Scotland's achievements

Yesterday, The First Minister of the Scottish Parliament, Jack McConnell, circulated a St Andrew's Day message to embassies and consulates around the world raising awareness of what he said were Scotland's achievements.

HAGGIS SEASON STARTS TODAY

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Saltire Satire

Wonko’s World reports that a couple of days ago that the Scottish Parliament forced fellow Witanagemot blogger, Gareth, to remove a spoof Scottish Parliament homepage.

He was asked to remove the offending page as it had found its way into the media and falls foul of their copyright statement, which basically says you can't use their logo for satire.

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Battle won, but not the War

Robin de Crittenden beats Worcester Council but only on a technicality. Robin de Crittenden's aim was to use the 1689 Bill of Rights to overturn a parking ticket fine of £60 issued by Worcester City Council but the National Parking Adjudication Service's adductor, after taking advice from a High Court judge, allowed the appeal but on the technicality...that Worcester Council had conveniently failed to supply any evidence of a Traffic Regulation Order.

One has to give credit to NPAS and the Government for squirming and wriggling on this, as to uphold the appeal based on the Bill of Rights 1689 would cost local councils in excess of £1,000,000,000 and if not, I can go back to buying my Bananas in pounds and ounces.

I personally think that the Peoples No Campaign need to stop mucking about now and hoist this Government by its own petard. Offence is sometimes your best Defence

Section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998, states that

A person who claims that a public authority has acted (or proposes to act) in a way which is made unlawful by section 6(1) may-

(a) bring proceedings against the authority under this Act in the appropriate court or tribunal, or
(b) rely on the Convention right or rights concerned in any legal proceedings,
but only if he is (or would be) a victim of the unlawful act.

Section 11 A person's reliance on a Convention right does not restrict-

(a) any other right or freedom conferred on him by or under any law having effect in any part of the United Kingdom

Come on Neil, go for it, they can not use the provisions of section 4 in this instance. The Bill of Rights 1689 and Magna Carta is the foundation of international law.

Full background can be read in various posts at Neil Herron's Blog

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Early Day Motion 1088

CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY IN RELATION TO THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ

Douglas Hogg.

That this House believes that there should be a select committee of seven honourable Members, being members of Her Majesty's Privy Council, to review the way in which the responsibilities of Government were discharged in relation to Iraq and all matters relevant thereto, in the period leading up to military action in that country in March 2003 and in its aftermath.

Why not check to see if your MP has signed EDM 1088

If not why not e-mail them and encourage them to do so by clicking this link Alphabetical List of Members of Parliament.

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Red Rag, what Bull

Neil Herron Blog’s ‘Eurocrats ban our Red Ensign’

By all accounts, Brussels bureaucrats are trying to get Britain’s merchant fleet to fly the European flag instead of the “historic Red Ensign”, saying it will improve its image.

Cant be done I am afraid, first of all the EU is not a “State”

The UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA Article 91 Nationality of ships

1. Every State shall fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships, for the registration of ships in its territory, and for the right to fly its flag. Ships have the nationality of the State whose flag they are entitled to fly. There must exist a genuine link between the State and the ship.

2. Every State shall issue to ships to which it has granted the right to fly its flag documents to that effect.

Also, it is not in the gift of the UK Government

Article 1 Act of the Union
That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England shallupon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and forever after be United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain And that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint and the Crosses of St Andrew and St George be conjoined insuch manner as Her Majesty shall think fit and used in all Flags Banners Standards and Ensigns both at Sea and Land

I feel a petition coming on, I will now sit down and write to her Majesty and exercise my right of petition permitted under our British Constitution

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Have you Reflected yet?...

Hansard 20 Jun 2005 : Column 523 The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair):

[European]... Council conclusions, standing the results of the French and Dutch referendums, the treaty cannot proceed. It is therefore sensible instead to have a period of reflection, in which the critical questions as to Europe's future direction are debated.


Merkel alarms Blair over EU constitution

"We may allow a pause for further consideration and second thoughts but we have made it very clear that we are willing to make our contribution to whatever is necessary to see the constitution come into force." German Chancellor (Daily Telegraph)

Well Tony

HAVE you Reflected yet?...

For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days,
Like traffic checked a while at the crossing of city ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow
Like clouds in the lit heavens of life; and you're a man reprieved to go,

Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.
But the past is just the same,-and the EU's a bloody game....
Have you Reflected yet?...

Do you remember that hour of din just after the attack,-
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads, those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?

Have you Reflected yet?...



Hat tip Siegfried Sassoon

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Prediction

For the past 5 hours, I have listened to the debate on the Northern Ireland (offences) Bill.

Blair will be gone by the end of the year.

I glorify in parliamentary terrorism!!!!!!

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I see no Willie

"It is regrettable what has happened to Scotland's regiments. It should not have. I think the government has made a terrible mistake, but four years down the road it may be impossible to disinter the regiments from what is being proposed" - David Cameron, MP

David (Cam is on) Cameron said that too much time would have elapsed by the time the Tories returned to power, even if they won the next election, to reverse the decision to amalgamate Scotland's individual regiments.

So what other decisions does he think he will be unable to reverse. Does he not understand that "No Parliament can bind its successor" If he doesn't understand this basic concept of the constitution, what hope for the conservative party, if he became leader?

note: 15 years ago today, Margaret Thatcher resigned. (this was the last time a Tory leader had a willie as well as balls)

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EU=mc11

100 years ago today, Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity. It stands as one of the greatest intellectual achievements in the history of human thought.

Special Relativity also spawned the most famous equation in all of physics: E=mc2, expressing the equivalence between matter and energy. This has also been tested experimentally, and rather too often, because it spawned.

EU=mc11

Where EU is the immovable object and (mc) is mass corruption. However, this equation has not been tested for 11 years.


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Ghost from Nuremberg

"We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow,"

These were the words of Robert Jackson, the United States Chief Justice at the opening session to the Nuremberg Trials.

SIXTY years ago today, the greatest war crimes trial in history began at Nuremberg

Set up by the Allies at the end of the Second World War, the International War Crimes tribunal tried 22 Nazi leaders, including the former foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop. He was found guilty, based on the evidence meticulously recorded by the Nazi's

Interestingly Craig Murray has successufuly urged the Foreign Affairs Committee to request documents from the Foreign Office to support his evidence for the 'Human Rights Annual Report 2005'

Remember Craig Murray, he served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2002 until he was discharged in 2004. The reasons for his dismissal are far from clear. Some hold the view that it was his overt criticism of the British government's actions in dealing with the human rights situation in the Central Asian country.

Read his e-mail to the Foreign Affairs Committee Here

Come on Jack, von Ribbentrop denied knowledge of German concentration camps but was found guilty at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. Go on, just drop Tony in it. You were only following orders, RIGHT!

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Back Door Euro €

Peter Hain the Northern Ireland Secretary, told the New York-based Irish Echo it would become "increasingly difficult to look at the economy of north and south except as a sort of island of Ireland economy".

Hain said: "We are deepening north-south co-operation in a number of areas. The Northern Ireland economy, though it is doing better than ever in its history, is not sustainable in the long-term.

So, is this the Euro through the back door, or are the Republic of Ireland going to ditch the Euro in favour of the Pound.

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"Game Play"

In a message dated 11/19/05 5:03:07 AM GMT Standard Time, ed@edballs.com writes:

"This is a message that has been automatically generated".

Well, Mr Balls, This Message Was Automatically Generated, when it detected misleading information in an automatically generated message.

There is an oft-quoted "strict parliamentary protocol" that MPs do not pursue issues raised by or about constituents of other MPs. But may I remind you that a Parliamentary protocol or convention is not law but only an "old", established practice – the way the game has always been played.

But I am a constituent of "Modern Britain" where I am being told the "game has changed"

Your objectionable views invaded my home via the BBC Any Questions programme, which was being broadcast from "South Shields" on the 18-11-05

If you do not wish to respond to my concern, then you are quite within your rights not to do so, but do not insult my intelligence with Automatically Generated Drivel

Perhaps now that you have stood upon your Virtual Soap Box, you would like to seek confirmation from the 'speaker of the house' on the "Game Play" for visiting (electronically) a constituent of another MP

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Back Door ID Cards

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 11 November 2005

NOTE from : Presidency to : Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum on : 17-18 November 2005

Subject : Draft Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on common minimum security standards for Member States' national identity cards

1. The Hague Programme of 5 November 2004 requested the Council and the Commission to prepare for the development of minimum standards for national identity cards. In addition, the special Justice and Home Affairs Council of 13 July 2005, called in response to the London bombings, reinforced the need for this work in the following terms: “The Council…calls on Member States to agree common standards for security features and secure issuing procedures for ID cards (December 2005), with detailed standards agreed as soon as possible thereafter.”

2. The Article 6 Committee has considered the physical security features of identity cards. They have now produced interim conclusions; their final conclusions will be issued in due course, in accordance with the remit of the 13 July Justice and Home Affairs Council.

3. In parallel to this work, an ad-hoc group of experts from Member States has considered the security of issuing procedures and has produced conclusions.

4. SCIFA is invited to agree the attached Conclusions with a view to submitting them for adoption by Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting in the margins of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 1-2 December 2005.

Download ID-Cards-Conclusions.pdf from Statewatch

Dum Dum and Dumber

In July, Sir Ian Blair, the chief of London's Metropolitan Police, apologised to the family of the Brazilian man shot by the police, but left open the possibility that more people could be shot as part of the war on terrorism

The Brazilian man shot dead by police in the mistaken belief that he was a suicide bomber was killed with a type of bullet banned in warfare under international convention. The Daily Telegraph.

There is no legal prohibition on police use of such ammunition. The Home Office confirmed last night that "chief officers may use whatever ammunition they consider appropriate to meet their operational needs".


Hmmmm, are they sure about this, Is the War on Terrorism a real war?

Hansard 15 Oct 2002 : Column 179
Tony Blair...........The war on terrorism is indeed a war..

The Hague Convention Laws of War :
Declaration on the Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body; July 29, 1899

The Contracting Parties agree to abstain from the use of bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core, or is pierced with incisions.

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EU impossibility of performance

The European Court of Auditors publishes today its Annual Report on the implementation of the 2004 EU general budget

The Court's President, Mr Weber said today "The Court found that the vast majority of the payments' budget was again materially affected by errors of legality and regularity in the underlying transactions. This is a result of inherently risky transactions, and supervisory and control systems that are ineffective in terms of limiting the risk of irregularity to an adequate level"

In other words, for the 11th year running the books of this corrupt organisation don't balance and we cannot legally sign off the accounts.

Well, there is a solution: We should withdraw from the European Union. This is "Impossible" some might say, we have to meet our solum treaty obligations. But it should be remembered that a treaty obligation works both ways and the EU have clearly not met its side of the bargain.

The EU draws its LEGAL BASIS on budgetary maters from Article 268 to 280 of the EC Treaty. As it has not performed or complied for 11 years we can withdraw using the provision of Article 61 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Article 61 Supervening impossibility of performance

A party may invoke the impossibility of performing a treaty as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from it if the impossibility results from the permanent disappearance or destruction of an object indispensable for the execution of the treaty. If the impossibility is temporary, it may be invoked only as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty.

11 years of non compliance feels fairly permanent to me.

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Toxteth riots remembered

Today when we learn that the The European Union has offered France €50 million to help rebuild its inner cities, following more than a fortnight of violence and unrest in Paris. Liverpool is hosting URBACT a major European Commission conference about urban regeneration, which will be attended by a delegation from France

Twenty years ago violence erupted on the streets of Toxteth, Liverpool.

It was widely argued that like the current problems in Paris, that the riots in Liverpool happened because of chronic unemployment, racism, bad housing and poor education in an area with a large population of black and mixed-race residents.

So what will Paris learn from the Liverpool's experience

Post Card from Liverpool This is Toxteth in 2004



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The Police Already Have the Powers

Al-Qaeda calls Queen an ‘enemy of Islam’ The Sunday Times

Well, Mr Policeman you don't need to lobby Members of Parliament, you already have the powers.

Treason Felony Act 1848 (as in force today)

3. Offences herein mentioned declared to be felonies

If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise or to deprive or depose our Most Gracious Lady the Queen, from the style, honour, or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of her Majesty's dominions and countries, or to levy war against her Majesty, within any part of the United Kingdom, in order by force or constraint to compel her to change her measures of counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon her or in order to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade the United Kingdom or any other of her Majesty's dominions or countries under the obeisance of her Majesty. and such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions, or any of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any printing or writing, or by any overt act or deed, every person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of his or her natural life.

Why not take a leaf out of your Chief Constables book and make representation and lobby him via ACPO

Treason Act of 1351 (c 2)
Declaration what offences shall be adjudged treason (as in force today)

Item, whereas divers opinions have been before this time in what case reason shall be said, and in what not; the King, at the request of the lords and of the commons, hath made a declaration in the manner as hereafter followeth, that is to say; when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his Queen or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm, or be adherent to the King's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be probably attainted of open deed by the people of their condition:. . . and if a man slea the chancellor, treasurer, or the King's justices of the one bench or the other, justices in eyre, or justices of assise, and all other justices assigned to hear and determine, being in their places, doing their offices: and it is to be understood, that in the cases above rehearsed, that ought to be judged treason which extends to our lord the King, and his royal majesty:. .


Now Mr Policeman, get off your arse and do your Job

Practice Directions by the Lord Chief Justice for the Classification of the Business of the Crown Court and Allocation to Crown Court Centres

With the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and pursuant to sections 75(1) and (2) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, I direct that, with effect from October 16th 2001, the following directions shall supersede those given on May 26, 1995 as amended:

Classification
For the purposes of trial in the Crown Court, offences are to be classified as follows:

Class 1:
(1)Misprision of treason and treason felony.
(2) Murder.
(3) Genocide.
(4) Torture, hostage-taking and offences under the War Crimes Act 1991
(5) An offence under the Official Secrets Acts.
(6) Soliciting, incitement, attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above offences.
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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.



They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

UK pair held without trial in Iran

A British man has described how he, his wife and an Australian man were kept "hostage" for 13 days by Iranian authorities during a sailing trip. BBC News

HOSTAGE, No
They were held without TRIAL for 13 days under IRANIAN anti Terrorism Laws.

The trio were seized at gun point by Iranian Navy patrol boats on 28 October, when they sailed their boat to the disputed island of Abu Musa, which is claimed by both Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

They were then taken to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, where they were questioned repeatedly by officials.

If it was Britain, they would be able to be held and questioned without trial for 28 Days.

They were released without charge after 13 days, what's the problem

E-mail your MP and ask them to Lobby the Iranian government. IRAN should be brought into line. Like Britain, IRAN needs to extend the period that suspects can be held for questioning without charge to 28 days.

It really is shameful that the Iranian police have not got these powers and are unable to lobby their own government to get their detention laws changed.

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Prudent

Yesterday, the Government knew there was a critical vote in Parliament. So why did Gordon Brown fly to Israel only to get on the next plane home to Vote in the House of Commons this afternoon.

How much public money has been wasted on the "mile high" Joy Ride

Given that he did not conclude any Government business on this trip, but is returning on Labour Party business, should he pay for this flight himself.

If not, then it should be recognised that this is a clear breach of Part 1 Section 4 of the Ministerial Code

Ministers' Constituency and Party Interests.
4.1 It is wrong in principle for Ministers to use for Party or constituency work facilities provided at Government expense to enable them to carry out their official duties.


UPDATE

Dear Anoneumouse
Thank you for your email to Michael Howard. He has asked me to reply to you on his behalf.

It was kind of you to write. Mr Howard attaches considerable importance to the views that are put to him and your comments regarding Gordon Brown's shortened trip have been carefully noted.

Yours sincerely,

David Beal

Office of the Leader of the Opposition

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Charles Clarke insincere apology

Dear Anoneumouse

I would like to apologise for the questionnaire (Sham Survey) which was attached to the message that I sent out to party supporters on Friday. It was not intended to gauge public opinion but to start a political debate around the proposals currently being debated in Parliament. Many people have raised with me perfectly valid concerns about how the questions were drafted. I can only say that I share those concerns and give my assurance that questions of this type will not used in the future.

Best wishes
Charles Clarke
Home Secretary

My interpretation

I screwed up, I tried to pull a fast one, but the public saw through my Sham Survey. In an attempt to save face I am making a Campbell inspired apology in the hopes that if Cherie can get a way with an insincere apology then so can I. I am not a Super Man, Juggling my balls as well as Tony's, I was bound to make a mistake. I promise that next time I try to pull a stunt like this, I will use more subtle and subversive tactics and wont be caught out so easily.



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"I am just following orders"

On October the 19th I posted a Comment on Margot Wallstoms blog

The EU's de Clercq Report 1993 devised initiatives to ensure that:

"...European identity must be 'ingrained in people's minds' as a 'good product' using marketing techniques and that certain social categories, particularly 'women and youth', should become 'priority target groups'. More controversially, it suggested that newscasters and reporters must themselves be targeted, they must themselves be persuaded about European Union...so that they subsequently become enthusiastic supporters of the cause."

This was quickly rebutted by Margot Wallstroms Moderator with

Anoneumouse: The de Clerq Report contains interesting theories about communication. The reality is that it is simply not possible to 'target' newscasters and reporters to persuade them that the EU is a 'good thing'. All you have to do is read the European press on a daily basis to see that coverage is sometimes fair, sometimes unfair, sometimes pro and sometimes anti European. There are hundreds of accredited journalists in Brussels who attend the Commission's press briefings every day but that does not stop them criticising the Commission whenever they want to.

So what does the new EU Deputy Propaganda Minister to the UK tell us in The Times today

I don't even love Europe.

Rather than lie low like his predecessors, he intends to embrace the initiatives as set out in the EU's de Clercq Report

So what is Mr Reijo Kemppinen going to do.

He has taken on extra staff to change the debate by arranging conferences and seminars, sending teams of press officers out to speak to regional newspapers, and setting up EU information centres around the country.


As Hans Fritsche discovered "just following orders" is no defence.

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Auld Alliance

It would appear that the Auld Alliance is alive and well and still thriving, especially amongst the state dependent Scots . As Paris and other French towns burn, firefighters and police were subjected to a series of attacks by gangs of youths during a bonfire night of violence across Scotland. The Scotsman

As intellectuals (PROFESSOR RICKY BURDETT on BBC start the week) are now arguing that the current French violence is all down to "Social issues and physical structure" i.e. how French suburbs are designed, one has to wonder whether the close association that Scotland has had with France through the Auld Alliance, isn't the reason for the youth violence in Scotland today.

Although the Auld Alliance was principally a military and diplomatic agreement, the alliance also granted "dual citizenship" in both countries. Thus, its influence also extended into the lives of the Scottish population in a number of ways: including architecture, law, and its social structure.

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Sleaze in our Times

That sleazy feeling
As for Mr Blair, he made it clear that he would have no truck with sleaze in his own party.

Labour 'more sleazy than Tories'
Sir John Major claimed that Labour had proved to be far more "sleazy" in office than ever the Tories were. The former Tory prime minister hit out at "Blairites" who had "dishonestly" attacked the Conservatives for "sleaze" when he was in power. "I'm not smugly grinning to myself saying 'Good, they're in trouble'," he said in in interview with ITV1's Jonathan Dimbleby programme.

Sleaze watchdog in code review call
The head of the Government sleaze watchdog has called for an urgent review of the Ministerial Code in the wake of David Blunkett's downfall. Sir Alistair Graham, chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, also called on Prime Minister Tony Blair to ensure action was taken against those who broke rules. He told the Independent on Sunday he disagreed with Mr Blair that Mr Blunkett, who resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary on Wednesday in a shares row, had not been guilty of impropriety

Mandelson took ad job despite ministers’ rules
TONY BLAIR faces a new anti-sleaze row with the disclosure that Peter Mandelson flouted the ministerial code of conduct — and escaped without sanction.

DNA firm dropped
Court staff have been ordered by the Department for Constitutional Affairs to stop recommending DNA Bioscience, the company after the furore involving Blunkett.

MPs unite for inquiry into Blair’s conduct over Iraq
TONY BLAIR is set to face an unprecedented parliamentary inquiry into his conduct in the run-up to the Iraq war. A coalition of Tory and Labour MPs is to table a motion to set up a Commons committee to examine “the conduct of ministers” both before and after the war. They believe they need the support of about 30 Labour rebels to succeed.

Sir Menzies Campbell, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, said his party had not supported earlier attempts to impeach the prime minister but was in no doubt that parliament should hold its own inquiry.

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Terrorise New Labour

Why not log on to their site and let them know what we are thinking about this Governments new Terrorism Bill

The sham survey Click Here

Just make up a name, e-mail address and a post code. Eat up their Bandwidth and invalidate the result of the survey and show it up for the sham that it is.

I really Glorify in this form of Terrorism

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Treason & Plot

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Remember, Remember
Not being person's compelled to do so, the above took an engagement in the nature of an oath intending to bind the said accused to commit an offence namely treason.

They freely gave a solemn Oath before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

This being treason and misconduct in a public office in direct contradiction to the Oaths they swore as a member of Her Majesties Privy Council.

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Illegal Parking Regime

Press Release
The People's No Campaign / Metric Martyrs Campaign Strict Embargo:12.01am Friday 4th November 2005

Tonight with Trevor Macdonald on ITV this evening
(8pm ,all regions) has crucial information for all motorists.

Do not miss it.

Read full press release at Neil Herron blogspot

David Blunkett resigns

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look to the Brightside of your life...



David Blunkett has released the following statement:

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"Britishness test" for Ministers of State

The Seven Principles of Public Life

Selflessness Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends.

Integrity Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might seek to influence them in the performance of their official duties.

Objectivity In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit.

Accountability Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office.

Openness Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.

Honesty Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest.

Leadership Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.

Ministerial Code

David Blunketts Score = 0

See Blunkett Moonlighting 22-03-05

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