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.

Like all of the people I encountered during my four day break, just before the world goes mad with election fever, he was friendly and supportive. Not a Spanish builder as I had originally thought, but another ex-pat, accustomed to the sunshine but still missing his country. From the security staff at Liverpool Airport to fellow passengers on my Ryanair flight, the media briefing on me being one of the “nastiest” people in the world doesn’t seem to be very effective.

No visit to Andalusia would really be complete without at least an intention to visit the Alhambra. So it came to pass that I found myself roaming around this impressive 13th century Moorish fortress which has come to symbolise the Muslim occupation of Spain. Don’t expect an Ozzy Osbourne recount similar to his notorious visit to the Alamo, but I must say that architecturally the place has nothing on say, Salisbury Cathedral. Further to this and discounting any accusations of being a little Englander, Bruges happens to have some fantastic buildings as well.

Up bright and early this morning for a long drive into Barking and a full day’s campaigning in the Valence ward. A good positive response resulted in a canvass sheet dominated by “y” with the occasional “n” and the odd “p” for possible. Accompanying me was a journalist working on a Channel Four documentary waiting patiently to film a negative response. After three weeks she is still trying hard but as the sun descended in the sky it marked the end of another fruitless weekend.

Humbling as it was, I campaigned today with the dad of a young soldier recently killed in Afghanistan. Andrew Kinggett was the father of Rifleman Martin Kinggett who was brought back to Wootton Bassett on Thursday. People sometimes ask me where I find my inspiration, well you don’t need to look any further than this paragraph.

Yesterday afternoon there was a illustration of how the appreciation of this service shown by the two BNP MEPs surprised workers at the Parliament.

Nick Griffin explains further:

“After all the voting on the Common Fisheries Policy had finished yesterday afternoon, I went down to the media area and booked a filming session for later in the day. When I got back to my office there were numerous phone calls that I had to return, including an important one with our solicitors with regard to our court battle with the Equalities Commission.

“I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to make my appointment with the media unit so popped down to tell them.

“They were surprised and pleased that I had taken the trouble to inform them. Apparently MEPs book sessions and then just don’t turn up leaving the technicians hanging around in the dark as what is going on.”

The same applies with the extensive computer team which services all the IT equipment in the offices of MEPs.

“These people provide a first class service,” says Parliamentary Assistant Martin Wingfield.

“Because we have different staff accompanying our MEPs, there are a range of different laptops that need tuning in to receive the Parliament’s special intranet facility. We have had some teething troubles in setting up this different equipment but the techno lads have been prompt and efficient in sorting us out.

“Our appreciation of their efforts seems well received. Apparently some MEPs are aggressive and rude when they have IT problems, or just act as though the technician isn’t there when he is sorting out the problem.

“The workers in the parliament are just doing a job and they do it well. That’s nothing to do with supporting the EU or not, they provide an excellent service for our two MEPs and the BNP team appreciates it.”

Around 170 students attended the event while outside over 350 protestors battled with police and there were over 20 arrests.

Nick spoke on the effects of immigration on Britain and the growing influence of Islam on the traditional British way of life. He also briefed students at length on the British National Party and the progress the BNP had made in recent years.

After the meeting Nick and the other speakers attended a reception given by the student association..

The planning application to turn the former Burnley College, a Grade II-listed building in Ormerod Road, into a Muslim girls’ school was passed by seven votes to four at a Burnley council meeting last week despite a huge wave of opposition from across the town. Objectors demonstrated outside the meeting while more than 1,000 people joined a Facebook group opposing the plans.

“There seems to be a certain amount of subterfuge about the whole set-up,” Nick told advisers at a meeting to discuss his response to the school.

“The applicant to open the 1,500 place school is a Birmingham-based Islamic charity called the Mohiuddin Trust.

” Yet Labour councillor Mohammed Malik has said: “It’s not a Muslim school it’s a girls’ school for all the community. The door is open to everyone.”

“This has been contradicted by the trust’s general secretary Amjad Bashir who said after the meeting: “This will be an international community college that will provide for Islamic women.”

“While the Burnley Express finished its report announcing ‘The school is set to become one of the first Muslim girls boarding ventures in the country.’

Nick said he was concerned about the conflicting signals coming from the people involved and statements being made that weren’t providing the full picture.

He drew attention to the remarks of former Pendle Council leader Azhar Ali, an adviser to the project, who said that they were here to promote Burnley as a great town, and to those of the vice principal of the new college Jean Weston, who told the committee:
“People from the college will go on to employment locally and will be of benefit to the town.
“They will shop in Burnley and will use local services while the boarding part of the college will create jobs for local people.”

The MEP for the North West said he was worried that a 1,500 place Muslim school would only promote Burnley as a great town for Muslims.
He pointed out that Muslims staying on in the town after receiving an education would change the demographics of Burnley even further.

As for shopping in Burnley and creating jobs, he said that was being economical with the truth.
“A huge Muslim school will only mean more shops for Muslims – such as halal butchers. A Muslim girl school will, in the main, only employ Muslim women or devote Muslim men. There are going to be no benefits for ordinary Burnley folk.

“A new high profile Muslim girls school is just the same a new Mosque. It will attract Muslims from far and wide to Burnley and change the face of the town.”

The MEP said he would the visiting Burnley and meeting Sharon Wilkinson for a full briefing on the situation.

Hear the views of the people of Burnley . . . here

“You are doing a sterling job as the MEP for the North West and as Chairman of the British National Party,” writes the constituent who then asked for more information about the role of an MEP.
 
“Is it mainly spent in Brussels or are you permitted or expected to do more in your constituency?

“I look at your website but most things seem to relate to your work in Brussels.
 
“I’m worried that your focus and energy is being drawn elsewhere rather than ensuring the people of the North West have a strong BNP voice.”

Replying on behalf of the MEP, Constituency Office Manager Tina Wingfield wrote:
   
“Mr Griffin does, of course, endeavour to spend as much time as possible in the North West region, but as an MEP, he has a responsibility to be in Brussels/Strasbourg for the majority of his time.

“There are hundreds of votes on a huge range of subjects taking place in the European Parliament and it is essential that he and his team have a full understanding of the matters in hand and that he plays a positive role in influencing European Parliament actions and policies, to the benefit of the British people.

“While he is opposed to the ever increasing powers of the EU which allows it to interfere with what should rightly be the affairs of national government, he is honour bound to ensure that he represents the best interests of his North West constituents and gains the optimum outcome for them in relation to EU activity.

“Operating in parallel to his work in Brussels/Strasbourg, is Mr Griffin’s Constituency office in the North West. This provides the link between him and his constituents and there is a continuous channel of communication ensuring that he is kept fully briefed about his constituents’ concerns.

“Please be assured that Mr Griffin is no ‘gravy train’/career politician, worrying constantly about voting patterns and manipulating the electorate. He has been elected to do a job and he is focusing on doing this to the best of his ability.”

A special programme has been produced for the event and this is the page about the British National Party’s chairman.


And I’ve refused to sign thirteen of them, either because they are bad (one approving of the ban on crucifixes in public in Italy), mad (on declaring a European Year of Wine Tourism) or good causes which are sadly or cynically wrapped up with proposals to increase EU power.

The latter dilemma was worst with Declaration 71/2009, “on the fight against breast cancer in the European Union”. Wonderful cause, but not one that should be exploited by the Europhiles to advance their rolling coup d’etat against the nation states. So I get Tina to send a £50 donation to the North West section of a British breast cancer charity from the English Fair cut of my salary.

The latest list of such declarations includes one by the FPO’s Andreas Molzer, “on the use of body scanners”. What his take on these is, and whether we can support it, is something that Andrew Brons and I will have a look at when we’re next over.

And finally…..

Great news that the bent ‘anti-racist’ pin-up cop Ali Dizaei has been jailed for four years for framing a young Asian web designer to whom he owed £600. The man was an obvious fraud from the moment he surfaced playing the race card against his colleagues, the Met, and British society in general.

Typical of the anti-British bigots and parasites who infest the Equality industry. The only shame is that we’re now paying to keep him in a great deal more comfort than the conditions endured by untold numbers of law-abiding pensioners as further inches of Global Warming fall over ice-bound Britain.