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Still giving away power to the EU

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Do you remember that nice Mr Cameron seeming to promise not to give away more power to the EU without asking us first? Except of course it was only to block “new treaties” anything done under existing treaties is just fine. That this has had no effect on the tide of legislation coming from the EU and in fact wasn’t intended to have any effect was shown clearly when our new ConDem overlords adopted the EU arrest warrant. The EU is also setting up it’s own diplomatic service and can now supervise our national budget – and their latest acquisition … Continue reading →

Paranoid triangulation

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A couple of unrelated articles caught my eye a bit today and led me to wonder just how unrelated they really where, or rather to ponder the impact of both of them coming to pass. Old Holborn highlighted the NUJ calling for state support for the vital democratic work of “proper” journalists. Rather than deal with their work not generally being worth much they like us all to be taxed and then given vouchers to give to “proper” news outlets. I figure this actually has a reasonable chance of getting implemented in some form, as it’s a neat way for … Continue reading →

Spooks ask for more money and power

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In a shock statement the head of MI5 would like more money, or at least not to have to make cuts, and if they could please continue to lock up anyone they thing is a wrong ‘un then that would be just dandy. In the meantime they’ll continue to work very hard blocking all sorts of threats they can’t tell us about, and the increasing number of attacks they expect to see from the bog trotters, Somali’s and other third world nations. Full article here and remember just because someone isn’t breaking criminal law it’s no reason not to lock … Continue reading →