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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May 31, 2005 (761 days since war
ended)
Death Toll: 1,657 US - 89 UK - >6,164?
Iraqi - >17,300 civilians - 25 media
June 17, 2005 (779 days since war
ended)
Death Toll: 1,716 US - 89 UK -
>6,164? Iraqi - >17,300? civilians - 25 media
June 26, 2005 (788 days since war
ended)
Death Toll: 1,737 US - 89 UK -
>6,164? Iraqi - >17,300? civilians - 25 media
July 6, 2005 (798 days since war
ended)
Death Toll: 1,751 US - 90 UK -
>6,164? Iraqi - >17,300? civilians - 25 media
August 24, 2005 (847 days since
war ended)
Death Toll: 1,869 US - 93 UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
September
29, 2005 (883 days since war ended)
Death Toll: 1,928 US - 96 UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
October
11, 2005 (895 days since war ended)
Death Toll: 1,956 US - 96UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
October
20, 2005 (904 days since war ended)
Death Toll: 1,986 US - 97UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
October
25, 2005 (909 days since war ended)
Death Toll: 2,001 US - 97UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
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
1, 2005 (946 days since Iraq war ended)
Death Toll: 2,114 US - 98UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
2,000
asylum rejects come back each year
Ministers embarrassed by'revolving doors' fiasco
By
James Slack, Home Affairs Editor - Daily Mail, December 8, 2005
Up
to 2,000 failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants who are
kicked out of Britain each year have been ejected at least once
before. One individual had to be thrown out seven times before
apparently giving up, according to Home Office figures.
Until
now, Ministers never revealed how many of the asylum seeks they
eject each year come back to try again. But under Freedom of Information
laws, they had to concede that, of the 109,000 failed seekers
and illegals removed between November 2003 and September 2005,
3,500 returned and had to be thrown out again. This is equivalent
to five being deported every day who have already been removed.
The cost to the taxpayer is likely to be hundreds of thousands
of pounds.
The
figures do not break down how many times each person has returned,
though one individual tried to get into the UK on at least seven
occasions, the Home Office said. The revolving door fiasco was
revealed last night as the Government admits it will miss its
target for removing up to 285,000 bogus refugees still waiting
to be deported for the first time.
Of
those who made it back following their initial removal, 224 were
from Brazil. A further 74 were from Nigeria and 65 from Malaysia.
Thousands more are thought to have snaked back illegally and are
still living here.
Shadow
Home Secretary David Davis said last night; "This is a result
of Britain's porous borders. The Government deports non-genuine
asylum seekers only for thousands to return within months. If
Britain had built a reputation for making it difficult for illegal
entrants to get into the country in the last few years, fewer
people would try to return."
The
Home Office figures, quietly placed on the department's website
earlier this week, reveal France is the most risky destination
to which failed asylum seekers can be removed. Normally, Britain
deports bogus refugees to their country of origin. But under the
Dublin Convention, the UK can return failed asylum seekers to
the first EU country they passed through. This has led to thousands
who entered Britain after sneaking across the Channel being sent
back to France every year after their claims are rejected.
However,
they have spent up to two years here living on state benefits
while their claims were being assessed and many turn around and
head back for more. Of 3,500 who returned after being kicked out,
1,342 had been sent to France. Of the rest, 98 were deported to
the Netherlands, 97 to Spain, 92 Germany, 86 Belgium, 81 Italy,
47 Portugal and 46 Ireland.
Labour
targets to remove more failed asylum seekers than there are new
arrivals each month. But the goal, supposed to be achieved this
month, will not be hit until next year. It means the current backlog
of 285,000 failed asylum seekers continues to grow.
The
Home Office said that, of those who returned to Britain and had
to be removed a second time, 85% were caught at airports or ports
abroad. Some were identified at Britain's border controls in France
or Belgium which are technically British soil.
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