The Albion Alliance: Cross-party independence alliance

The Albion Alliance was launched today, to bring together people from all parties who want a referendum on the EU.

Ian Parker-Joseph explains why we need the alliance:

Numerous opinion polls tell us that 70% of the voting public want a referendum on the EU.

Over the past 40 years Britain has been led, against the wishes of its people, into a political union by a discredited political elite without so much as a single vote on the issue from the public. The last time the public were consulted, in 1975, it was for a simple trading partnership called the EEC. No-one has agreed to a political union where the law of this land will be made by unelected officials in a far off land.

We believe that the forthcoming General Election should be the catalyst that forces that referendum. A referendum that simply asks the public:

“Should the United Kingdom remain in a political union with the other member states of the EU. Yes or No?”

In order to force this issue to the top of the agenda, not in another 5 years, but as a priority for any incoming government, we will be asking every PPC to unreservedly commit to putting the country before party by signing up to the principles laid out in this Albion Alliance.

We are not asking any PPC to abandon his or her own party, nor to set up a party in opposition, but to simply put the people whose votes they are asking for, and their country, before all else, irrespective of the Party Whip.

When they become a signatory to the Albion Alliance, they are pledging to force this referendum, they will be asked to carry the Albion Alliance logo on their campaign website and literature, so that you the voter will know that if you vote for this candidate, they have pledged to granting the public that all important voice on the future of these Islands, a United Kingdom, a land once known as Albion.

The public will then know when they are making that all important decision on who to vote for, a vote for a PPC who is pledged to the Albion Alliance means a candidate who is committed to a referendum, where we hope to find a majority of A.A. MP’s across all political parties once the election is over. Such an alliance would also consider policies that are likewise mutually compatable and can be agreed with the members.

I have already made that pledge, and I urge you to write to your current MP, and then to all the PPC’s intending to stand for election in your constituency urging them to make the pledge to the A.A., The Albion Alliance.

Thank you.
Ian Parker-Joseph
Leader, Libertarian Party UK & PPC Torfaen

Join the Albion Alliance.

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Labour's doublespeak

Politics Home reports:

Gordon Brown and Andy Burnham announced a free health check to all those over 45, the right to see a cancer specialist within two weeks of diagnosis, and the right to treatment of cancer within eighteen weeks.

"It is part of a move away from a target-led approach", said Mr Brown.

How does the setting the setting of three new targets represent a move away from the target-led approach?

Sheer doublespeak.

Definition of doublespeak:

evasive, ambiguous, high-flown language intended to deceive or confuse.  A deliberate, calculated misuse of language.

Doublespeak attributes:

• misleading
• distortion of reality
• pretence at communication
  
• making the bad seem good
• avoiding or shifting responsibility
• making the negative appear positive
• creating a false verbal map of the world
• limiting, concealing, corrupting, and shutting down thought
• making the unpleasant appear attractive or tolerable
• creating incongruity between reality and what is said or not said

EU: Like the Soviet Union, says Pravda

Each passing day sees more of our liberties die, as we descend into totalitarianism - the basis on which the real EU was founded.

The spiel, the "narrative" for we plebs, was that it would be a common market of nation states - a community of nations that would put an end to war.

The way the EU is headed, thanks to the Lisbon Treaty which Cameron won't repeal, war looks increasingly likely. Not war between nations, but war between the governed and our self-appointed ruling 'elites', who have exempted themselves, forever, from prosecution.

Hans Vogal (Pravda), describes the similarities between Gestapo, Stasi and EU 'policing':

The Stasi, inheriting brutal, effective Gestapo methods, was keeping tabs on most of the East German population. Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, it listened in on all telephone conversations, opened all envelopes and read all letters. It kept controls on anyone entering or leaving the country. An army of almost 100,000 secret agents, helped by 200,000 civilian collaborators, spied day and night on East Germany's 16 million citizens. Most European governments today are using time-honored Stasi techniques to keep their citizens under surveillance. However, technology has advanced so impressively since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, that today's government spooks glean more information on unwitting civilians than the most fanatical Stasi agent would have hoped for in his wildest fantasies.

Vladimir Bukovsky spent many years in Russian labour camps and psychiatric prisons for defending human rights. He came to Britain in 1976. He lectures and writes on the old Soviet system and the EU

Vladimir Bukovsky's warning:



What's the solution to this creeping communism? Leave the UK< EU. But to do that, you'll need to vote UKIP.

Update:

The Bukovsky video comes from Britain on the Brink (below), produced in 2007, which features Christopher Booker and constitutional experts. (4-part autoplay):

Government snoopers to invade your home to check your smoke alarm

Yesterday, we learned about a mother who was branded an abuser and followed home by police and questioned, after she threatened to smack her child for being naughty.

Now these communists want to send inspectors into our homes to ensure that we've installed smoke alarms properly.

These intrusive measures are coming thick and fast - sometimes several per day.  How much damage will this unspeakably vile 'government' do before it is kicked out of office in March 2010?

The Mail reports: (Update: The Mail removed this story 09/11/2009)

Family homes could be invaded by health and safety inspectors checking that parents are keeping their children safe.

Whitehall is recommending that inspectors make sure parents have fitted smoke alarms, stair gates, locks on medicine cupboards, windows and ovens, and temperature controls to stop bath water getting too hot.

The proposed scheme was condemned by critics yesterday as a nightmarish intrusion into family life.

The Department of Health has already had the National Institute of Clinical Excellence draw up guidelines to reduce ' unintentional injuries among under-15s in the home'.

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The guidance states: 'A home risk assessment involves systematically identifying potential hazards in the home, evaluating those risks and proving information-or advice on how to reduce them.'

Devices specified by the guidelines including smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, hot water temperature restrictors, safety and stair gates, and oven, window and door guards and locks.

There will be repeated return visits to check that parents have maintained their safety devices.

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Researcher Patricia Morgan said: 'This is a nightmarish prospect. This is vetting and barring extended to the home. It is a major step towards total state control. When state intervention creeps into your home, where does it end? Will you have to have cameras in your house?'

Shami Chakrabarti, of Liberty, the human rights group, said: 'Why can't we have a public information campaign before we rush into creating databases and intrusion and introducing bureaucracy to the living room?'

Simon Davies, of watchdog group Privacy International, said: 'The problem here is the additional powers that would go to government authorities.

'Anybody who stands in the way of inspections will be considered suspect. This represents a landmark expansion of government intervention in home life. It must be regarded with great concern and suspicion.'

He added: 'If the database identifies you but you are unco-operative or you refuse to comply, the next step will be your door broken down at five in the morning. That will happen as surely as night follows day.'

Update:

As predicted, this is just one of a raft of measures designed to spy on you, dressed up in fluffy "health and safety" and "evironment" clothes, as the Standard reports:

“Neighbourhood Champions”* will be expected to pass on evidence of graffiti, fly-tipping, litter and excessive noise.

They could eventually be trained to report child abuse, domestic violence, racial harassment and other “hate crimes”.

The plan is expected to be approved this week in Harrow. The council says the scheme, which has the backing of the Met commander for the borough, will increase pride in the community.

But critics today raised fears over civil liberties, warning that it is the latest example of a surveillance society.

Susie Squires, of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: “Community spirit and looking out for your neighbours is one thing, but snooping is another. Residents are already able to report nuisances as part of normal procedure. Taxpayers are sick and tired of being spied on. This creates distrust."

* Harrow Council has 2000 snoopers for every 100 residents. Harrow is a Conservative council!


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