Zero Hour – And a New Beginning!
During the latter part of 2009 I can remember a recurring theme at the local BNP meetings at which I spoke, something that is not spoken about now, the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon, which effectively turned the pre-existing consolidated European Treaty into the ‘Constitution of the EU’. As such, the Treaty of Lisbon negated all prior attempts by member states of the EU to retain their sovereign nation status and resist absorption into a European…
A ‘Second Referendum’ on EU Membership?
The European Union Referendum Act 2015 is an Act of Parliament that made provision for a non-binding referendum to be held in the UK on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union or leave. The bill was introduced to the House of Commons by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 28 May 2015 and the Act was subsequently passed by 544 votes to 53 on 9 June…
Brexit – It doesn’t have to be this way!
Following the historic referendum decision by a majority of the British people for the UK to leave the European Union we have had several days now of alternately hysterical and/or petulant reaction on the part of Remain campaigners, many of whom were stunned by the result and are now in a state of denial, desperately calling for a second referendum in the hope that last Thursday’s decision can be reversed. However, not only have Remain…
To All Facebook Whingers – Grow Up!
I expect many people will have been hotly debating the EU referendum result on Facebook with friends and relatives, just as I have and the following is the text of a message that I posted recently and which should effectively silence any whinging on the part of those who voted Remain: “To all my friends and relatives who have for the last few days been bemoaning the fact that the democratic decision of the British people…