The Nuclear Option

Greece is to hold a referendum on whether to accept the rescue package from the European Union



Prime Minister George Papandreou said: "The command of the Greek people will bind us. Do they want to adopt the new deal, or reject it? If the Greek people do not want it, it will not be adopted."

OMG, I can hear the twitch of arse holes in Brussels from here.

Letter to my MP

Mr Stevenson

I bring the following to your attention. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/AnnSt2/1/21/section/III

The Treason Act 1702 (1 Anne stat. 2 c21). is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne, previously established by the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701.

The Act makes it treason to "endeavour to deprive or hinder any person who shall be the next in succession to the crown ... from succeeding after the decease of her Majesty (whom God long preserve) to the imperial crown of this realm and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging".

Although the Act was passed by the English Parliament, it was later extended to Scotland by the Treason Act 1708, (7 Ann. c. 21) following the Union of the two kingdoms in the previous year. The Parliament of Ireland passed a law to the same effect in 1703, the Treason Act (Ireland) 1703 (c.5). This is still in force in Northern Ireland.

May I now draw the following to your attention.

It is AN OFFENCE at Common Law ("Misprision of Treason" - see Halsbury's Statutes, 4th Edition, Vol. 11, p. 818) for any person who knows that treason is being planned or committed, not to report the same as soon as he can to a Justice of the Peace or in your case the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Anoneumouse

Good Morning Mr Cameron

The Act 1 Anne Stat. 2 1702

Land of No hope Tory

Land of Hope and Glory
Shafted by MP’s
How can we extoll thee
Brought down to thy knees?

Stabbed by selfish traitors
Bled by venal men
Handed to foreign tyrants
Condemned by stroke of pen

Once we stood proud and mighty
Envy of the world
Reduced to vassal status
Betrayed by cowardly churls

We shall rise again, one day
And on that day, beware
Of lamp posts and strong wire
There’ll be plenty to spare
Your sins you shall pay for
Your guilt shall be proved
We shall have our justice
We shall not be moved.

From Max Farquar by Captain Haddock.

Six facts from the government's Blue Book

The Blue Book from the ONS publishes annual trade figures:

1.Over 80 percent of all UK trade is within our own borders. Yet it is all subject to EU regulations and controls.

2.Over half the rest is between the UK and the EU --

Yet..

3. We import more than we sell to the EU. We have run a permanent trade deficit with the EU ever since we joined, bar one year -- 1975.

4. The Blue Book includes as exports to the EU all exports to other parts of the world which happen to go through the container ports of Rotterdam, in particular, and Antwerp.

5. Thus our alleged "exports" to the EU are grossly distorted upwards and UK exports to the rest of the world are grossly distorted downwards.

6. This distortion has been well known for decades and successive governments have refused to correct what can only be described as a deliberate error.

Government spokesmen and the political classes deliberately deceive and lie to you to keep us locked inside the European Union and they use scare tactics to stop us leaving.

the world of reality

I tell you the truth, it is hard for the EU Commission to enter the world of reality. Again I tell you, it is easier for a Trojan Horse to go through the eye of a needle than for the EU Commission to enter the world of reality.

The Euro isn't Working

Institutional Poverty

9 out of 10 families with children are entitled to tax credits. But you don't need to have children to qualify.

Read all about it here

Losers, following a leader!!!

Alzheimer's a bitch

5 hours after eating sardines on toast, I remember why I haven't eaten them for over 10 years.

Is repetition familial?

Elephant in the womb

Willy-Nilly Hague has urged Tory MPs not to vote for a referendum on Britain's future in the European Union.

The following is a Comment left by peterooo on Hague article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/8841364/William-Hague-on-the-EU-membership-vote-We-wont-leave-Europe-but-it-wont-rule-us.html

"On Monday, the House of Commons will vote on a motion for a referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union."

On Monday, the British political elite will collude in rejecting an attempt by the British people to vote on the merger of Britain with an illegitimate, undemocratic, foreign power called the EU."

"Our policy is very clear: we believe that Britain should be in Europe, not run by Europe. We believe that Europe needs fundamental reform. As a Conservative, I want to bring powers back from Europe, as we set out in our election manifesto. But a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU, especially at this time of profound economic uncertainty, is not the
answer."

"Our policy is very clear: we believe Britain should be merged with the EU but not merged with the EU. As a Conservative, I want to unmerge Britain from that which it is my intent to merge it with. Giving the British people a democratic vote on EU merger is an answer I reject - especially at this time of profound economic chaos... caused by our attempt at EU merger."

"The eurozone crisis is the epicentre of global economic difficulties. Monetary union without greater fiscal integration has not worked. But the countries of the eurozone are our closest neighbours; more than 40 per cent of our trade is with them. Nothing would do more to help our economic recovery than a resolution of the eurozone’s difficulties, while its disorderly break-up would have a very serious impact on our economy."

"The EU merger is at the epicentre of global economic collapse. Partial-merger has not worked. Britain cannot have real trading partnerships with Europe - where each country retains its political independence. Nothing would do more help to our dire economic situation than pursuing Britain's merger with the mess that has caused it in the first place."

"But despite these many burdens and nuisances, the EU brings advantages that are enjoyed daily by people and businesses across the country and that are important for our prosperity: nearly untrammelled free trade across 27 countries, enforceable legal rights to work in all those nations, and combined clout in trade talks to open new markets for our goods and services."

"But despite the impossibility of EU merger (and the inevitability of the war it will cause), merging Britain with the EU brings many advantages to people across the country - we can trade in exactly the same way as we could as an independent sovereign state."

"The ability to lead European countries to a united position, as with sanctions on Iran and Syria... directive 2009/147/EC prevents the slaughter of our garden birds as they migrate over the Mediterranean"

"A merged EU will be able to bully far-flung tinpot countries in the same way it does the peoples in its own territory... and it can save sparrows too!"

"A decade ago, many thought that we could settle our position on Europe as “thus far and no further”. That is no longer adequate. There may be debates about means and timing, but the Conservative Party is united around the goal of bringing powers back from Brussels to Britain. That is what we stand for, that is our aim now and that is what we will campaign for in futur elections."

"A decade ago I thought we should stop the merger of Britain with the EU. That is no longer adequate for my sense of self importance. The Conservative Party is now united in fobbing off voters with empty guarantees to unmerge the country from the EU mechanism it is intent on merging Britain with. That deceit is what the modern Conservative Party stands for, EU merger is our aim and we will not let a small obstacle like the British electorate get in our way."

Who needs Dignitas?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/oct/13/elderly-patients-nhs-care-your-stories?newsfeed=true

Barroso in the Bunker

Wrong Outcome

After hours of debate, Slovakia's parliament has voted against measures to bolster the powers of the eurozone bailout fund, with only 55 of the parliament’s 150 MPs voting in favour.



However, this is the European Union they will have to keep voting until they come up with the right answer

England v Montenegro

Who had a bet on Wayne Rooney getting a red card.

Hello Dad

Can I confirm your ethnicity?

Today at 15:55 I was contacted by a private company, acting on behalf of the Minister of State...... who then went on to ask of me the above question.

My answer was NO but rest assured, I is indignant white.

Last Chance Saloon

Moody Blues

Italy was hit by a fresh downgrade of its sovereign debt rating last night as Moody’s warned that the credit pressures on the eurozone nations were yet to peak.

Oldest October Day

This is the oldest 1st of October since records began.

Ok, I know it's all Inter gravissimas.

But hey, this isn't the BBC reporting 'whether'