Gagging – Cameron’s Counter Extremism Measures
“Over generations, we in Britain have built something extraordinary: a successful multi-racial, multi-faith democracy. Our country today is more vibrant, buoyant and diverse than ever before in our history.” These are the opening words of our Prime Minister David Cameron’s forward to the document presenting his government’s ‘Counter Extremism Strategy’, and all people grounded in reality will recognise at once how delusional they are. While the population of Britain are indeed more ‘diverse’ than ever…
An Unnatural Growth
We have now been able to enjoy yet another episode in the “Project Fear” story as Dave and George ramp up their vision of a post-apocalypse Britain should we peasants dare to defy the global establishment and vote for freedom. This ghastly vision does cause one to wonder, and I am by no means the first to notice, what on earth did our Prime Minister think he was doing when he ordered a referendum knowing…
EU Referendum – Let’s Get Out While We Can!
Today David Cameron set out his reasons why Britain should remain within the European Union in a speech he made at the British Museum. His office released a full transcript of the speech and below I reproduce the main points of that speech together with my own rebuttals exposing the many flaws in his arguments: David Cameron began by rightly stating that the decision before the British people is a momentous one and one that…
Another Dodgy Dossier
How could anyone vote to leave the European Union now that we know that we will all be £4,300 a year better off by 2030 if we stay in? Except that we will all be better off anyway even if we leave, just not by quite as much – and all of that is assuming that economic growth continues at a predictable rate until 2030. And in economics nothing is predictable. If we are trying…
The Leaked Panama Papers
As we all know, a huge leak of more than eleven-million confidential documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. The documents allegedly show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge economic sanctions and avoid paying tax on their wealth. Mossack Fonseca is the fourth largest offshore law firm in the world. The firm is Panamanian but runs a…
Stronger, Safer, Better Off – Out!
After a great deal of huffing and puffing, of late night dramas, of last minute crises, of shirt sleeved “battling for Britain”, Mr. Cameron got his “deal”, just as we always knew he would; and it was an empty husk just as we had always known it would be. But it may be enough to deliver him the victory which he craves for he is undoubtedly an effective campaigner, and he has on his side not…
New Year – Same Old Drivel!
There follows a video and then a transcript of the Prime Minister David Cameron’s 2016 New Year message, together with a running commentary by Max Musson, the author of this article: DC: “It’s a New Year and with our economy growing, and a strong majority government in power, Britain begins it with renewed strength.” MM: The Conservative Party does have an overall majority in the Commons, however according to a recent Markit Report economic growth…
As Year Four of Our Struggle Begins
As 2015 draws to a close, many of us will be looking back over the year, assessing what has been achieved and deciding what new needs to be done if we are to be more successful in 2016, than we have been in the past. This is a time of year for reflection and for resetting our compass, if we have started drifting off course, and it is the same whether we are considering our…
Strong Fences Make Good Neighbours
People come up with all sorts of ideological reasons to try to explain conflict – “religion” is a favourite (Islam now, Christianity at various periods in the past), or nationalism, inequality, tyrannical government, whatever the bee may be in your particular bonnet. The truth is that these are mere excuses, evasions of the true causes of conflict which are ineradicable human characteristics – fear, or greed, or envy and thus the hatred which those emotions engender. The search for a solution…
Sixty Five Point Three Per Cent
By Frederick Dixon: If you were lucky – because it received little coverage – you will have caught that news item the other day; that the percentage of White British births in England and Wales fell in 2014 to its lowest level ever of 65.3%. Well, of course it was the lowest level ever (so far) because until not so long ago, and well within living memory, nearly everyone in the country was White British and so, naturally,…