Gordon Brown's gratuitous comments!

Gordon Brown, whilst sidestepping the anti-democratic nature of the appointements of two EU functionaries, suggested tonight in a very gratuitous way that the selection of a female "Foreign Minister of Europe" was a signal that discrimination was defeated and that equality was supported.

Where has this obsession got him? Are we now so politically correct that every time a woman is appointed to any position, gratuitous remarks about slaying some mythical discrimination dragon need amplifying. This is not a breaking down of a barrier. It is just an appointment. Sexism was only in his mind. He must be the only one in the world who thought that one up! Lack of democracy - YES! Sex discrimination - NO!

Shame on you, Mr. Brown.

Tony Blair to be King of Europe?

Well, not king exactly. More president of the EU edifice, chief nosey-parker and general busybody par excellence. Apparently Lady Kinnock, gravy train expert rider, thinks Blair had the "strength of character" and "status" to take on the job. She further waffles that "People know who he is, and he could step into this new role with a lot of respect and he would be generally welcomed." Is she deluded? This is a man who has a very tenuous grasp of the truth, a man who is generally devoid of political principle and who has a mental shuffling capacity known to no other man. I say man, because Lady Kinnock seems to be prepared to follow his lead and foist this dodgy dossier developer onto the European people.

William Hague is spot on with his analysis. "Any holder (of the EU presidency) is likely to try to centralise power for themselves in Brussels and dominate national foreign policies. In the hands of an operator as ambitious as Tony Blair, that is a near certainty. He should be let nowhere near the job." Nowhere near at all. Outer space is too close!

President Blair? No thank you!

EU Chief disdains democracy!

True to form the EU President gives a two-fingered salute to the Irish. Stuff their democratic decision. They got it wrong. They have to resit the exam! It's all like some Dickensian school with rogue teachers.

Jose Manuel Barroso, the EU chief, said, "The No vote in Ireland has not solved the problems which the Lisbon treaty is designed to solve... The European Commission believes that the remaining ratifications should continue to take their course." All of which have been kept far away from the electorates of these countries. Of course, the UK, France, Netherlands would vote NO if they could. So too would Germany. And probably the majority.

The EU is fast becoming a bad joke. Run by people who prefer snouts in money troughs, they are driven by the desire to get their hands on more lucre as the days go by. A joint statement came from the French and German governments who agreed, "We take note of the democratic decision of the Irish citizens with all due respect, even though we regret it." All due respect? How about the respect they show to their own people? Scant in the extreme!

Democracy is not what we think it is. The powerful will be led kicking and screaming to the edge before they give into to proper democracy. John Major described politics as a greasy pole. I think that's changed. It's now a bit like a Rubix cube. The players are all manipulated into position until the right result is achieved.

Well, Mr. Barroso! We have you rumbled, old chum! Your days are surely numbered.

It's the EU's way or it's the way out!

The European Union is fast becoming a haven for the undemocratic, the bureaucratically minded, and the plainly corrupt. I'm not sure which camp I put Richard Corbett, a British Labour MEP in. Probably a mixture of the first two. I'll be charitable and suggest that he's not corrupt. That's not to say that the others get off that lightly. There are plenty of corrupt characters floating around the Brussels edifice, some elected, others there by knowing which jobs get the biggest brown envelopes stuffed! Corbett is leading the European Union assembly’s political establishment in attempting to push through changes that will silence dissidents by changing the rules allowing Euro-MPs to form political groupings. Of course, their troughs will have silk rims to allow their snouts to escape unnecessary bruising when they rush to gobble up the cash savings!

Corbett’s proposals will also give the President of the Parliament sweeping powers to approve or reject parliamentary questions. A kind of censor-in-chief. The whole thing is disgraceful. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, claimed that the move goes hand in hand with the denial of popular votes on the new EU Treaty. "Welcome to your future. This shows an EU mindset that is arrogant, anti-democratic and frankly scary,” he said. "These people are so scared of public opinion they are willing to set in stone the right to ignore it. Freedom requires the governing elite to be held to account. They must be getting very worried if they are enacting such dictatorial powers for themselves." Very worried indeed.

Democracy has never been seen as a popular vehicle for the powerful. Those that are creating this United States of Europe do so by stealth rather than open debate. They have caused democracy to be the servant of their world rather than the master. We have been foolish in allowing it to happen.

Irish democracy hijacked by EU and its Irish stooges!

If you ever wondered how undemocratic the EU can be, then just reflect on how they simply HATE referendums. They much prefer the dodgy types like Berlusconi, a man who can win elections even if half the state prosecutors want him in jail!

So the EU mandarins have turned their gaze towards Ireland, where a referendum is to take place on the Constitutional Treaty that is supposed to be something else! They have helped to try to fix the outcome by "suggesting" it would be a good idea if Bertie Ahern went before the poll took place. Daniel Hannan poses this on his Telegraph blog.

Why did Bertie Ahern stand down as Ireland’s Prime Minister? Alright, because he is facing corruption allegations, but why did he resign now? The Guardian’s Henry McDonald, who knows a thing or two about Irish politics, is in no doubt. The Taoiseach stood down to ensure a “Yes” vote in the only national referendum on the European Constitution Lisbon Treaty that the EU couldn’t cancel.

McDonald quotes a senior Irish government source saying: “Fianna Fáil didn’t want the referendum on the European treaty to be diverted into an electoral judgment on Bertie Ahern. His going now gives Brian Cowen a chance to sell the yes campaign on its merits for Ireland free from any diversions such as Ahern’s personal finances.”

Makes sense to me. Had Bertie stuck around, the plebiscite might have become a referendum on what the Irish call “gombeenism” (very roughly, “sleaze”). And the last thing Eurocrats want, what with their accounts not having been audited for 13 years, is a vote about corruption. So now, instead of the referendum being a chance to vote “No” to a discredited leader, it’ll be held in the middle of the honeymoon of his successor – almost certainly the Euro-fanatical Brian Cowen (known to his detractors as “Biffo” Cowen: Big Ignorant F***er From Offaly”).

Well, I hope the voters in Ireland see through this Euro-Gombeenism (great new hyphenated word for me!) and vote NO without any hesitation. They won't be voting against Europe, or trade, or good international relations, but they will be denying the troughfeeders in Brussels the satisfaction they are so desperately wanting.

We need to stand up for democracy. This new guy, Biffo Cowen......well! If he's such a big so-and-so from Offally, then the NO vote should be massive.

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