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 3 , 2005 (765 days since war
ended)
Death Toll: 1,670 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
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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UN
warns 100,000 illegal immigrants a year enter UK
By
James Slack, Home Affairs Editor - Daily Mail, October 6, 2005
Up
to 100,000 illegal immigrants are coming to Britain every year,
a United Nations report revealed last night. The study also strongly
criticised the Government's reluctance to come clean over the
number of people living here without permission.
Khalif
Koser, of the Global Commission on International Migration, said
that an estimated 100,000 'irregular' arrivals took place each
year. The total includes asylum seekers whose claims are turned
down, people who overstay visas and those who sneak into the UK
illegally. Previous estimates, based on the number of people caught
trying to sneak past border controls, were between 40,000 and
50,000 each year.
They
are among 500,000 undocumented migrants who arrive in Europe every
year, according to a series of reports the Commission handed to
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan last night. By failing to control
illegal immigration, the Government had made it more difficult
to convince the public of the case for legal migrants to be allowed
in, the reports said.
Mr
Koser, an academic based at University College London, said: "The
importance for a government to be perceived by citizens to be
in control cannot be underestimated. If irregular migration exists,
it is not unreasonable for voters to ask why even more migration
is required. And if governments cannot control irregular migration,
why should anyone believe they can regulate any other form of
migration?"
Mr.
Koser - in a study titled Irregular Migration, State Security
and Human Security - criticises the Government for not freely
publishing data on illegal immigration. Ministers commissioned
a study in 2003 but it was only published two years later after
they were threatened with new Freedom of Information laws, he
says.
Professor
John Salt's report was released in January without any estimate
of the size of the illegal population, containing only possible
methods of working it out. He believed, however, that the figure
was likely to be 500,000. Tony Blair then repeatedly denied during
the General Election campaign that he was able to put a figure
on the number of illegal migrants, despite being asked almost
20 times by BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman.
But
in June, after the election was won, the Home Office said it had
now been able to complete a new report, based on one published
in January, giving an estimated figure for illegals of up to 570,000.
Independent think-tank Migrationwatch has since put the total
at nearer 870,000.
Mr
Koser said: "It is hard to see how reasonable debate can
be encouraged within society if governments are unwilling to engage."
Conservative
immigration spokesman Humfrey Malins said last night the revelation
that Ministers had only published Professor Salt's report because
of the threat of freedom of information laws was 'absolutely outrageous'.
He added: "But it is no wonder these reports have to be dragged
out of Labour - 100,000 illegal immigrants arriving every year
is a shocking indictment of the shambles that is the asylum and
immigration system."
The
Commission's studies also warn that the huge influx of migrants
to Europe and Britain is likely to continue. Net migration into
the UK has been running at up to 150,000 every year. The Home
Office denied that Professor Salt's report had only been published
because of FOI laws, which came into force in January. A spokesman
said it had been announced the previous December that it would
be published in January. The report, and the second report published
in June, were released as early as possible.
The
spokesman added that, by its nature, it was not possible to put
an accurate figure on the number of illegal migrants in the UK.
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