here - and a standing ovation in the conference hall.

He vowed to recognise marriage and civil partnerships in the tax system - bravo.

And he even talked about the political issue that dare not speak it's name - the European Union. Here, he made surprising - but demanded - concessionary overtones to those in his own party uncomfortable with Britain's relationship with the EU. And in many ways, if one closed one's eyes, one could have imagined that it was Nigel Farage speaking. Cameron is obviously well versed in some of the arguments on the UKIP website.

However, while demanding EU accountability, we did not hear anything about British national sovereignty.

Make no mistake. David Cameron is this nation's next Prime Minister. That was an election winning speech.

While this blog will be supporting UKIP, we would not feel totally uncomfortable with the Conservatives as a second best choice.

If Cameron can expand upon our role in (or preferably out) of the the European Union, we could still change our mind and cast a vote for the Conservatives if a UKIP candidate does not stand in our constituency.

In the meantime, we wish David Cameron well.

The Conservatives have lost it - any hope of this blog's support, that is

On the dawn of David Cameron's conference speech, this blog feels capable of declaring our political voting intention for the next General Election.

Provided that a candidate stands in our constituency, this blog author will be voting for UKIP.

Should a UKIP candidate not be standing in our constituency, we will spoil our ballot paper by writing "Better Off Out of the EU" across it in large block capitals.

Now, we know that Cameron hasn't delivered his speech yet. We are sure he will say lots of interesting or not so interesting things about the economy, society, health and education.

What we are confident he will not say is anything of any merit about the European Union and Britain's relationship with it.

He and his party have insulted the intelligence of the British public with a phoney message of "we will not let matters rest" and "we can have only one policy at a time".

Utter scrotum hangers, of course.

The fact is that the Conservatives have zip all intention of doing anything about the European Union apart from a bit of pre-election posturing to pacify their own side.

Some individual Conservative politicians can count on the support of this blog - Dan Hannan and Boris Johnson being two we will support individually.

Beyond that, David Cameron may well win the General Election, but what will he become Prime Minister of?

The Borough of Britain. Lord of all he surveys in the Town Hall of the House of Commons. With Tony Blair, the European Messiah, as his boss.

No. There is no point waiting for the Conservatives to come clean. There is no point hoping the Czechs will save us.

It is time for every man and woman in Britain to make a stand for Britain - for Britain's history, for Britain's democracy, for Britain's freedom, for Britain's right to determine it's own future - the future willed for by the people of Britain and Britain alone.

We could have tolerated being part of a community of trading nations, but this has gone way beyond that.

And so, on the dawn of David Cameron's conference speech, this blog is declaring our support for Britain... by backing UKIP.

Now Scotland protests against mandatory vaccination

We were rather surprised at interest in a blog post of ours from about a week ago informing people of a mandatory vaccination protest which took place in Westminster on Saturday gone.

Although this blog author did not go, we believe 200 people did and this blog author is sympathetic to their concern.

We would, in that spirit, like to flag up a similar event taking place in Edinburgh at the beginning of December. Again, this blog author will not be there - though will be in spirit.

Anyone else get the feeling that the public - or parts of - are not buying this whole bird/swine/human flu thing? They can't all be listening to Alex Jones and David Icke, surely?

Anyway, here's details of the Scottish demonstration:

A Swine Flu Manditory Vaccination Protest has been organised in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 12th from 12noon-2pm. We will be meeting outside the gates of Edinburgh Castle at 12noon and then marching down the Royal Mile to the Scottish parliament building.

This will be a peaceful protest and we ask that everybody behave accordingly with no alcohol or abusive behaviour. Protestors should wear warm waterproof clothing and bring banners and posters. Homemade t-shirts with anti-vaccination slogans or fancydress would be welcomed.

The European Borough of Britain steps closer, as Czechs look to crumble and EU Embassies exposed

David Cameron's hand on the Lisbon Treaty might be forced faster than he hoped - as the Czechs have started making overtures about signing the damned thing before the end of THIS year... and it's unlikely Gormless will call an election before then.

The Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer has been telling the EU that he hopes that the decision in the Czech Constitutional Court will come sooner rather than later and that the process is being sped up.

A decision by that court in favour of the Lisbon Treaty is highly likely to force the hand of the Czech President Vaclav Klaus - probably the only man in Europe with enough power and scrotal tissue to save the people of Europe from the vast Empire being imposed upon us against our will.

Make no mistake - it is only Vaclav Klaus who can save us.

Klaus now faces increasing pressure as the EU races to make Britain's role in it a fait accompli before anyone gets chance to give us our say at the ballot box.

The treaty is also being held up in Poland but opposition there is said to crumble and wilt within days following the highly controversial Irish "do it again!" vote.

But the last laugh - if there are any laughs to be had - belong to those of us who have been dubbed "eurosceptics" as a new news report blows open the secrecy and gives us cause to say "told you so".

For there, in the pages of the Daily Telegraph, is a report exposing how the EU has secretly been plotting to confer a legal status upon itself - effectively as a country - and they are already ploughing ahead with plans to open Embassies around the globe. Along with that comes it's President and Foreign Minister. And flags. And "national" anthem.

Lorraine Mullally of Open Europe describes this undercover plotting as "a huge transfer of power which makes the EU look more like a country than an international agreement. Giving the EU legal personality means that the EU, rather than member states, will be able to sign all kinds of international agreements – on foreign policy, defence, crime and judicial issues – for the first time”.

She adds: “British voters agreed to join the European Communities, not a political union with legal personality with the power to sign all kinds of international agreements. No one under the age of 52 has ever had a say on this important evolution and it's about time we did."

Anybody fancy another term of a ZaNuLiebour Government? No, we don't either. But we suspect that the Conservatives will haemorrhage to UKIP in their droves if this all pans out as it's looking to.

Oh dear.

At least ZaNuLiebour will officially become nothing more than a borough council in a rather scary and undemocratic empire.

Irish CITIZENS call in FRAUD SQUAD over "do it again!" EU vote

Citizens of Ireland have called in the fraud squad alleging illegality in the nation's "do it again!" EU vote of Friday last week. Some are now also demanding that the "do it again!" referendum be declared null and void over the illegalities alleged.

This action is in addition to the video clip this blog noted yesterday. Indeed, that video clip has seemingly been presented as an aspect of evidence in this case.

A formal criminal complaint of fraud was made to the Fraud Squad division of the Irish police, An Garda Síochána, on Tuesday 6th October, 2009.

There additionally appears to be a movement of people in Ireland now making similar fraud complaints - based on what we've seen on the links provided below.

A detailed list of separate points form the body of the original complaint which has astutely been made public by those alleging something is amiss.

Some sources for you to look into this in more depth:

http://www.nationalplatform.org/

http://info-wars.org/

Memo to Stephen Fry: Don't rewrite lesbian and gay political history over EU

Politics.co.uk has an interesting story about Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard writing to David Cameron - in tandem with trade unions - about the Conservatives EU co-operation with the Polish Law & Justice Party. Patrick Stewart and comedienne Jo Brand - who often shows up at Labour Party events - have also signed the letter concerned.

Part of the letter reads: "Your Party's decision to host an LGBT event at conference is a good step in the right direction. But it will seem empty - a two faced gesture - if in the same week you fawn over allies whose homophobia has no place in modern Manchester, in modern Britain, or in Europe. Mr Cameron we want to believe the Conservative party has really changed - please help us by rescinding the invite to the Polish Law and Justice Party and urging them either to change their views or quit your new European group."

Now, this blogger feels qualified to respond to this letter. This blog is authored by a gay man who was very actively involved in arguably the biggest gay political campaign of modern times - the 1994 effort to equalise the age of consent.

The 1994 bid to equalise the gay age of consent failed. Equality was later delivered by Tony Blair who, when he became Prime Minister, invoked the Parliament Act to make sure gay men had equality in that regard before going on to deliver further equality for the lesbian and gay communities. On LGBT politics, Tony Blair was amazing. Indeed, when the 1994 campaign was in Parliament, Tony Blair's speech in favour of equality from the Opposition benches was stirring, powerful and heartfelt.

However, let us not forget who was the main political face and energy of trying to deliver equality for gay men in 1994. It was Conservative MP Edwina Currie.

The Conservative Party had a strong female politician who worked tirelessly for the lesbian and gay community in 1994. It was Edwina Currie, and any attempt to delete Edwina Currie's efforts from history should be treated with contempt. She was a hero of the LGBT community in 1994 - and a very, very nice woman in real life, too.

During the campaign, there were quite a few celebs who lent their support. As someone very involved with Stonewall at the time, this blogger can recall who those celebs were.

Can't remember ever having seen Eddie Izzard. Or remember hearing him say anything.

Stephen Fry and Jo Brand - from memory, they attended a reception in Westminster that had been put on by Edwina Currie (Conservative) MP. Also at that event was Eastenders actress Pam St. Clement (Pat Butcher).

They - Fry and Brand - may have done more, but this blogger cannot remember what that might have been.

Definitely did not see or hear from Patrick Stewart, as far as this blogger's memory is concerned.

The main celebrities who threw their energy into the 1994 campaign - led by Conservative MP Edwina Currie - were Sir Ian McKellen (an utterly wonderful, most kind-hearted, sincere and down-to-earth gentleman) and former Eastenders actor Michael Cashman.

Cashman is now a Labour Party MEP.

However, we digress.

Some of the 'celebs' who have signed that letter to David Cameron have long standing relationships with the Labour Party. Some of them are qualified to have an opinion through their track record on LGBT equality issues. Some of them had an opportunity to work for important LGBT equality matters back in 1994. And some of them failed to register in the consciousness of this blogger who was, at that time, very involved with the campaign led by Stonewall.

It appeared, from what this blogger remembers, that Sir Ian McKellen was left to get on with most of what the gay community was trying to achieve in respect of equality back then. It was Sir Ian McKellen who toured regional TV and radio studios, giving interviews all over the place, giving up his free time to man phones in the Stonewall offices.

And it was Conservative MP Edwina Currie who put the amendment forward to try to equalise the age of consent.

True, Conservative MPs defeated her amendment.

But what happened in 1994 is not being clearly represented in the letter that has been sent to David Cameron and widely publicised.

And it appears to this blogger to be a instance of political partisanship rather than any concern of pending danger to any member of the LGBT community in Britain posed by a political party in Poland.

If these celebs feel the need to campaign against something, maybe they should concentrate on lyrics in certain genres of modern music. Far more influential in Britain than a Polish political party.

And, as a British gay man, this blogger is now far more concerned about Labour's terrifying record on civil liberties than we are concerned about whether the Conservatives approve of who we find sexually attractive.

Tony Blair delivered on LGBT equality issues. Tony Blair's determination to do so should be acknowledged. And Tony Blair's track record on LGBT equality should be compared with that of Gormless. The track records do differ.

But since Tony Blair delivered, there really are few issues of LGBT concern that differ from those of the rest of the populace.

So, where is the public letter from these celebs to Gormless and ZaNuLiebour about the dismantling of our civil liberties and the creation of a police state? Or about lying when promising us a referendum on the EU Constitution / Lisbon Treaty?

Sorry, their letter to Cameron is such a pointless distraction and - again in this bloggers view - politically partisan in motivation.