The Sun destroys Gordon Brown’s speech and record: TWELVE years ago, Britain was crying out for change from a divided, exhausted Government. Today we are there again. In 1997, “New” Labour, shorn of its destructive hard-Left doctrines and with an energetic and charismatic leader, seemed the answer. Tony Blair said […]
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You’ve been Fleeced!
Via the Taxpayers’ Alliance: On Monday, Matthew Elliott and David Craig released their new book Fleeced! How we’ve been betrayed by the politicians, bureaucrats and bankers… and how much they’ve cost us, published by Constable. Fleeced! is the very first book to analyse the financial, fiscal and political crisis resulting from a […]
Read MoreEU: is Britain still a sovereign state? – Telegraph
Very nearly beyond parody: According to research by the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), there are currently 16,980 EU acts in force and between 1998 and 2007 there was a net gain of 9,415 EU laws. In 2007, 3,010 EU laws became UK law, while only 993 EU regulations were repealed – […]
Read MoreEU faces ‘existential’ danger from economic crisis – Telegraph
This morning, I woke early and finished The Great European Rip-off: How the Corrupt, Wasteful EU is Taking Control of Our Lives. I then discovered this article in the Telegraph: The global financial crisis has inflicted such damage to free market principles that it risks undermining the core function of […]
Read MoreThis stupid child protection law will turn us into outlaws | Matthew Parris – Times Online
Thankfully, last night I listened to David Cameron pledge to end this counterproductive nonsense: Only two sane responses are possible to the Government’s new vetting and barring scheme for adults who volunteer to come into contact with children. One is rage, and the other despair. I incline to despair. But […]
Read MoreCaroline Spelman MP: The Labour Government has shamefully neglected its duty to defend the realm by leaving the country dangerously exposed if firefighters go out on strike
Few could forget the images of the Green Goddesses rolling into service during the national fire strikes of 2002 and 2003, manned by the Armed Forces. This week the threat of fire strikes hang over us again as a result of local industrial disputes spanning London, South Yorkshire, Humberside, Merseyside […]
Read MoreDoes the man have no shame!? – Jack Perschke
Jack Perschke, PPC for Derby South, attacks the preposterous rhetoric of the Leader of the Labour Group for Derby City Council: He talks about the triumph of Labour over unscrupulous employers – presumably he’s happy with the bank fat cats who on Labour’s watch have privatised profit and nationalised losses. […]
Read MoreDid You Hear the One About… by Floy Lilley
Did you hear the one about bobbing heads on Sunday agreeing that the cause of the Great Depression was the absence of government guidance? “The Great Depression would never have happened if there had been any economic regulations,” agreed the policy wonks. Oh, really? So you think a free society […]
Read MoreSelling illegal DVDs not illegal because of blunder – Telegraph
Via Selling illegal DVDs not illegal because of blunder – Telegraph: People who sell DVDs and videos illegally, including pornography to children, cannot be prosecuted because of a legislative blunder dating back 25 years, it has emerged. … The blunder centres on the 1984 Video Recordings Act which the then […]
Read MoreBritain’s energy crisis: How long till the lights go out? | The Economist
The Economist asks some very reasonable questions: Thanks to its posturing politicians, Britain will soon start to run out of electricity. What should it do? IN THE frigid opening days of 2009, Britain’s electricity demand peaked at 59 gigawatts (GW). Just over 45% of that came from power plants fuelled […]
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