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It was, I seem to recall, a Tuesday evening and I was sat at my
desk in the EP. Nikki Sinclaire was in the adjoining office.
Some time earlier we had been talking about the government’s
offer to debate matters in parliament if 100,000 citizens would
present a request by petition. There was no mechanism in
place at that time, nor did there appear to be any real hurry to
put one in place. Nikki had identified this as an opportunity to
call for a referendum on our country’s continued membership of
the EU.Nikki suggested some words, I put them down and sent them
through to her, she e-mailed me back some changes, I finished
it off. It didn’t look bad at all….“We the undersigned call for a binding national referendum to
decide whether Her Majesty’s Government should invoke
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to negociate the United
Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union….”The campaign was launched at a meeting in Torquay on
September 3rd 2010, and so we set out to find 100,000 signatures.There was uncertainty as to whether 10 Downing Street would
accept the petition. They accepted it, in fact they took in over
200,000 signatures.There was uncertainty as to whether the Commons Backbench
Business Committee would debate the matter. They debated it,
and we saw the biggest backbench revolt the government had
experienced up to that point.The idea of a referendum was voted down, but the matter
would not go away. Nikki’s polling proved that the people
wanted to have their say.This coming Friday, Nov 8th, we will see the Commons review
the European Union (Referendum) Bill.—————————————————————What impressed me was the level of cross-party support for the
petition. Only UKIP failed to support us. Indeed, a UKIP member
who had asked if he should support the petition kindly
forwarded to me a letter he had received from the UKIP leader’s
office. Here is a short extract: “Petitions, I may say, are useful
for publicising issues and recruiting activists; but, where such a
fundamental policy as rejecting the EU is concerned, there is no
prospect whatever of a pro-EU government’s acceding to a
petition.”However, once it became clear that we were winning the battle,
the referendum suddenly became UKIP’s ‘greatest achievement’.As recently as last month, a journalist in Strasbourg reported to
me that two UKIP MEPs had told him that they were opposed to a
referendum on this matter.————————————————————–Of course, this is not an isolated case. During the 2010 General
Election campaign, HS2 was the main issue on the doorstep.
This is a project that will have serious implications for West
Midlanders and indeed many people in the UK.UKIP’s manifesto for that election included the party’s desire to:
‘introduce three high-speed lines linking London to the Midlands,
northern England and Birmingham.’ That reads to me like an
approval of HS2!Now that opposition to HS2 has become a major dynamic,
guess what? UKIP is now ‘the only party that has consistently
opposed HS2?.There have been attempts to airbrush the 2010 manifesto out of
existence, but you can find all you need to know HERE.
Hi,
Nigel Farage was a director of his own company in cahoots with his brother.
It is also interesting to note that Nigel Farage lied about his Isle of Man tax dodge when he claimed he had not used it as he deposited about £!/4Million to his account in one cheque alone! The account is called Farage Educational Trust so perhaps he was merely being dishonest by seeking to mislead!
There is of course nothing dishonest about seeking to set up legal scams to avoid tax merely utter hypocricy when it is a politician particularly.
We all know high rollers such as footballers, comedians, entertainers and other hugely over paid individuals use such as Baxendale Walker to get out of paying taxes.
You may find Baxendale walker of help if you, like Nigel Farage, are grossly over remunerated just look him up on Google and draw your own conclusions – personally I find the man odious and beneath contempt on many counts, not least of which is his life style and bimbettes and his exploitation of every law he can find for gain, or so it seems.
He would seem to have the financial morality of scum like Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Hamish Grossart, Angus Grossart and their ilk in my opinion but ethics and morality are clearly varied it would seem.
Much as Nigel Farage may be a consumate performer I for one find his ethics and morality deeply suspect and his ruthless derfence of his position at the troughs on the gravy train and his self serving authoritarian control of UKIP for personal gain beneath contempt. Particularly in respect to his abuse of patriotism for personal gain!
I am minded of the individual who recently offered a large donation to UKIP to match that which Farage made from his income, in percentage terms.
I gather he had no need to put his hand in his pocket.
We all remember Stuart Wheelers generouls offer to match any £10K or more donation by a UKIP MEP which has I gather cost him not one Penny to date!
Minded of the pensions for life these MEPs will also will also earn it does look as if it is not the cause of Leave-The-EU they are most interested in but their own self serving greed!
Regards,
Greg_L-W.