http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/ Roger Helmer MEP Sun, 18 May 2008 00:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1667 Derek Tipp Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:54:33 +0000 http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1667 I think you should appeal as far as possible. (a) you have a very good case (b) it will cause them more agro (c) you must stand up for freedom, as you always do. I think you should appeal as far as possible.
(a) you have a very good case
(b) it will cause them more agro
(c) you must stand up for freedom, as you always do.

]]> http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1662 Struan Jamieson Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:09:09 +0000 http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1662 You know the more I read about HGP, I take the view that we should be far from the maddening Kraut You know the more I read about HGP, I take the view that we should be far from the maddening Kraut

]]> http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1653 Mike Stallard Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:14:03 +0000 http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/600-the-price-of-free-speech-in-strasbourg/#comment-1653 Her Pottering reminds me very much of a teacher at my old school who couldn't keep order. He let his little pets get away with blue murder and then punished at random quite unjustly. The problem seems to me that you never get a chance to put your point of view, and nobody listens when you do anyway (outside the chamber). The EU seems to think that the Parliament represents the democratic part of the constitution.... How, for instance, can you show you disgust at the secret corruption scandal which is going on as we speak? How can you ask what basis the constitution has when the perpetrators are scared to have even one fair referendum? How can you justify to your party (NB not your constituents because you don't have any) the way that one side in the irish referendum is being supported with money and not the other? You have not got a voice, have you. Just a little electric button to show your agreement. Margot Wallstrom's website is fascinating. She thinks that Herr Pottinger was brilliantly witty telling you demonstrators not to be so childish. Ha Ha. Serves them right! You are there to rubber stamp the output of the Commissioners. If you overstep that, then, in Nye Bevan's words, your "mouth will not be stopped with gold." Bastards! Her Pottering reminds me very much of a teacher at my old school who couldn’t keep order. He let his little pets get away with blue murder and then punished at random quite unjustly.
The problem seems to me that you never get a chance to put your point of view, and nobody listens when you do anyway (outside the chamber). The EU seems to think that the Parliament represents the democratic part of the constitution….
How, for instance, can you show you disgust at the secret corruption scandal which is going on as we speak? How can you ask what basis the constitution has when the perpetrators are scared to have even one fair referendum? How can you justify to your party (NB not your constituents because you don’t have any) the way that one side in the irish referendum is being supported with money and not the other? You have not got a voice, have you. Just a little electric button to show your agreement.
Margot Wallstrom’s website is fascinating. She thinks that Herr Pottinger was brilliantly witty telling you demonstrators not to be so childish. Ha Ha. Serves them right!
You are there to rubber stamp the output of the Commissioners. If you overstep that, then, in Nye Bevan’s words, your “mouth will not be stopped with gold.”
Bastards!

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