2001-02-28
Something all of you might find of interest.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
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Sent: Wednesday, 2001-02-28 06:54
Subject: RE: [ukma] Only young people understand metric....
> Dear all,
> A note from someone working in Brussels on the UKIP MEPs. You know the
> UKIP's agenda is not only to recreate the empire and abolish metrication
but
> to take Britain out of the EU. Everyone has their own views on the EU and
> unfortunately a lot of the hype you read in the British press about the EU
> is just so far removed from the reality as to be scandalous. The EU isn't
> perfect but its the only forum we have at the moment, unless we revert to
> intergovernmentalism (which gave us two wars in Europe in the last
century,
> you will remember).
>
> My point is it's an absolute scandal that UKIP members should be in the
> European Parliament in the first place. Their agenda is to destroy Europe,
> or at least the EU. Imagine having people voted to Westminster to destroy
> the national parliament (communists would happily do that: get elected by
> democratic vote and then abolish the democratic, multi-party system (again
> it ain't perfect but its better than anything else tried so far) and
replace
> it with communist-only voting lists).
>
> The UKIP are very much like the communists. The communists are the extreme
> left wing, the UKIP is the extreme right wing, and neither believe in
> democracy. The UKIP members in the European Parliament are paid an
extremely
> handsome salary plus perks for being MEPs, yet their agenda is to destroy
> the EU and thus the European Parliament itself (again, you may not like
the
> European Parliament, but it does keep the Commission in check - that's its
> job).
>
> How can any democratically-minded person vote for the UKIP? They are
fascist
> thugs in smart suits. This message must be got out to people. What annoys
me
> is not that these people earn what they do but that they have been elected
> with an agenda to destroy the body which employs them as well as the
> admittedly less-than-perfect, but fully functional EU we do have. (Why
would
> so may East European countries be clamouring to join the EU if it was so
> bad?).
>
> I was amazed and horrified to see a UKIP spokeswoman on the Euro
Referendum
> programme on Panorama two weeks ago who said Britain would cease to be an
> independent nation if it joined the Euro. Again, there are good arguments
> for and against Britain joining. Personally, I think Britain can only
> benefit in the long run by joining, but that's just my own view. I am
> British but I don't live in Britain at the moment, so I shouldn't try to
> convince people who do: they must make up their own minds. I live in
Belgium
> and travel a lot between other EU countries which will have the Euro next
> year and it will make like much easier for me: no having to change money
> every time I go to Germany or France or Spain. But if this spokeswoman
from
> the UKIP who is a member of the European Parliament gets up and says what
> she says, what will people think: she must know what she's talking about,
> she works there. Rubbish! She is lining her pockets and doing no service
> whatsoever to the people who voted her in. You all know the name Le Pen.
> He's also in the EP, again democratically elected. So is Ian Paisley.
> (Unless the latter lost their seats at the last election).
>
> The UKIP does Britain no service at home in Britain or in the wider
European
> forum. How can people be got to realise that?
>
> Sorry this isn't strictly about metrication, but the comment about the
UKIP
> and Britain getting its confidence back prompted me to write. Britain has
> enough confidence. Its a great place. It has a proud history, a great past
> (except for some bits) and a great future ahead of it in the EU.
>
> Regards to all.
> John
