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The Article 36 Committee

Lets go back in time a bit. Back to the days when Tony Blair ruled supreme in the UK, and not long after the horrendous events of 9/11. The UK, like most other western nations started to implement a flood … Continue reading

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EU Commission sponsors Global Governance Programme

At 11.30 a.m. on 18 June, President José Manuel Durao Barroso will deliver a speech at the Badia Fiesolana near Florence, entitled “European Union and Multilateral Global Governance”. This is the Inaugural Lecture of the new Global Governance Programme at … Continue reading

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Deliver Us From Evil

The Commission of the European Union has issued a communication that bears close resemblance to any document that was forthcoming from the Politburo of Soviet Russia. This ‘Action Plan’ states that “….the European Union has more than ever the duty … Continue reading

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Financial Crisis: EU creates its own West Lothian Question

The European Commission is to set out next Wednesday its plans for creating a permanent bail-out fund for eurozone states, officials in Brussels confirmed Friday. The eurozone has been shaken to the core by Greece’s financial meltdown, which forced it to … Continue reading

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Digital Economy Act & the ACTA – it stinks of rotten fish

Scandinavian blogger Sköne Oke informs us of the following: 1. The Fish mandate (“SEC(2007) 1377″): The European Commission sent a draft recommendation to the Council to authorize the Commission to negotiate ACTA. Yes, they wrote their own negotiating directive. The … Continue reading

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Party Election Manifestos #ge2010

Well that’s it. This rotten parliament has finally been washed up and is now closed for business. As the candidates disburse to their constituencies to begin searching out voters to con into backing them, lets take a look at the … Continue reading

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European Citizens Initiative

Unsurprisingly The Guardian is pushing the European Commission line on this. Maros Sefcovic an EC functionary writes today, and from the numbers and tone of the comments, I am certainly not the only one to see through the faux democracy … Continue reading

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The 3 Amigos & the deficit

While  Clegg, Darling & Osborne spent time on UK TV last night arguing the toss on how to divide up the booty like a gang of Mexican bandits, not one of the 3 Amigo’s addressed the issues that are important … Continue reading

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Doctor/Patient confidentiality? Forget it…

Now doubt by now most will have seen this report in the Telegraph which explains how Labour have moved forward the implementation of the EHR programme (Electronic Health Records), and have started to upload patient records to central databases without … Continue reading

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European Parliament ACTA Declaration

Written by Monica Horten Four MEPS have submitted a written declaration to oppose ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement). If it gets sufficient signatures, it will challenge the European Union’s rights to negotiate on this secret treaty which threatens the Internet. The … Continue reading

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