Conservative MEP Daniel Hannon thrashed UK Prime Minister and saviour of the world’s banks (but not the Dunfermline Building Society) Gordon Brown in a speech on 26 March in the European Parliament, which over 1,700,000 people have viewed so far. Brown can be seen smirking and taking notes as the tidy Tory details a list [...]
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If you don't like what you've seen of Davos Man, wait till you see Nationalist Man get to work.
February 5, 2009 – 10:22 am
By Timothy Garton Ash. Davos Man, ‘the most highly evolved mammal on the planet’, should say ’sorry’ for the economic mess he’s got us into, according to a recent piece by British Conservative MP and journalist, Michael Gove. Conservative party leader, David Cameron. Cameron was a Davos Man last year too. Clearly Mr Gove is calling on his [...]
Globalisation works – we can ship in cheap Italian labour for our French oil refineries
February 2, 2009 – 4:43 pm
‘Lord’ Mandelson of Bilderberg made an unwelcome return to the nation’s airwaves to defend the relatively indefensible position of French-owned Total Oil to outsource blue collar maintenance to Italian sub-contractors. Unsurprisingly, the former EU Trade Commissioner defended the right to free movement of labour inherent in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, but he also claimed that [...]
Europe is failing two life-and-death tests. We must act together, now
January 9, 2009 – 12:44 pm
Weak, divided, incoherent, hypocritical and infuriating – that’s how you hear the EU described privately in Beijing and Washington. The events of this first week of 2009 suggest that its critics are right. By Timothy Garton Ash. Look at the mess we’re in. Europe faces two acute crises that threaten both our interests and our values. [...]
Now Gordon has spun off to Afghanistan – make that Pakistan (see above)
December 13, 2008 – 5:16 pm
. . . . “I’ll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes” Puck, Midsummer Night’s Dream We heard this morning that UK Gordon Brown has broken off his constructive discussions with EU leaders to appear in Afghanistan to mourn the death of four British soldiers, killed in two bomb incidents, one where a [...]
German Heretics Say Flash Gordon is not Saviour of the Universe
December 13, 2008 – 12:48 am
. . . in fact, they are implying that Gordon is a Moron after all. By John J. Kelly In a move unprecedented in Europe since Martin Luther said the Pope wasn’t a Catholic, German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck called Gordon Brown’s “crass Keynesianism” breathtaking – but not in a good way. Following the rude [...]
European Court rules UK DNA database an abuse of Human Rights
December 5, 2008 – 11:51 am
By John J Kelly On December 4 2008 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the practice of holding DNA samples of more than 1 million UK citizens, some as young as 10 years old, who have no criminal record but who have been investigated in the course of police enquiries, is contrary to Article [...]
RBS, HBOS, B+B, Northern Rock all owe us a huge debt. Give them a hard time.
November 30, 2008 – 1:42 pm
By John J Kelly I made a rare visit to my bank last week, and was reminded why. I needed to send £62.00 to Switzerland. After a lot of wasteful form filling, I was charged £20.00 for this ‘service’, which will take 4 working days to process. The exchange rate is likely to operate on [...]