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Victory in Europe at last… but not for us this time

The Citizen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:14:41 +0000

The latest stand-off between Britain and Germany will of course have a range of consequences for this country: some good, some bad.

To understand the reality behind this political pantomime, we should first step back and put recent events into perspective.

It has actually been a slow but relentless strategy on the part of the [...]

Third time lucky for the Germans? Beware the new ‘auditors’.

The Citizen — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:09:24 +0000

So now Germany is telling the spineless Cameron what to do on a referendum. (Telegraph, 18 Nov).

Cameron looks increasingly like a modern Neville Chamberlain. Appeasement of the Germans for fear of causing trouble didn’t work the first time and it won’t work this time.

His lack of leadership, and the Tories’ refusal to let [...]

Borders? What borders? The witless Tories just let everyone in!

The Citizen — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:11:49 +0000

Who’da thought it? The Nasty Party have let their trousers (or knickers) fall down to reveal… nothing!

No immigration policy, no controls, no borders – and without a clue.

Home Secretary Teresa ‘Kitten Heels’ May hasn’t even been to see if the UK Border Force is fit for purpose at our ports and airports. Clearly, [...]

TWO HUNDRED more homes a day needed JUST for immigrants

The Citizen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:04:35 +0000

It’s official, but swept under the carpet: 36% of new households will be a result of immigration so we will have to build, on average, 200 homes a day for the next 25 years just to house the extra population arising from immigration.

Even if house building were to increase by 25% over the current [...]

Tories privatise the nation, as planned. British people take the hit.

The Citizen — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:28:49 +0000

The effects of Tories privatising Britain are starting to hit home, and it’s the people who take the hit, not the rich or the bankers who created the problems.

Well, what did people expect when they voted Tory last year? Were they taken in by the nice green tree in their new logo? No [...]

If you’re not religious, say ‘NO’

The Citizen — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:37:15 +0000

The census data on religion produced by the 2001 census gave a wholly misleading picture of the religiosity of the UK, cutting the number of non-religious people in half.

If you say you’re religious on the census and don’t really mean it, then you are treated by some sections of the media, churches, and even [...]

Scrounging foreigners v. affordable homes for real Londoners

The Editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:42:18 +0000

Click to see Newsnight video

In one sense I can see what the Tories want to do: end the nonsense of giving taxpayer money to scroungers who are too work-shy to get a job.

In thousands of cases we subsidise, with obscene amounts of our money, those who have arrived in the [...]

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