Silent Majority Speaks

Rescuing Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship

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.

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

February 28, 2006 (1025 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 2296 US - 103UK - >>6,164? Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media

Tony 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, 2006

STOP PRESS

Cameron: NHS must give single MMR jabs

By Kirsty Walker - Political Correspondent, Daily Mail, February 28, 2006

David Cameron yesterday reignited the row over MMR by demanding that single vaccines are made available on the NHS. The Tory leader said it was 'wrong' for government to deny parents a choice amid mounting concerns about the take-up rate.

Give parents a choice Comment - Daily Mail, February 28, 2006 David Cameron didn't have to involve himself in the row over MMR by demanding single jabs on the NHS. His two elder children had the triple injection. His baby son will have it too. He is obviously content to accept the reassurance of medical science that it has no links with autism. But he was was emphatically right to speak out on behalf of parents who still feel pangs of apprehension at the prospect of submitting their children to the measles, mumps and rubella injection. As this paper has always argued, it is outrageous in a civilised country that government won't allow worried parents the option of single jabs - especially as Tony Blair, with monumental hypocrisy, refuses to say whether his son Leo has had the MMR injection. This is no longer just a medical issue. This is statist manipulation. All credit to Mr Cameron for standing up for parents' rights

He said that his newborn son Arthur would be given the triple jab when he is old enough and that his other children Nancy, two, and three-year-old Ivan, who is disabled, have already had it. But Mr Cameron insisted: "Where parents insist that their children won't have the MMR vaccine, it's wrong for the Government to rule out completely the possibility of giving them a single vaccine on the NHS - especially if the vaccination rate continues to fall."

It is the first time Mr Cameron has made clear tat a future Conservative Government would give parents the option of single jabs. His comments also intensified pressure on Tony Blair to reveal if his five-year-old son Leo has had the injection. The Prime Minister has been accused of contributing to public uncertainty by refusing to say whether Leo was given the jab that combats measles, mumps and rubella.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has also recently increased pressure on the Blairs to come clean my making it clear that his two-year-old son John has had the jab. Take-up rates have fallen dramatically amid fears that it can lead to autism. Campaigners have also recently warned that children are suffering from a 'jabs overload'. It is estimated that by the age of two the typical baby will have been given 21 vaccines against nine diseases in seven different injections.

Official figures recently revealed that 18 babies and toddlers have died in four years after having childhood vaccinations. The Department of Health statistics found that the deaths were linked to four of the seven injections given before the age of two - including the MMR jab. Almost 800 other youngsters suffered sever side effects following the routine innoculations.

In the wake of ongoing controversy over MMR, the Government has been under mounting pressure to make single jabs available to parents on the NHS. Despite reassurances from Mr Blair and the medical establishment, thousands of parents are refusing to have their youngsters inoculated and many have turned to expensive private clinics for the single jabs.

During a chat with parents on the website 'mumsnet.com', Mr Cameron confirmed: "My children have had all the jabs necessary. My daughter Nancy and my first child Ivan have both had the MMR jab and Arthur will have it too. We have suggested ways to improve the whole process of improving vaccines to make it more open and to increase public confidence."

Medical experts have warned that a drop in vaccination rates could lead to an epidemic in childhood diseases. In some parts of London, fewer than 12% of parents are opting to give their children the MMR jab. Mr Cameron's comments are in line with previous Tory policy. Former leader Michael Howard also pledged to make single vaccines available on the NHS if take-up rates became dangerously low.

The Chancellor has added his weight to the campaign to improve the jab's take-up rate by saying that immunisation was 'not just an optional extra'. In an interview last month, he said that personal responsibility had a major part to play in public health issues such as obesity, smoking, and vaccinations against childhood diseases.

Although Mr Brown has refused to comment publicly on what he says is his family's private life, it is understood that his son John had the triple vaccine last year. Mr Cameron has also previously stressed that politicians have a right to remain silent on the issue.

Today, Mr Cameron will declare open war on Mr Brown and warn of a 'clear choice' between the Tories and Labour. He will step up his attacks on the chancellor by unveiling a crusade to win over the 'hearts and minds' of the British people.

Mr Cameron will say: "The battle for the hearts and minds of the British people has begun. This party voted for change. Now we have to show what that change means. Not just what we're changing from, but what we're changing to."

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