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Conservative Home : Cameron tries to avoid being dragged into Blair’s war

Sat, 17 May 2014 19:34:22 +0000

Quite. Staggering hypocrisy.

Conservative Home : Cameron tries to avoid being dragged into Blair’s war

Sat, 17 May 2014 17:30:38 +0000

In many a HoC committee meeting over the past few years, it has been clear that civil servants, MPs, and particularly ministers (e.g., Maude) don't like FoI and seek to curtail it. They claim that it puts a strain on departments. Well then, if they publish information which should be made public, anyway, that little problem would disappear. If publication of a risk register is not in the public's interest, then I don't know what is.

Conservative Home : Cameron tries to avoid being dragged into Blair’s war

Sat, 17 May 2014 07:38:07 +0000

Farage would never be allowed near power if he piled into the establishment over this. There are too many people, already in positions of power, who might be jailable, were the truth made public - even though we've all known for years what went on. I suspect that were the truth made public, we would find that civil servants, banks, 'security services', military corporations et al were equally culpable as politicians such as the loathesome Tony Blair. So I wonder which of the culpable are responsible for keeping the lid on this enquiry. Is there not some mechanism in law that we can use to force the publication of the report?

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 15:35:15 +0000

I do understand and appreciate the points you are making, but I believe that this might well be our last chance to escape from the EU. I'm taking it. It's true that no "countable majority" has given consent to any government for a long time. That is why I'd prefer some form of proportional representation. I prefer the pure form because it is clear. From where I stand, RH, ConLab seem terrified of UKIP. Rightly so, too!

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 11:11:18 +0000

"he seems to be everywhere!" Which just goes to show how hard-working he is. Unlike LibLabCon MEPs, he doesn't just pitch up at the EP in order to claim allowances. He doesn't rely on expensive "think tanks", the Fabian Society or plagues of PR gurus to "get his message across". Instead, he makes a huge effort, himself. What you see is what you get. How refreshing!

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 11:01:25 +0000

If you ignore a thief who is poised to lift your wallet out of your pocket, will he refrain from doing so? Or will he be further encouraged by the easy pickings? Our government is in place by consent. If we do not vote against their policies, then it is assumed, in law, that we give our tacit or passive consent. That is the basis on which the EU operates, too. So ignoring them is providing them with the very legitimacy which you would prefer to deny them.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 10:35:13 +0000

The current Westminster set is undoubtedly in favour and undoubtedly in favour of Monstanto hegemony. That's why we need to turf them out. Since we cannot turf out the EU government, what do we do once they allow the Monsantos of this world in? It's a bit like living in rented accommodation as opposed to property you own, however scabby it might at first be. You can't make changes to the rented accommodation and will have to live with leaky taps and disrepair if your landlord chooses not to address the issues. In contrast, you can make changes to the scabbiest of properties if you own them. If we don't own our political system (via sovereignty), we can't effect the change we need, let alone desire.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 10:28:47 +0000

Yes, UKIP needs councillors in order to make headway - which is an excellent reason for voting UKIP in both council and EP elections.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:53:15 +0000

The reason that "no other party can get a look in" is because people mistakenly believe that voting for a party which accords with their views is a "wasted vote" since it is unlikely to win an election. But unless people vote for it, it won't get in! People complain that they are powerless, but I would argue that they have more power than they imagine - if only they will exercise it! Our democracy is broken because the electorate has been cowed into believing that if they don't vote Tory, Labour will get in. It is only now, thanks to Cast Iron Dave, that we know there is no difference between the parties. So vote UKIP, persuade your friends and family to do the same, and engineer that political earthquake that will shake the foundations of the political system. That is how we can effect change. And even if you believe that UKIP is untried and untested, I put it to you that: * so was Cameron, * so was Blair. As to Nigel Farage as PM (not as far-fetched as the media would have you believe), I ask you: do you really believe that Nigel can do a worse job than all the bought and paid for charlatans that will have preceded him?

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:39:50 +0000

We are already left at the mercy of whatever social fad or political donor happens to be in vogue at any given moment. The EU is a lobbyist's paradise because powerful corporations know that all they have to do is to cross a few unelected palms with pieces of silver to have the EU craft diktats which essentially shut down the competition. A prime example is the latest attack on selling seeds. Monsanto et al are keen to see the implementation of TTIP (the EU-US "trade agreement"), so that we will not be allowed to even save the seeds of the vegetables we grow and harvest ourselves, in our own gardens. Why? Because they want us to buy from them, only - every year. TTIP is not a "trade agreement", any more than EU treaties have been "trade agreements". TTIP, like EU treaties, is designed to meld the EU and the US into one giant customs union, with all the 'harmonisation' of laws and regulations that the EU has foisted upon us.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:33:32 +0000

UKIP wants global free trade, not the repressive customs union imposed on us by the EU.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:16:18 +0000

The negativity, smears and bile directed at UKIP also serves to confirm that: * they can't attack UKIP on policy because that would open up a debate on said policy, which they have been studiously avoiding for decades; * UKIP is on target.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:04:25 +0000

I agree that wanting a referendum, whose central question is designed by LibLabCon, is a mug's game. It will be rigged, to be sure. That's why a vote for UKIP is essential in the EP elections. As Nigel says, it is the referendum by proxy that we are denied and its results should send an unequivocal message to the europhiles that their game is up. One only has to read AEP's article yesterday, and the two FT articles to which he referred, to realise that everything about the EU is cooked. It is even out in the open now that the EU politicos got rid of Berlusconi because he would have caused the break-up of the Euro. These people are monsters. Or incredibly stupid and incompetent. . AEP spills the beans on how Berlusconi was ousted by Sarkozi (as if we didn't know): http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans... . FT report on the Euro crisis, Part 1: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6f4d6b4-ca2e-11e3-ac05... . FT report Part 2: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ac1306e-d508-11e3-9187...

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:53:44 +0000

Or, even worse, "I get it". He might as well tell us he loves the Arctic Monkeys.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:44:58 +0000

The three parties have realised that the EU is a useful vehicle by which they can railroad through unpopular policies which our MPs would refuse to pass (for fear of the electorate). The EU therefore gives them the ability to circumvent the democratic process. That is why you hear Barosso and his cohorts spew out the word "populist". They can't abide democracy. The EU was designed to circumvent democracy - much like the Soviet system.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:38:47 +0000

Perhaps because 75% of Conservatives want a referendum (which they are being denied - "jam tomorrow" fashion) or are Better-off-outers. Perhaps ConHome realises that UKIP is a fantastic tool for them to use to put pressure on CCHQ. I ask you: what other tools do Conservatives have? CCHQ has successfully de-democratised the Conservative party, such that the Associations are regarded as problematic, rather than being valued for their input and the work they do.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:31:56 +0000

Perhaps you'll believe Vivian Reding, who recently stated that 75% of our laws are made in the EU? We have uncontrolled immigration precisely because it is EU policy - "free movement of people". We have MPs like Maria Miller and Patrick Mercer because: * we don't have the power of recall * the Conservative party has undemocratically rigged its selection procedures. If you don't understand all that, then politics must be very confusing for you.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:26:59 +0000

The difference is that we get to elect Westmonsterati - and throw them out if they don't measure up to our expectations, whereas even were the EU to dictate that we all kill our firstborns, we cannot throw out the EU government. Once we have the full power of recall on our statute books - we can ensure that Westminster does our bidding, rather than the bidding of the multinational corporations which influence EU politics behind the scenes.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:19:56 +0000

Clearly, you have not read Nigel's article, or you don't understand it.

Conservative Home : Nigel Farage: Vote UKIP next week to send a message to Brussels - and the whole political class

Fri, 16 May 2014 08:17:44 +0000

Indeed. There's not much to choose between the LibLabCon because they all craft their policies around EU directives which are already in the pipeline. So differences are merely cosmetic - presentational differences. They don't want us to know that because they're all pro-EU.