Are the EU’s data privacy laws so heavy-handed that they inhibit innovation, especially by small or start-up enterprises? Did you want another reminder that you’re being watched? To be honest we don’t know anything more about you now you’re here but the folk at WordPress might. Whenever you visit a new website today there’s an … More This Website Uses Cookies
A précis of previous posts on this theme In 2015 The European Commission published a report by five EU presidents of its key groups, led by Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the Commission. We reviewed this document, which fairly clearly laid out where they intended to take economic and monetary union (EMU), in three posts. … More Themes-12: Evidence
The European Ombudsman says that too much is agreed behind closed doors and that the public has a right to know how EU policy is decided. Who decided the fisherman’s quota or the farmer’s choice of pesticide? “Not a lot of people know that” (as Michael Caine claims he never said) and we certainly don’t. … More A Light in the Dark
A précis of previous posts on this theme The EU’s founders and current leaders hold the citizens of Europe in disdain and their elected, national governments in contempt for being elected, and therefore impermanent. They think what is needed is a unified, supra-national entity, or federal government, which has the powers to override the decisions … More Themes-11: Disdain & Contempt
We quote from and comment on the views of a committed Remainer towards the up-coming elections to the European Parliament. The views we quote coincide with those of the EU, which we challenge. Last week (16/05/19) The Economist newspaper published an article titled: “The second-biggest democratic show on Earth”. Presumably The Economist (TE from here … More What on Earth?
A précis of previous posts on this theme The EU often expounds, for our benefit, its principles and rules. We are expected to believe that the EU adopts practices that are consistent with its own principles and rules; it doesn’t. Such things are for others to follow and, when it feels it is necessary the … More Themes-10: Breaking EU Rules
We wanted to provide our commentary on the EU election campaign leaflets of the main party contenders but that’s difficult because we haven’t received most of them. Nick, living in the Prime Minister’s constituency, hasn’t received the Tory leaflet; he did get the LibDem’s flyer but binned it immediately – fortunately he was able to … More EU Parliament Elections
A précis of previous posts on this theme When Edward Heath explained to the public the implications for the UK of joining the Common Market he said there would be no loss of sovereignty. In fact the civil service had briefed the Cabinet differently – Heath lied. The UK Civil Service, through the Foreign and … More Themes-9: Lies & Deceptions
If you have linked here from Questions, Questions then this is the place to find out what we think are the right answers. However, we hope that you will provide your own responses and perhaps some counter opinions. If so, please contribute to our Comments section on this blog. Many of these questions we have … More Questions and Some Answers
Did voters know what to ask about the merits of staying in or leaving the EU in 2016 and would they know better now? Antonio, one of our regular readers, commented on a recent post [1] “It seems that Britons have more right questions to ask, and answers about Brexit or not Brexit, than in … More Questions, Questions
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