Silent Majority Speaks
Rescuing Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship
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Spin,
not face-to-face confrontations with the voters, is the Government's
chosen method of communication. Ordinary people are dangerous. Ordinary
people might ask a question which throws a politician 'off message';
the Cabinet member might reveal himself or herself to be a human being
like us, and not a programmed android. Worse still, he or she might
tell the truth.
Ann Leslie - Daily Mail, September 16, 2004
Blair wants to leave his
mark on history - looks more like a stain to me.
Peter Thorndyke, Diss,
Norfolk - Daily Mail, May 23, 2005
I know I'm me - why do I
need an ID card?
"Sorry, officers, I
don't have an ID card. I never applied for one. It seemed a bit steep
at 300 quid. I do have my free passport, my driving licence and my
London freedom travel pass, each with my photograph. I have my NHS
medical card, with its lengthy number, given me at birth, my RAF
service book with my Armed Forces number, and a chit authorising me to
wear a few gongs -including a General Service Medal with Malaya bar,
for fighting communist terrorists on behalf of my country, or so they
told me.
"I've also got various credit
cards and store cards, all with my signature on the back, generally
good for buying the everyday requrements for life as well as the odd
luxury. If you decide to arrest me, I suppose I'll have to be
photographed and given another number, besides my PINs.
"I'm afraid I haven't got a
pension book; it was taken away."
"By thieves, sir?"
"No ... well, not exactly. By the
Government. By the way, may I see your warrant cards please, gentlemen?"
Oh dear, they've disappeared. E.
Harry Gumer, Romford, ESSEX - Daily Mail, June 1, 2005
NO means NO
When does NO mean MAYBE?
When it's not the answer the EU wants. With the courageous French
NON resounding in their ears, shabby, undemocratic self-interested
leaders of Europe propose ignoring the part of their precious
constitution that requires ratification by all members and
continuing without one of the biggest founder members to
prevent derailing the gravy train.
As in Ireland,
they refuse to accept any NO votes, ignoring the will of the people,
and re-stage votes until they can engineer the 'correct' answer. Sadly,
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw dances to their tune like a puppet on a
string. With tactics such as these, how can anyone really believe the
EU has our interests at heart. Letter from Steve Penny, Kingsnorth, Kent - Daily
Mail, June1, 2005
Surely
the French result makes the £1million the EU recently spent on a
treaty signing ceremony seem a trifle premature and extravagant. Letter from Keith Wiseman, Bury, Lancs. - Daily Mail,
June1, 2005
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Britain has
traditionally been one of the biggest net contributors to the EU
because we do not get as much money back from Brussels in farm and
regional subsidies as our rivals.
According to
Treasury figures, between 1995-2002, Britain's average contribution
taking the rebate into account, was £2.6billion, or £43.55
per head of population.
The French -
the biggest recipient of farm subsidies - contributed £1billion a
year or £16.08 per head of their population.
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December
28, 2005 (959 days since Iraq war ended)
Death Toll: 2,172 US - 98UK - >>30,000?
Iraqi - 25 media
January
16, 2006 (978 days since Iraq war ended)
Death Toll: 2,219 US - 98UK - >>30,000?
Iraqi - 25 media
March 18, 2006 (1043 days since war ended)
Death
Toll: 2317US - 103UK - >>6,164? Iraqi - >>17,300?
civilians - 25 media
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Blair should know that respect comes by example - from the
top. If a country's leader has no respect for the rule of
international law and no respect for the truth, how can he
expect anyone to have respect. Letter
from P.J.Atkinson, Ashford, Kent - Daily Mail, January 12,
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Iraq
war WAS to blame for 7/7, Home Office admits
By
Tim Shipman - Political Correspondent - Daily Mail, April 3, 2006
Two
top-level official reports admit that the Iraq war provoked the
July 7 bomb attacks and will make Britain a terrorist target for
years to come, leaks have revealed. The
Home Office's official account of the atrocity, which left 52
innocent people dead, will concede that the UK's involvement in
Iraq motivated the four suicide bombers.
Another
leaked document, prepared by the Joint Intelligence Committee,
shows that Tony Blair was warned months before the blasts that
the Iraq War was making it easier to recruit British Muslims to
Al Qaeda's cause. The revelations flatly contradict claims by
Mr Blair that (British Government) policy on Iraq play no role
in the terrorist attacks on home soil.
The
Tories criticised the Government last night for failing to respond
to warnings and do more to protect the public. According to early
drafts of the Home Office 'narrative' of events, compiled by senior
civil servants, Iraq was a key 'contributory factor' in radicalising
the 4 bombers, Mohammed Sidique Khan, Hasib Hussain, Shehzad Tanweer
and Jermaine Lindsay.
The
report, due to be published in July, will be an embarrassment
to Mr Blair, who marked the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion
last month by arguing that only intervention against Islamic extremists
abroad can keep Britain safe.
Yet
when he made those statements, Mr Blair was already privy to the
top-secret JIC report, written last April, and signed off by Eliza
Manningham-Buller, the head of MI5, and Sir David Pepper, head
of the GCHQ listening post.
It
found that Iraq had 'exacerbated' the threat of home-grown Muslim
terrorists.
The
four-page memo, entitled International Terrorism: Impact of Iraq,
says: "It has reinforced the determination of terrorists
who were already committed to attacking the West and motivated
others who were not. Iraq is likely to be an important motivating
factor for some time to come in the radicalisation of British
Muslims and for those extremists who view attacks against the
UK as legitimate."
Tory
spokesman Patrick Mercer said: "If they were making this
assessment last year it not only contradicts what the Prime Minister
has said, it begs the question why the Government have not done
more to protect the public. We have had one successful attack
on the Tube, one failed attack two weeks later and a third foiled
attack since. The Prime Minister's own delivery unit has dismissed
our counter-terrorist preparations to prevent, prepare, protect
and pursue as a shambles and now we have warnings that there may
be more attacks here in black and white. Government's only response
has been to produce sometimes ill-thought-out legislation. It's
quite incredible."
The
leaking of such a sensitive document will disturb Mr Blair since
it suggests that senior security officials are concerned at his
refusal to face up to the implications of the Iraq war. It also
suggests that the Prime Minister no longer sees eye to eye with
the JIC, the body which was accused of 'sexing-up' the case for
war to help him.
Senior
security sources told the Daily Mail that spy chiefs are keen
to spread the blame for the worst terrorist strike on British
soil. Mrs. Manningham-Buller particularly feels the heat from
revelations that MI5 failed to keep tabs on Sidique Khan, despite
once having him under observation. Details will be chronicled
in a third report, by the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security
Committee, which was leaked last week.
Even
more serious revelations about the incompetence of the Security
Service are expected when reporting restrictions are lifted following
the completion of current trials of terrorist suspects. The Home
Office report will detail trips to Pakistan made by Khan and Shahzad
Tanweer and is understood to confirm that they met Al Qaeda operatives.
A
Home Office spokesman said: "The Home Office is developing
an official account of 7 July which we intend to publish shortly.
It is intended to set out what is known about the people who carried
out the attacks and how and why they came to do what they did.
It would be wrong to pre-empt publication of the official record."
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