How did so many clever people get it so wrong? The flaws in the euro were visible from the start, and were widely pointed out. Yet in every national parliament, in every academic faculty, in every central bank, in almost every newspaper editorial meeting, there was a collective suspension of disbelief. If you listen carefully [...]
Home News News UKIP trail Lib Dems by just 1 News UKIP trail Lib Dems by just 1 31 10 2011 13:38 webmaster 8 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds The position of the UK's third party is well and truly up for grabs . quot UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP The most recent YouGov poll pdf reveals that UKIP is currently polling 7 across the UK , while the the Liberal Democrats stand at 8 UKIP is especially strong in the over-60s demographic polling 14 to the Liberal Democrats' 8 The findings also show that UKIP is the choice of those in the C2DE classification with the party polling 11 of support to the 5 of the Liberal . Democrats It is the first time that the gap between UKIP and the Liberal Democrats has narrowed nationally to just 1 The results were published at the same time as another poll by Ipsos: Home News News Strasbourg Commentary : Plenary Session Oct 24-27, 2011 News Strasbourg Commentary : Plenary Session Oct 24-27, 2011 31 10 2011 12:42 webmaster 15 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Derek Clark RELATED VIDEO I'm sure you have all seen enough of the referendum vote last Monday . Whatever you think about having a referendum , especially on the terms as offered , I think you will agree that the Government are totally out of step with the electorate , which can only be to our advantage . We must try to press that . home I was , of course , at Westminster on Monday , with Don Ransome and Sue , and some 3 or 4 hundred mainly UKIP members , protesting outside what used to be the REAL Houses of Parliament . All very peaceful with lots of placards bearing branch names , East Mids well
As far as the Deputy PM is concerned, all is well in the EU. 'From the economy, to climate change, to defence and crime, co-operation between European countries has delivered untold benefits for every single person in the UK.' Slathering on the clichés, he goes on, in the hectoring tone that Europhiles so often take, 'It [...]
Nominations for the Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Award close on Monday. My vote goes to the only two MPs to have left the front bench on an issue of principle since the general election: Adam Holloway and Stewart Jackson. You can nominate your candidate here. 
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'I need a miracle'. It was the UBS trader Kweku Adoboli's last Facebook posting before his £1.3 billion losses caught up with him, and it might serve as the official slogan of yesterday's Brussels summit. Like Adoboli, EU leaders are doubling and doubling in an attempt to stave off the inevitable. Had they dealt with the [...]
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Brussels, Thursday 27th October 2011 – Robert Sturdy, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee and East of England MEP, was a keynote speaker at conference held in Brussels on the implementation of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement on the 1st of July 2011. Alongside His Excellency Ahn Ho-young, Ambassador of theRepublic of [...]Home News News European Parliament approval of EU accounts has become a joke News European Parliament approval of EU accounts has become a joke 26 10 2011 23:09 webmaster 25 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO www.martaandreasen.com The approval this Parliament gives to EU institutions on the management of taxpayers money , the so called discharge procedure , has become a . joke This morning 25 OCT the European Parliament in Strasbourg debated the discharge or approval in layman's terms of the 2009 European Council accounts . Just now it failed to approve the Council accounts in a vote . We were elected to scrutinise and protect our People's interests . Yet year after year the biggest part of the budget the European Commission's is riddled with irregularities . Yet this parliament is happy to
No one has yet answered Charles Walker's question. 'If not now, when?' asked the amiable and popular MP for Broxbourne during Monday's referendum debate, before promptly sitting down. Flawless brevity; flawless pertinence. We used to be told that a major renegotiation would be inappropriate because the EU wasn't a pressing issue; now we're told it's [...], Home News News UKIP votes to cut , not just freeze EU budget News UKIP votes to cut , not just freeze EU budget 26 10 2011 14:03 webmaster 3 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds It is absolutely scandalous that at a time of austerity and slashing of public spending the European Parliament is calling for a five percent budget increase said UKIP MEP Nigel . Farage It is not enough that we freeze the EU budget , it must be . slashed To attempt to just freeze the EU budget as the Tory Party wants , is a slap in the face for all those enduring hardship at home . Despite deep cuts in public services it is just incredible that the European Parliament would vote in favour of a 5.23 per cent increase in the EU's spending next year to 133 billion . quot UKIP leader Farage said that UKIP joined with otherHome News News Old parties` of UK bullying citizens on EU Farage News Old parties` of UK bullying citizens on EU Farage 26 10 2011 11:39 webmaster 13 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Nigel Farage Public Service Europe British people have had enough of the EU's ridiculous interference and micro-management of our countries law' writes UKIP leader In the European Union referendum vote , in Westminster yesterday , the old parties showed their true colours . It is clear they do not care one iota what people think on this vital issue . With their blanket three line whips , just like the EU itself , they were willing to bully and bulldoze all in their path to ensure that the will of this political class is carried out . They will not listen to the people . The bully boys of the LibLabCon think they
Brussels – Robert Sturdy MEP has put his name on a European Parliament’s written declaration that aims to protect dogs in the EU from cruel behaviour amid the growing number of stray and unwanted dogs throughout Europe. Robert was sent a letter co-signed by the Eurogroup for Animals, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Four [...]: Home News News Farage : We Should Not Forgive Them News Farage : We Should Not Forgive Them 25 10 2011 10:02 webmaster 149 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO Farage : EU club is costly with dubious benefits` RT UKIP Following the debate on the EU Referendum motion , UKIP Leader Nigel Farage said the electorate should be . unforgiving Defeat was inevitable given that MPs knew full well how their leaders wanted them to vote . quot Mr Farage . said However 111 is a healthy figure that should send a clear message to David Cameron and the other party . leaders Today was a bad day for Britain as the people of the UK have been denied the referendum they so desperately . crave Poll after poll shows the people either want out of the EU or to radically change the UK's relationship with the . EU
One hundred and eleven MPs kept faith with their constituents. Two resigned their government posts rather than behave falsely: Stewart Jackson and Adam Holloway. Adam, whose Gravesham constituency lies within my region, is a former Special Forces officer who regularly visits Libya and Afghanistan at his own expense to find out what is happening on [...]
'Tory splits', 'headache for David Cameron', 'Euro-rebels', 'picking at the scab', 'disturbingly monomaniac': the trivial tone of the MSM coverage was predictable – indeed, predicted. It's worth repeating, though, that the referendum motion has been put before the House of Commons, not by a group of backbench Eurosceptics, but by the general public – or [...]
It's not clear exactly how many people are encamped next to St Paul's Cathedral. Most estimates put the number at between 200 and 400, depending on precisely what time of day you do the headcount. What is clear is that there are presently many more people in Westminster demanding a referendum on EU membership than [...]Home News News Benefits a lifestyle choice` for some News Benefits a lifestyle choice` for some 22 10 2011 05:34 webmaster 7 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Godfrey Bloom Public Service Europe The welfare state has been a failure , encouraging moral decay over two generations , and should be scrapped forthwith When the Lloyd-George government first floated the idea of a welfare state , it was a radical idea paradoxically sparked by developments in Bismark's administration , in Germany , during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II . It was reappraised in wartime Britain by Beveridge , in 1943, as a blueprint for the modern welfare state . It matters not what style of welfarism a modern industrial economy runs , it is always subject to moral . hazard The systems usually mutates into something quiteHome News News Wilfully gagged over the EU News Wilfully gagged over the EU 21 10 2011 14:37 webmaster 36 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds MEP for Wales John Bufton in mass lobby of Parliament on Monday while MPs debate EU Referendum UKIP MEP for Wales is to join a mass lobby of Parliament in Westminster on Monday while MPs in Westminster debate whether or not the UK should hold its first referendum on its relationship with the EU in over 37 . years The Conservative Party will operate a three line whip against having a referendum in the UK , despite the debate being triggered by more than 100,000 people signing a petition urging EU membership to be put to a public vote . The debate has been pulled forward by Prime Minister David Cameron in order that he and Foreign Secretary William Hague may .Home News News Cameron clueless about Diabetic Drivers Directive News Cameron clueless about Diabetic Drivers Directive 21 10 2011 13:28 webmaster 50 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds Following David Cameron's use of diabetics having their licences removed under EU law in his party conference speech , UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall MEP launched an investigation into how this discrimination against diabetics could have happened . His discoveries show the scale of the impact of the new laws and both how the Government and the DVLA are directly responsible for the new law . It also shows how Cameron fails to understand how the EU . works Through using an FOI request to the DVLA I have discovered that over 25,000 diabetics have been stripped of their licences by the agency in the last 6 . years IHome News News Derek Clark backs truckers against controversial EU ban News Derek Clark backs truckers against controversial EU ban 20 10 2011 13:57 webmaster 49 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds ClickPress A ban on tall trucks which will increase motorway congestion and affect the environment has been slammed by a campaigning MEP . East Midlands UKIP MEP Derek Clark joined with the Federation of Small Businesses to fight a controversial EU ban on UK trucks measuring up to 4.9 metres high , as opposed to the four metre trucks used on the Continent . Along with FSB representatives he handed over a letter of protest outside the EU commission buildings in Berlaymont . He said : It does not take a genius to work out how an extra one fifth capacity will cut down on trucks , so less motorway congestionHome News News Contact your MP and demand they Let The People Decide News Contact your MP and demand they Let The People Decide 19 10 2011 15:35 webmaster 15 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds Nigel Farage MEP MPs will vote next week , 27th October , on whether Britain's continued membership of the European Union should be put to voters in a . referendum This is after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a . choice Although approval of the motion would not be binding , it would place enormous pressure on David Cameron to respect the will of the Commons and seek the public's . verdict You need to contact your MP and tell them to support a referendum Our future should not be left to 650 MPs who have , over the years , handed over power to Brussels without asking our . opinion WriteHome News News MEPs trip nothing more than an expensive junket News MEPs trip nothing more than an expensive junket 18 10 2011 16:26 webmaster 7 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds UKIP MEP for Wales John Bufton slams 120,000 trip to French Guiana Some 13 MEPs and 10 interpreters are due on the three-day trip , from 2 to 5 November , which is estimated to cost 120,000 and has been organised by the Regional Development . Committee The MEPs include four French , one Lithuanian , one Czech , four German , two Portuguese , and one each from Romania , Hungary and Greece . It also includes two secretariat staff from the regional development committee , two political group staff and 8 to 10 . interpreters The visit coincides with the launch into orbit this week 20 Oct of two Galileo navigation satellitesHome News News Preparing for Euro Breakup video and documents News Preparing for Euro Breakup video and documents 16 10 2011 16:07 webmaster 100 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO 1:52:16 Conference held in the European Parliament , Brussels , on Wednesday , 12th October 2012, with German economics professors Dr Wilhelm Hankel and Dr Philipp Bagus . Introduced by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP and chaired by UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom , the event was sponsored by the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group EFD More information about the two professors here Prof . Hankel's speech is based on this paper PDF Rescuing plans for the Euro or fighting for a better europe Prof . Bagus' speech PDF Practical steps to withdraw from Euro read more 0 1 2 3 4 5 conference debt crisis euro eurozone godfrey bloom: Home News News Nigel Farage : United States of Europe insane politics News Nigel Farage : United States of Europe insane politics 13 10 2011 15:34 webmaster 29 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO RT Members of the Slovakian political elite have promised to pave the way for approval of an EU bailout package by the end of the . week The head of the main opposition party , Direction-Social Democracy leader Robert Fico , claims he has worked out a deal with the outgoing government leaders to approve the bailout . changes Slovakia will ratify the EU bailout fund without any problems , rdquo Fico told the Associated Press . I believe it will happen on Friday this week at the latest . rdquo His statement echoes promises to swiftly approve the bill made earlier by Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta: Home News News Marta Andreasen : EU bureaucrats bleeding union dry News Marta Andreasen : EU bureaucrats bleeding union dry 11 10 2011 16:57 webmaster 123 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO RT.com Bureaucrats have been squandering EU funds for years , using the cash to enhance the body's public image in order to ensure its survival , claims Marta Andreasen , European Member of Parliament UKIP and former Chief Accountant to the European . Commission Marta Andreasen said she was not a Eurosceptic when she was appointed chief accountant but she now believes that Brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the EU , however much the budget . grows I thought the European project was a project of corporations , I thought they were sharing solutions among different member states , so I wasHome News News Stuart Agnew launches Good Eggs campaign News Stuart Agnew launches Good Eggs campaign 11 10 2011 15:16 webmaster 86 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds The East of England MEP , Stuart Agnew has launched a campaign to ensure that eggs bought and sold in the UK , as well as those used in food products after 1st January 2012, will be from legal sources . nbsp From that date , the EU has banned eggs produced from battery cage hens but , despite being warned many times , has failed to take any serious steps to enforce the ban or to pressure member states to prepare for . it Mr Agnew , who is the UK Independence Party's agriculture spokesman and a free range egg producer himself said : nbsp I have had no choice but to launch this campaign after hearing at this late stage from theHome News News Carbon scheme collapse on the cards News Carbon scheme collapse on the cards 11 10 2011 15:15 webmaster 2 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds The whole concept of carbon trading , seen as a saviour by the European Union and the British government to solve the whole carbon problem' is likely to fall apart as it becomes collateral damage in the European Financial Crisis It is becoming obvious even to policy makers that their artificial market in carbon credits is in their favourite word , unsustainable' , quot said Godfrey Bloom MEP the UKIP Energy . Spokesman The European slowdown is having an impact that echoes that of traditional climate policies . As factories close then the market is glutted by empty factories thus it is glutted with carbon permits . nbsp Those who came up with: Home News News European Heritage Label : the manipulation and usurpation of memory News European Heritage Label : the manipulation and usurpation of memory 08 10 2011 15:43 webmaster 30 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall has accused the EU of trying to distort . history His comments came after Euro-MPs approved plans for a European Heritage Label to mark sites with a symbolic European value that have played a key role in the history and or the building of . EU' The plaques aim to strengthen European citizens' sense of belonging to the EU A total of 650,000 Euros has been allocated for the project over next two . years Commission officials have confirmed that the heritage labels will be used on war memorial sites , despite the fact that Brussels-based EU institutions do not: , Home News News Brussels Commentary : Employment Committee , 5-6 October 2011 News Brussels Commentary : Employment Committee , 5-6 October 2011 07 10 2011 06:37 webmaster 50 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Derek Clark Related VIDEO Wednesday started with an MEP complaining that there was no translation into his language , Danish . He's right of course , and several others supported him , but in terms of showing solidarity with him . They just can not talk in ordinary terms , they have to use . Euro-speak We must help combat poverty and social exclusion , apparently , by submitting a Reform program to the Commission , that's in the Lisbon treaty . We must also provide more affordable housing and there are moves afoot to introduce a minimum . income The issue of Seasonal Workers wasHome News News Worst kind of Commission spin on latest fraud report News Worst kind of Commission spin on latest fraud report 05 10 2011 16:17 webmaster 85 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Marta Andreasen MEP As the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg was drawing to a close and MEPs rushed off to get back to their constituencies , the European Commission picked this opportune time to release a devastating report that made an astonishing claim : more cases of irregularities' are being detected because greater controls are in . place This is the worst kind of spin from the European Commission . It seeks to dress up failure in a mantle of success . Irregularities or fraud to give it its proper title is on the rise because the Commission still does not have adequate checks in place: , Home News News Nigel Farage : They are scared in Brussels , very scared` News Nigel Farage : They are scared in Brussels , very scared` 04 10 2011 14:21 webmaster 60 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds By Nigel Farage LondonlovesBusiness.com With every passing day the news in the Eurozone becomes more depressing . Ever bigger bailouts , riots in Greece and a helpless and somewhat lost look on German chancellor Angela Merkel's face . But this week , the travelling circus that is the European Parliament came to Strasbourg and heard a rather different version of . events On Wednesday morning at 9am European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso rose to deliver his State of the Union address . To my mind it was more a case of the union being in a state While he admitted that there were a fewHome News News Spains`s subsidised fishing fleet a brutal waste of UK taxpayers` money News Spains`s subsidised fishing fleet a brutal waste of UK taxpayers` money 04 10 2011 11:34 webmaster 43 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds In a region with dwindling fish stocks and impoverished fishermen , the powerful Spanish fishing industry has received nearly 6 billion in EU subsidies amid claims of extensive fraud and a history of rule-breaking , a team of reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has . revealed This report shows how UK taxpayers' money is being used by the EU totally wasted , quot Nigel Farage MEP , UKIP leader and member of the EP Fisheries Committee said today . The Common Fisheries Policy has produced an economic and ecological disaster . We now see