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Nov
27
EU Claims UK Still Has Discretion on Working Time Directive – Even If It Doesn’t Use It
November 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Immediate Release 27 November 2006
A letter last September in the Daily Telegraph, from consultant orthopaedic surgeon David Nunn, complained about the impact of the EU’s Working Time Directive on the standard of medical care in hospitals. Independent MEP Ashley Mote put down a written question to the Commission, based on Mr Nunn’s concerns.
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Nov
27
Exchanges with President Barroso suggest he simply has no idea about the British constitution
November 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3927/06
by Ashley Mote (NI) to the Commission
Subject: The danger of joining clubs
When talking to Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, about British membership of the EU, Mr Barroso was quoted in The Daily Telegraph in London on 6 July 2006 as saying ‘This is a club. You cannot go to a beef-eaters club [...]
Nov
14
Independent MEP Highlights Yet More Gaps in Report on EU Accounts
November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Media release Immediate 14 Nov 06
Two huge gaps in the EU’s control of taxpayers money were highlighted in a speech in the European Parliament today, Tuesday 14 November 2006, by Ashley Mote MEP, independent, SE England.
Mr Mote pointed out that the Court of Auditors report for 2005 failed to address fundamental problems which forensic accountant [...]
Nov
13
Letter to the Editor
November 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Sir,
Peter Galbraith (The Case for Dividing Iraq, 13 November 06) says “it is not possible to build a national army when there is no nation to begin with”. Quite right.
Perhaps he would be kind enough to remind the European Union of that?
yours truly
Ashley Mote
Member of the European Parliament
Brussels
Nov
7
Editor, Daily Telegraph, 7 November 2006
November 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Sir
Tony Blair’s article trying to justify ID cards was predictably rebutted (letters 7 Nov) by facts and technicalities. Your correspondents could also have reminded us that, within two weeks of 9/11, Mr Blair declared that ID cards were not a good idea. He said the cost would run into billions, they would do little to [...]
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