Meanwhile in the real world I have a presentation to a coach load of Cumbrians later on this afternoon. The subject, which is currently being flashed up on screens across the European Parliament, is – The Cumbrian Floods – Caused By Global Capitalism, Not Global Warming.

You might wish to see the press release that was put out earlier today, but I am absolutely sure you would like a screenshot of one of those electronic notices.

BNP’s First European Parliament Exhibition: “Flooding in Cumbria”

The British National Party’s first ever European parliament exhibition, titled “The Cumbrian Floods — Caused by Global Capitalism, not Global Warming” will be launched this evening in Brussels, Nick Griffin MEP’s office staff have announced.

The exhibition, which will consist of brochures, a slide show, a talk by Mr Griffin and a specially commissioned ten minute film, will reveal how the November 2009 disaster in Cumbria was the result of a lack of investment in infrastructure caused by privatisation and not “climate change.”

“The flooding was blamed on what was called a once-in-a-thousand-year rainfall,” said Eddy Butler, researcher on Mr Griffin’s staff.

“By implication this meant climate change. The reality is that the blame for the tragedy in Cumbria rests with the companies responsible for maintaining the local infrastructure,” he said.

This afternoon most of the business will revolve around the plan to set up a European State organ donation facility with scope for utilising body parts from the Third World. Obviously most of these measures have nothing to do with Britain´s national interest, but amongst the proposed legislation you can find opportunities to do at least a little good.

One such opportunity, which this morning I thought I had missed, came by the way of two doctors from Cambridge University Hospitals. Earlier they had written to me stating that they had grave concerns about one particular amendment:

We write on behalf of Cambridge University Hospitals to comment on Amendment 31 to Article 15 of the proposed Directive on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation. We understand that this amendment is due to be considered by the ENVI Committee on 16 March.

‘Living donations must be carried out within a robust clinical and regulatory framework.’

Naturally enough, being in full agreement with their argument and despite someone initially stealing my voting card, I voted accordingly.

With regards the Commission white paper, “Adapting to Climate Change” unfortunately that, with the help of the Conservatives, made it through by 49 – 3. You will be pleased to know that I was one of the three voting against this ruinously expensive nonsense.

As you can see from the images I captured on my N96 this morning I’ve been exploring the local area in the sunshine. Disappointingly Lampton Hill, the home of the famous Lampton Worm isn’t exactly well signposted or marked.

Keeping this blog local, following on from the decision by the National Union of Students to terrorise students at Durham University into abandoning a debate involving Andrew Brons, it seems that there will be unexpected consequences. So upset are Durham students about threats of physical violence by the NUS that they are seriously thinking about keeping the £20,000 a year it costs to be told effectively what they can and cannot think. Such a saving, I am told, is seriously on the agenda as Durham University genuinely considers disaffiliating from the NUS.

Simon reminded me this morning of a programme I really had intended to watch last night concerning Detroit. A couple of years ago I was shown around huge sections of this American city that had been completely abandoned. According to Simon the scenario was truly shocking; illustrating the shocking human toll in what is the first US city to experience real post-industrialisation. He said that in another ten to twenty years, cities like Birmingham would experience the same and he wasn’t talking about Alabama.

Far, far away from the intensity of yesterday’s events in London I am currently sitting in the garden watching the increasingly tame black and white feral cat we are feeding studiously monitor the progress of two red kites swirling above us. Not that this ferocious feline has anything to worry about with regards the concept of becoming a breakfast ingredient for these impressive birds of prey, her swollen sides indicate a problem of a completely different nature. Soon there will be more little mouths to feed and good homes to be found.

Late last night I spent a few hours going through the 680+ comments on the main BNP website following on from yesterday’s headlines. As you will see I managed to reply to a fair number personally encouraged by the sensible, pragmatic and intelligent way our core membership deal with our existence under a permanent state of siege.

In a few hours I have to ready myself for another long drive as part of the fund raising tour for the general election. Hopefully I’ll have a little more luck with the traffic than I have done over the last couple of days.

Plenty of coverage today relating to the BNP teaching story with the Sun, Telegraph and BBC Radio Five bringing to the public’s attention another significant victory. With any luck we may have another in a few hours time.

However, considering the cramped conditions caused by a multitude of cancellations I thought it would be best if I lumped in with all of the other sardines on what was only a short haul hop. That wasn’t the end of it though as she, together with all the crew, thanked me for flying with them and wished me “good luck with everything.” 

Madame Chairman

There is an English folk tale about King Canute, who, by ordering the tide not to come in and wet his feet, showed his courtiers that not even Kings are exempt from reality. In doing so he became a byword for arrogant folly.

King Canute lives on in the Council of the European Union, which begins and ends its conclusion on Arctic Affairs with the alleged importance of Global Warming. This involves a refusal to accept scientific reality.

According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007. This is exactly what was predicted by scientists aware that the previous shrinkage of summer ice – wrongly used as evidence for global warming – was in fact nothing more than a snapshot of an ages old, entirely natural, cyclical pulse of advance, retreat and advance.

So the Arctic´s summer ice will not going vanish by 2013, and polar bears have not, and will not, drown because of global warming.

But millions of hard working voters are drowning in a sea of debt and taxes, and they are growing very impatient with the political class´s use of the global warming fraud to impose undemocratic international governance and bogus green taxes.

Mr Chairman, the UN has now announced a review of the IPCC´s dodgy dossiers and fiddled statistics. On behalf of the taxpayers of Britain, I ask this Parliament to do the same, and to stop wasting any more money on the most expensive Big Lie in human history.

Enough ordnance there to impact on the global warming fanatics who seem not to have everything their own way nowadays. Neither do the Euro Federalist fanatics as this interesting exchange illustrates:

Dear colleagues,

Although not all of you will share my ‘concern’, one cannot deny that the Strasbourg seat is a persistent source of irritation for many people in Europe.
It is, in general, considered to be a bottomless pit of money.

It is my intention to send a similar letter (see attachment) to Mr. Van Rompuy. Please, let me know if you would like to co-sign (by Monday March 15 at the latest).

Best wishes,
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
MEP ALDE

Dear Colleague

I would be happy to support any measure to combine the whole of this tax-eating circus at any of its current three seats. If that principle could be established, the question of which would be the least expensive should figure prominently in deciding where it should be.

Other things being equal, I personally would recommend Strasbourg, where the parliamentary buildings have some architectural integrity and human scale, and the city is still thoroughly European in the broadest sense, as opposed – with respect to the Flemish – to the crime-ridden cosmopolitan decay of Brussels.

Thank you for your pro-taxpayer initiative on this.

Nick Griffin
MEP N.I.

On the eve of the court case involving the Equalities Commission there’s plenty of preparatory work to get through but our case is pretty much prepared. Counting out the concept of a night or two in Pentonville I’ll be making my way over to Strasbourg later this week for a part-session of the European Parliament where I can look forward to the following subjects on the agenda. That last one looks rather topical, but so far I have only been given the green light to speak on Artic issues.

Animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals
Revision of the “Package Travel Directive”
Taxation of financial transactions
Single Euro Payments Area
Annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities
Joint debate – KEY DEBATE – Internal market and consumer protection
Movement of persons with a long-stay visa
The allocation of financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM) for the establishment of the gross national income (GNI)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Germany – redundancies
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Lithuania – redundancies
Mobilisation of the European Globilisation Adjustment Fund: Lithuania – construction of buildings
Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement for the Protection of the Coasts and Waters of the North-East Atlantic against Pollution
Consumer protection
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
Second European Roma Summit
Implementation of the first railway package Directives
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
Joint debate – Foreign and security policy
Annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities
EU 2020 – Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010
Implementation of Goldstone recommendations on Israel/Palestine 
Situation of civil society and national minorities in Belarus
Motion for a resolution – Taxation of financial transactions
Motion for a resolution – Single Euro Payments Area
Motion for a resolution – Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Motion for a resolution – Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
2008 annual report on the CFSP
The implementation of the European Security Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy
Motion for a resolution – Non-proliferation Treaty
EU policy on Arctic issues
Cuba
Investing in Low Carbon Technologies
Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe
Situation in Chile and EU humanitarian aid strategy
Major natural disaster in the autonomous region of Madeira and effects of the Xynthia strom in Europe
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

As another example, talking to John Harris from the Independent this afternoon just after he had interviewed Margaret Hodge, he asked me why BNP canvassers were telling voters on the doorstep that they shouldn’t vote for her because her real name was Oppenheimer and that she was Jewish. I just looked at him squarely in the eye and asked him whether or not we would go down this road or perhaps point out that Margaret Hodge was one of the richest women in parliament but still troubles the taxpayer to provide her with tea and biscuits. He got the point, felt a little foolish for being gullible and realised like myself the truly devious, hypocritical, and irresponsible way New Labour goes about its business.

I took this with my mobile phone just before the start of activities today.