Category Archives: Europe

Euro-elections 2009 Part III: BNP

Posted on May 25, 2009 by

The BNP is trying to soften its image. The literature I have in front of me has nice ‘soft’ pictures all over it: a family with two parents and three children, two girls, one boy, all happy and smiling; three … Continue reading →

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Euro-elections 2009 Part II: Liberal Democrats

Posted on May 21, 2009 by

Give the Lib Dems their due, they are the most avowedly Europhile party to communicate with this household so far. Obvious, you might think, but in some parts of the country (parts of Somerset and Cornwall, for instance) they strive … Continue reading →

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Euro-elections 2009: Part I – UKIP

Posted on May 20, 2009 by

A UKIP flyer appeared on my doorstep yesterday. Quite a few people who think like me politically might well be tempted to vote for them in the Euros, partly because they don’t think it matters very much, partly because they … Continue reading →

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A bit of Scotch mist

Posted on March 3, 2008 by

This link takes you to a leaflet put out in the East Renfrewshire constituency of Europe Minister Jim Murphy. It bears the imprint of the Constituency Labour Party. East Renfrewshire was one of the ten UK constituencies where a referendum … Continue reading →

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We want a referendum!

Posted on March 3, 2008 by

I borrowed the picture from the Daily Telegraph website. To read the full story follow this link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/neu203.xml As about 90% of a fairly respectable turn out in ten locally organised referendums have voted ‘No’ to the Lisbon Treaty isn’t … Continue reading →

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