The old three card trick
While the EU tightens its grip, for example with the loss of Greek sovereignty [dedicated post coming up], the regionalization of the former England proceeds apace [scroll down to the south-west section on this page and look at the exchange of views on this] and if you’re still doggedly trying to maintain that this is Labour policy, not the EU’s, then look at this page. It’s live and it is happening now. And now it’s tobacco under their control. You might like to peruse this:
Oh yes, what happened to that “free movement of people, goods and services”? No doubt Article 6 of the TFEU overrides that. “The Union shall have competence to carry out actions to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States. The areas of such action shall, at European level, be : (a) protection and improvement of human health……”
Their method of operation is to have think tanks in Europe report to the commissioners, it’s rubber stamped in parliament, goes to the national government as “Commission recommendation”, is adopted by the national government or else they suffer a Greek type reaction and hey presto – “this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe” whom Churchill mentioned in 1920, has determined national policy in your country.
You have to hand it to them – they’re clever b—ers, aren’t they? Meanwhile, we cover our eyes and say, “it’s not happening, it’s not happening.” Such are the people of this once great nation.
Another example is the new EU/French laws:
In the teeth of fierce opposition both inside and outside parliament, the National Assembly approved, by 312 votes to 214 against, a first reading of a bill on Internal Security – the quaintly titled “LOPPSI 2″.
LOPPSI – otherwise known as Loi d’Orientation et de Programmation pour la SÈcuritÈ IntÈrieure (pdf)- is a ragbag of measures designed to make France a safer place. Like similar UK legislation – most notably the various Criminal Justice acts brought in over the last decade – LOPPSI brings together a number of apparently unrelated proposals which would severely restrict individual rights in all walks of life.
Last week, for instance, the Assembly agreed to include within the new law a measure that would allow Prefects to sign off on a curfew for children aged under 13, out unaccompanied between the hours of 11 pm and 6 am.
At first sight, the family-oriented conservative would have to go for this – children off the streets and back home where they belong? First step in the right direction, eh?
Then, when you think it through = what’s a child of that age doing out anyway? How many would there be and what would be their profile? Well, we’re mainly talking flotsam – runaway kids, kids born out of sex industry accidents, kids without a home life. Off the street by 11? Where would they go?
Also, does it need the State to get kids off the street by that hour? Did there not use to be a person called a Parent? And why, if we support that provision, must all the other provisions be accepted along with it? For example – tighter internet laws, restrictions on bloggers and so on?
So we swing the other way and oppose the bill. Years down the track, they can throw at us that we opposed kids being off the streets by 11 p.m., ipso facto we support kids being on the streets at night, ipso facto we are libertarians who don’t care for the kids in our nation.
Welcome to the EU, which we support to the tune of £6bn a year and then they mete it back to us as earmarked crisis loans.
And you still want to be part of all that? [And Scotland is kidding itself if it thinks the EU is going to be more to its benefit than the Barnett formula - third last paragraph. It's already turning into a Brussels vassal whilst still enjoying the largesse of the English taxpayer.]
H/T IPJ and Xxxl
Filed under: Politics & economics
I’ve been talking about Regions 1-9 for many months. Many people accused me of wearing a bacofoil beret.
And here it is, the proof. We can expect this all to ramp up now as other regions come “online”. I have a terrible feeling about the whole thing.
Scotland? Salmond is still bleating about independence. I ask: Independence from whom, or what? Scotland (now known as Region 9, or, to give it its full title “The North Atlantic Region”), can never be independent from our rulers in Brussels. Although, if Scotland secedes from the Union it may force the rest of the UK to re-apply for membership, which brings an opportunity for us to walk away. Or, as I imagine, run away screaming with delight.
The first step for us is our exit from this monstrosity. It leeches from us, but unlike a true leech, it doesn’t know when it has sucked enough blood and it will surely kill its host.
We need to escape. I will gladly work on the tunnels.
CR.
Cap’n, the problem is to get the message out. One of your posts on it is a nice start here:
Reasons to be fearful.
The erudite Ranty has said it all, and well.
I would just like to add that they can shove it up their arses, thick end first, without the aid of any lubricants.
I was born a Brit and I’m fucking staying that way. End of.
I have nowt against the frogs and krauts (am I allowed to say that?) and I spend a good deal of my hard-earned in their countries every year. But I’m a fucking Brit.
I am not a European. No-one can make me so.
So fuck off, all of you. I’ve nearly had enough of this shit.
My shovel is your shovel, Capn.
I think that just about sums it up.
I think it would be fun for a kid. The following page has some good one too: Easy Magic Tricks for Kids