Jul
25
Is the BBC biased in favour of the EU?
July 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Is the BBC biased in favour of the EU? There is good reason to think so, as this letter to the BBC’s Head of European Policy at his office next door to the European Parliament shows.
But see (at the end) what happened next!
Matteo Maggiore Esq Head of European Policy BBC Rue Wiertz 50 B-1050 Brussels
cc: [...]
Jul
25
Letter to Lord Radice, chairman of the House of Lords sub-committee investigating EU accounts
July 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
from Ashley Mote MEP, Independent, SE England Member of the European Parliament’s Budget Control Committee
House of Lords Select Committee Enquiry into EC Accounting
Enclosed is my written submission to your House of Lords sub-committee enquiring “into the mechanisms and audit of the revenue and expenditure of the European Communities�. It omits references to the revenue side [...]
Jul
25
Help draft a Letter to the Minister for Europe,Geoff Hoon? – And Possibly Win a Bottle of Champagne
July 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Geoff Hoon, Minister for Europe (and former Defence Minister) in the firing line
On 18 July I issued the following email to my circulation list:
Would you like to help draft a letter to the Minister for Europe Geoff Hoon?
Mr Hoon has just written to me, in reply to my letter of 23 June. As you will [...]
Jul
25
36 Projects Going Ahead
The President of the EU Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has refused to respond to questions from MEPs about the potentially illegal implementation of large parts of the failed EU Constitution.
Large parts of it are going ahead, although the draft Constitution was rejected by referenda in 2005 in France and Holland. It is [...]
Jul
25
Message of Support to The Better Off Out Campaign
July 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
“I have been an highly vocal advocate of Britain’s leaving the EU for many years. We should never have joined and must leave a.s.a.p.
If continentals want this unitary, undemocratic, institutionally corrupt form of government for themselves, good luck to them.
But we, the British people, must be free to govern themselves in our own best interests.
I [...]
Jul
1
Submission to House of Lords enquiry into EU accounts – Updated July 2006
July 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Addition : July 2006 Adobe PDF document download from http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeucom/999/eua130606.pdf
Ashley Mote
Independent, SE England Member of the European Parliament’s Budget Control Committee
11 April 2006
Lord Radice House of Lords London SW1A 0PW
Here is my submission to your House of Lords Select Committee’s sub-committee enquiring “into the mechanisms and audit of the revenue and expenditure of the European [...]
Jul
1
Epitaph to Edward Heath
July 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Epitaph to Edward Heath
Supporter Henry Radford sent the following epitaph to Edward Heath to the letters editor of The Daily Telegraph – but it was not published. I am happy to give it an airing, although it has to be admitted there are other versions along similar lines already circulating:
Here Heath lies…
in truth…
before he died…
for [...]







