Category Archives: European Union

Is Microsoft going to be the new IBM

Posted on November 12, 2015 by IanPJ

About 15 years ago the USA and Europe came up with the US-EU Safe Harbor agreement which has allowed US companies to store European data legally. The agreement was invalidated by the European courts on October 6th. There have been several interesting developments … Continue reading →

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UK Parliament comes to an effective end

Posted on May 16, 2014 by IanPJ

On the 1st November 2014 the right of Parliament to legislate over us in 43 areas, the important ones, will be removed and be made subject to approval. They call it QMV, Qualified Majority Voting. Each member State will lose … Continue reading →

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How EU law is made

Posted on April 5, 2014 by IanPJ

originally published August 28th, 2010 by IanPJ When politicians explain that laws are made in Westminster they are only giving you a half truth, so please ask them to explain what I am about to show you below, and then … Continue reading →

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As Athens burns the EC announces €1 trillion budget

Posted on June 30, 2011 by IanPJ

Whilst demanding that Greece impose upon its people draconian austerity measures, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso defended the EU budget as ambitious but responsible and warned member states against “Pavlovian reactions”. 1,000,000,000,000 (or one million millions) of your tax … Continue reading →

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UK Government railway policy

Posted on June 15, 2011 by IanPJ

Or rather EU Railway policy studies that successive UK Governments (1999-2011) have sold to the British people as their own work. There are of course no vested interests… Note: Copyright in these studies is held by the European Union. Persons … Continue reading →

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As Cameron & Co become even more EU centric..

Posted on June 14, 2011 by IanPJ

..here is a reminder from my original post last August, that you can find all the background on government plans, u-turns and policy bull when you read the news direct from the EU. Unfortunately is like listening to a Soviet … Continue reading →

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The EUs forked tongue spits again…

Posted on June 10, 2011 by IanPJ

Yesterday I asked whether the left hand knows what the right hand is doing.. well here’s some more jiggery pokery from the same idiots in Brussels. Syed Kamall, Conservative MEP for London, said: “The EU parliament’s vote in favour of … Continue reading →

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EU speaks with forked tongue

Posted on June 9, 2011 by IanPJ

Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? Oh I am sure they know exactly what their doing.. but you be the judge. This first element comes from the EU Parliament; A freeze on the 2014-2020 budget … Continue reading →

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Global governance on EU agenda

Posted on June 9, 2011 by IanPJ

When Communists, Hard line Socialists and Maoists all failed to gain popular support, when their repressive soviet style regimes crumbled from within one by one, they took heed. With their full frontal politics cast aside they changed their modus operandi. … Continue reading →

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Barroso lives it up on your tax

Posted on June 3, 2011 by IanPJ

Everytime I read something like this it makes my blood boil. The unelected ‘President’ of an organisation whose only role in life is telling you how to live your life in excruciating detail whilst spending your tax money like water, … Continue reading →

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