LORD STODDART pins down Blair Government on COST of EU

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Eurofacts -22nd June-2007

Vol 12 No 18

In a written question in the House of Lords, Lord Stoddart of Swindon has pinned the [Blair ]Government down on the estimated cost of

BRITISH MEMBERSHIP OF THE EU

-between

2007 and 2013

The reply from the Government on 4th June confirms fears that Britain's net contributions will climb to over 10 billion this year [2007].

Lord Stoddart points out:

 

" the figures the Government quotes are based on 2004 prices and anything

up to

20%

should probably be added to these already extortionate costs."

Lord Stoddart also highlights the fact that our contributions would dramatically increase if the British REBATE

[abatement] were to be lost.

" Given the intense pressure the British Government has been under in recent years to

GIVE UP THE REBATE

-this is a real concern."

The figures extracted from the Government by Lord Stoddart are set out in the table below.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

£billion -2004 prices (payments)

     Year      Gross contribution before      Abatement

2007---------------14.2--------------------------------3.9

       2008--------------14.6-------------------------------4.6 to 4.7

       2009--------------13.7-------------------------------4.8 to 4.9

        2010------------- 14.4-------------------------------3.8 to 3.9

    2011-13----------14.1 to 14.5------------------------3.5 to 4.1-

 

Eurofacts 22nd June -2007

 

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Britain's EU payments' to double'

 

by

Sam Fleming

[Daily Mail -Economics Correspondent-June 8-2007]

 

BRITAIN'S contributions to the European Union will double by the beginning of the next decade.

Research shows that our net payments to Brussels will reach £6.5 billion by 2011.

The surge comes after the Government surrendered billions of pounds of [our hard fought for REBATE payments ] in 2005. Britain is also getting less back from Brussels following the enlargement of the EU [to 27 members].

Euro-sceptic group Global Vision said abandoning Britain's payments to Brussels could raise more than enough cash to scrap inheritance tax or knock 1.5p off the basic rate of income tax.

Director Ruth lea said:

'The overall BUDGET of the EU is rising, not least because of all the new member states. It's a fact of life. We're set to pay £6.5 billion for the privilege of being members of the EU and a lot of people question whether this is value for money.

'We could let people keep more of their money, cutting income tax or scrapping IHT, or we could see some better roads. The Defence Budget is creaking, and £6.5 billion would transform the situation.'

Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne said

'These shocking figures show just how much people in this country are going to be paying for the Blair-Brown sell-out of the

EU REBATE

-not just one year , but year after year after year. That's the Blair-Brown legacy to Britain.'

The UK's Brussels REBATE was first clinched by Margaret Thatcher in 1984, as recompense for our relatively paltry share of EU funds and agricultural subsidies.

Mr Blair gave way in the face of intense EU pressure in December 2005 by agreement to steep reductions in the REBATE. Earlier this year Mr Brown attempted to unpick the agreement, but his efforts failed.

Last night, a Treasury spokesman said Britain's contributions to the EU are similar to those of other large member states. 'This analysis is simply selectively quoting from certain periods of time to make headlines.' he said.

[Balderdash!-and more Balderdash! - as usual the ventriloquist like dummy from the miss-speak and miss-truth laboratory has spoken and as usual precipitately without any thought on the matter. might we remind the indoctrinated vessel that very little has changed for the better since that 1984 hand-bag attack on the robbers from Brussels. We hope the next Government will have the same determination to put through the necessary Bill to stop payments for a more realistic and much lower contribution to be made to the corrupt and wasteful excuse for a supposed Common Market -but better still save up to $100 billion year by leaving the devouring monster of our country's

 PURSE-STRINGS and FREEDOM

- as quickly as possible.

HOWEVER

We draw some comfort of the good news that the EU machinery is too inefficient to allow the EU Commission to spend as much of our money as it would like. -More Eurofacts details to follow shortly.

 

 

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A Snippet from our FRONT PAGE of November,2006 to show the uselessness of the so-called

HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION

ON THE

 

The Police and Justice Bill

 

THE Tories could have let the Government have its squalid little TREATY only by using the Parliament Act.

Instead, it was left to the LibDems with some Tory rebels, to fight to the last. The LibDems' Lord Goodhart, an engagingly mole-like figure, called the Conservatives' performance shameful.'

Lord Lyell (Con) a former attorney general dozed through the debate. Great! But Lord Tibbit (Con) was more alert. He asked Lady Scotland a couple of questions about whether the TREATY meant IRA murderers living in America would now get off scot free...

The answer, although naturally she did not put it so plainly was

YES!

Excerpt -Quentin Letts-Yesterday in Parliament-Nov 8-2006

 

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EU directive on road charging 'sneaked through Parliament'

by

David Millward

 

[Daily Telegraph- Transport Correspondent -June 22 -2007]

BRITAIN has secretly signed up to a pan-Eruopean road pricing scheme. It became clear last night.

Legislation that would allow Brussels to decide what technology was used in any charging scheme was taken through the Commons without debate.

It was contained in a Statutory Instrument  [Delegated legislation; orders], normally a routine measure that passes through Parliament on the nod.

But in this case it was made a European Directive - legally binding in Britain and as a result has set limits to the technology that can be used in any charging scheme

The AA said London's congestion charging scheme could fall foul of this directive unless Ken livingstone, the capital's mayor, convinced ministers that it was Harmonised with other systems in Britain - and ultimately Europe.

 

Under-pining the directive is the European Union's desire that equipment used in any pricing scheme would be useable in all 27 member states.

Know as the Road Tolling interoperability of Road User Charging and Road Tolling Systems, it sets out three acceptable technologies.

One is using tag and beacon technology, which relies on a smart card on the card windscreen read by roadside gantry cameras.

A alternative is adapting mobile phone technology which would entail installing the equivalent of a sim card to enable the car to be tracked.

The third and most controversial proposal is satellite tracking with cars carrying a black box.

"This is the worst nightmare for those who fear 'Big Brother' tracking," said a a spokesman. "The loss of privacy is our greatest fear. We also suspect that this has been specified so that Brussels can argue the case for its expensive

Galileo satillite system."

[Futher details to follow of Galileo: a white elephant in space

The EU's satillite navigation system is

 LATE-OVER BUDGET-AND COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY

Eurofacts 25th May -2007]

 

 

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A Reminder of the Past

OF

Conservative skulduggery

BACK in 1972 -Tories desert to EU camp

SHORT-TERM SELF-INTEREST EXPLOITED

The UK Accession Bill

 passed its Third reading on 13th July 1972

by a majority of 17.

Earlier, the debate on the Second reading had lasted for four days (16-19 February, 1972), with the Labour Party then officially committed to opposing the legislation. BUT, as happened with the Maastricht Bill two decades later, as Christopher Booker and Richard North observe, 'faced with the possible collapse of their Government, most of the Conservative 'anti-marketeers gritted their teeth' (treacherously, short-sighted and very foolishly -Ed.) 'and walked through the 'aye' lobby. Despite that, 15 Tories voted with the Opposition. TRAITOR Edward Heath got his vote, but only by a water-thin margin:

309 to 301'.

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The above result has had such catastrophic consequences 35 years later when Tony Blair signed the

New European Constitution

27 times and this before the referendum had taken place.

All matters concerning the

CONSTITUTION

-should need at least three fourths vote to became law. But certain elements of our

CONSTITUTION

Should be inviolable and passed on to future generations

FOR EVER.

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[Font Altered-Bolding & Underlining Used-Comments in Brackets]

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THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN-IS THE EU COMMISSION LISTENING?

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Ditch the EU TREATY after IRISH REJECTION

SAY VOTERS

by

Daniel Martin

Political Reporter

[Daily Mail-Wednesday, June 18,2008]

MORE THAN HALF of voters believe Britain should drop the controversial European Treaty in the wake of its rejection in last week's

IRISH REFERENDUM'

The poll comes as the Tories launch a last-ditch bid in the

HOUSE of LORDS

today to delay the

RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY.

And

10,000 people

have signed a

PETITION

on the

DOWNING STREET- WEBSITE

within the past few days

JUNE16-2008

, calling on the

GOVERNMENT

NOT TO RATIFY THE BILL

[WHY DON'T YOU?]

 

Downing Street website is

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/

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JUNE 18-2008

 

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Let the people speak!

www.makeitanissue.org.uk

 

 

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www.noliberties.com

[Latest Addition - June07]

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www.eutruth.org.uk

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www.thewestminsternews.co.uk

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www.speakout.co.uk

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Daniel Hannan - Forming an OPPOSITION to the EU

www.telegraph.co.uk.blogs

 

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GORDON BROWN WANTS TRUST-BUT WHY WON'T HE TRUST YOU?

HELL ON EARTH IN IRAQ

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67% want powers back from EU-ICM poll-June 21-2007-95% of British people want a REFERENDUM

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PETITION

FOR A

REFERENDUM

SIGN TODAY ON LINE

telegraph.co.uk/eureferendum

July 18-2007

ALSO

JOIN THE 10 DOWNING STREET PROTEST

Readers can add their support to the growing clamour for a REFERENDUM on the '"REFORM TREATY" by signing up to a 10 Downing Street 0n-line petition

(http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/EU-treaty-NON/)

The  Petition reads as follows:

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to guarantee that the British people will be permitted a binding REFERENDUM on any and all attempts to resurrect the EU " CONSTITUTION" (and any or all of its content) regardless of nomenclature."

Deadline for the PETITION is 31st January,2008

Eurofacts 27th July 2007.

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'The Spirit of England'

by

Winston Churchill

In London on St.George's Day -1953

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VOTE

 -2007

 

TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION

WITH THE ONLY PARTY WITH A MANDATE

TO SET YOU

 FREE

 

THE

UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY

www.ukip.org

THE QUESTION THAT THE VOTER MUST ANSWER

 

DO YOU WISH TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LAW AND CUSTOM OR BY THE CORRUPT ,EXPENSIVE UNACCOUNTABLE AND CORRUPT ALIEN BUSYBODY BRUSSELS’

 

-SIMPLE IS IT NOT?

 

TO RECLAIM YOUR DEMOCRACY DON'T VOTE FOR THE TRIPARTITE PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER

BUT

SMALL PARTIES THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS WITHOUT SPIN AND LIES.

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ONLY

PRO-PORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

WILL BRING DEMOCRACY BACK TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE

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SCOTLAND -ITS PARLIAMENT -WALES-ITS ASSEMBLY-ENGLAND-STILL AWAITS ITS PARLIAMENT-WHY?

 

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Home Rule for Scotland

WHY NOT

HOME RULE for ENGLAND

 

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