May
28
The power to improve has become the power to control
May 28, 2009 | Comments Off
It is truly grim fact that, whilst Members of Parliament have been filling their back pockets at our expense, they have simultaneously presided over the twisting of that most glorious of ambitions in the American Declaration of Independence into a bizarre parody.
It was suggested to me recently that “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” [...]
May
27
Tories Support Turkish Membership of the EU
May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Since my letter to Michael Gove MP, the Tory who recently supported the launch of a new magazine Turkey in Europe, I have received confirmation that it is official Tory party policy to support Turkey’s application to join the EU.
Mr Gove has not answered my letter to explain how the Tories can simultaneously want to [...]
May
26
One Tax Loophole – Two Letters
May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Editor
The Times
23 May 09
The 39-year-old Minister for Work and Pension, James Purnell, claims he took advantage of specialist tax advice to defend his exploitation of a loophole in the regulations governing capital gains.
Since when has an elected representative of the people been placed in the House of Commons to take advantage of a loophole in [...]
May
18
The Great European Rip-Off – A Must Read
May 18, 2009 | Comments Off
If you haven’t read it already, may I recommend a recent book by David Craig and Matthew Elliott of the Taxpayers Alliance.
The Great European Rip-Off is published in paperback by Random House and retails for £8.99.
It is an outstanding summary of the current situation. As a member of the European Parliament’s Budget Control Committee for the [...]
May
8
Ashley Mote MEP is Standing Down – But Both Fights Go On
May 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Ashley Mote today (7 May 2009) confirmed that he is not seeking re-election to the European Parliament in June.
He has sat in the European Parliament for the last five years, representing the interests of constituents in what the EU chooses to call south-east England – Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
In a farewell [...]
May
6
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May 6, 2009 | Comments Off
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May
6
British Square Peg in European Round Hole
May 6, 2009 | Comments Off
The European Commissioner for what the EU calls “enlargement”, Ollie Rehn, is a young Finn who apparently studied in the UK at one time. He has proved to be one of the many weaklings in the Commission, achieving little and taking the blame for nothing. Last week he gave an interview to the European Correspondent [...]
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May
6
Send Brussels Trouble and a Message in June
May 6, 2009 | Comments Off
A euro-sceptic friend recently asked me to provide five reasons for voting for a party standing for British withdrawal from the EU in the Euro-elections next month .
This is a summary of my reply:
It is very difficult to select just five from an horrifyingly long list of possible reasons to vote into the European Parliament [...]
May
5
Ashley Mote’s Last Word to a Near-Empty European Parliament
May 5, 2009 | Comments Off
This week is the last plenary session of the European Parliament. Elections in June will produce a new crop of members. As I am not standing for re-election, I attempted to summarise in the one minute permitted what I thought voters ought to know.
This is what I said:
“Over the last five years I have watched [...]
May
4
British Tory MP Supports Turkish Membership of EU
May 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Open letter to
Michael Gove MP
House of Commons
London
1 May 09
To my astonishment I have received an invitation in your name (amongst others*) inviting me to the launch of a new magazine [on 11th May] intending to support Turkey’s membership of the EU.
Turkey in Europe apparently claims to be funded by ‘members’ (whoever they are) and not [...]
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