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.

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

The Chancellor's single greatest act of vandalism in almost nine years in office has been his wanton destruction of Britain's private retirement industry. By slapping a massive tax on pension funds, now worth £7.3billion a year, he has helped to turn the best private retirement industry in Europe into a basket-case in perpetual crisis. Together with the adoption of European accounting rules - which make it much riskier to operate a company pension scheme - hundreds of firms have shut their final salary plans to new employees and slashed benefits to existing staff. From Allister Heath: "I've seen the future and its grey" in THE SPECTATOR - April 15, 2006

Nine years ago the British people were sold a fantasy of clean and competent government of principle and honesty. Its shiny wrappings stripped away, the product now reveals its true nature: Personal greed, arrogance, incompetence, shamelessness, rash warmongering and an inability to accept - as is clear to almost everyone else - that it is time to go. Editorial - The Mail on Sunday, May 28, 2006

May 23, 2007 (1453 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 3432 US - 149 UK - >1,000,000? civilians - 25 media

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Brown leaves behind worst public deficit

By Sam Fleming - Daily Mail, May 25, 2007

Gordon Brown's impending move to Number 10 has been marred by a new attack on his management of the public finances. Forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show Brown will leave the Treasury with the worst budget deficit in western Europe this year. The report urged the Chancellor's successor to exercise 'greater spending restraint to achieve a more rapid reduction in the deficit'.

The shortfall between government revenue and spending will hit 2.6% of gross domestic product in 2007, the OECD reported. This is higher than any of the 30 OECD countries around the world barring the US and Japan. In Europe, only the Czech Republic and Hungary will see higher shortfall.

The figures are adjusted to strip out the effect of fluctuations in economic growth, making them a good indicator as to the underlying health of public finances. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, said: "It's official: Gordon Brown is leaving the Treasury with the public finances in the worst state in Western Europe. You have to be truly incompetent to combine the highest taxes in our history with a budget deficit higher even that Italy's."

The Treasury hit back, saying the Government will 'meet its strict fiscal rules' while allowing spending rise by an average of 2% a year in real terms. The OECD said ageing populations will put an increasing strain on national budgets, leaving many countries' public finances in 'treacherous waters'.

A 'substantial' expansion in the old-age population could life healthcare spending by up to £91billion in Britain by 2050, the OECD projected.

In the short term, the Paris-based organisation was relatively upbeat about UK's prospects, saying growth should nearly match last year's 2.8% rate. But interest rates may have to rise further to prevent the economy from overheating, it warned. The claim came as a Reuters poll of 62 economists showed they project a one-in-three chance that the Bank of England will lift rates to 6% this year.

In the US there is a chance of a 'mild form of stagflation' as growth subsides as inflationary pressures build, with figures revealing the biggest slump in the price of new houses since 1970. But the number of transactions surged to its highest in 14 years as buyers took advantage of lower prices.

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