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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November
17, 2005 (932 days since Iraq war ended)
Death Toll: 2,080 US - 97UK - >>6,164?
Iraqi - >>17,300? civilians - 25 media
6,000
struck off as their dentist quits the NHS
Daily
Mail Reporter - November 15, 2005
Thousands
of patients have been left without a dentist after their local
surgery decided to leave the Health Service. The dental practice
has struck off its 6,000 NHS patients and offered to take on 2,500
privately on a first-come-first-serve basis. As a result, families
in the rural Northumberland community of Guide Post were forced
to queue in the street yesterday as they scrambled to sign up
for private care.
Those
who succeeded in re-registering will have to pay £178 a
year, plus extra charges for treatment. The rest will be forced
to look elsewhere, despite the fact that 27 out of the county's
47 practices are not taking on new adult patients.
In
a letter to patients, the four dentists working at the practice
said their decision was due to a 'steady erosion of Government
funding in NHS dentistry nationally. This has meant increasing
restrictions on both the time we can spend with you and the treatments
available to you,' the letter read. 'We feel no longer able to
provide you with the necessary high standards of care and range
of treatments using the NHS system.'
The
dentists also cited problems caused by a new NHS contract, due
to come into force in April 2006. Councillor Alan Cutter, a patient
at the practice, said the elderly would be the worst affected.
'This is the only dentist in Guide Post, so those who can't afford
to pay will be forced to look further afield to other NHS dentists
taking on new patients,' he said. 'This will be elderly people
and those from poorer backgrounds.'
He
said only 30% of those in the area owned a car. Bill Sanderson,
whose mother and father-in-law are being struck off, said: 'The
situation just seems to be getting worse. If nothing is done this
will spread into all areas of the North-East, leaving vulnerable
people in need. We have had absolutely no warning from the health
authority or advice on what to do.'
A
spokesman for Northumberland Care Trust, which oversees the practice,
said letters would be sent out to all patients in the next 2 days
providing more information on how to re-register. 'We will be
giving them details of where to contact for NHS treatment,' he
said. 'I can't give you the full details of where that will be
at the moment.'
The
Guide Post practice's four dentists could not be contacted last
night. Bill Ashbridge, chairman of Northumberland County Council's
health scrutiny committee, said the public services in the region
had been getting steadily worse recently. 'It's a major problem
that seems to have been creeping into the North,' he said.
The
Guide Post decision comes days after a dentist in Carlisle struck
off 17,000 NHS patients, only to offer half of them the opportunity
to go private. Richard Wilson said he had to go private because
Ministers had failed to address NHS problems. The Government has
claimed its drive to attract more dentists has been a great success.
It said it had exceeded its targets through international recruitment
and speeding up examinations for non-EU staff.
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