IF
YOU'RE NOW IN LISTENING MODE, WHY WON'T YOU GIVE US THE REFERENDUM YOU
PROMISED?
STUART WHEELER'S LEGAL
ACTION - LATEST NEWS:
ROUND ONE TO STUART ON
GORDON BROWN'S BAD NEWS DAY: JUDGE GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR CASE AGAINST THE
P.M.
Stuart (right) writes: "2 May
10:00 a.m. - I am delighted to say that in his
judgement delivered at the High Court this morning Mr Justice
Owen decided that permission to apply for judicial review would be
granted to me. In other words the result of the hearing last week
is that we won. I expect to put more information on this website
shortly."
Roger Helmer MEP, Hon. Chairman of The
Freedom Association, who has supported Stuart's application, said
"This is a triumph for common sense and good governance. It was
outrageous that the government should renege on a manifesto promise, and
I am delighted they are to be called to account".
The expectation is that at least the
judicial review process will delay the UK's ratification of the Treaty.
It is possible that the outcome of the Review could be a requirement
that the government make good its commitment to a referendum. Repeated
opinion polls, and other tests of opinion including village polls
suggest that 80%+ of electors favour a referendum, and that the great
majority oppose the EU Treaty. The decision regarding a Judicial Review
in the UK could also influence the Irish referendum on the Treaty,
expected in June.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
STOP THE RENAMED EU CONSTITUTION:
The problem is that litigation doesn't
come cheap, and while Stuart deserves our gratitude for supporting the
action so far, he needs our help. If you really
want to know what you can do to stop the Brussels Juggernaut, here's
your chance. Visit
Stuart's web
site for full details, or send a cheque to the "Stuart Wheeler Lisbon Litigation
Account", at
21 Davies Street, London W1K 3DE. This could just be the
killer blow we're waiting for.
THE MOST RECENT TFA EVENT:
Tim Montgomerie (right),
Editor of
Conservative Home delivered the Inaugural Thomas Jefferson Birthday
Lecture at the St. Stephen's Club, Westminster on Monday 14 April.
Tim's lecture, which addressed the growth of anti-Americanism in the UK
and how best it can be countered, will be published by TFA shortly.
Roger Helmer MEP (left) introduced Tim and gave a talk on Jefferson's
values, which, he pointed out, were almost identical to those of The
Freedom Association.
In a speech in the European Parliament on
Wednesday, Roger Helmer MEP, Hon. Chairman of The Freedom Association,
attacked the Chinese treatment of Tibet and called for serious
reconsideration of participation in the Peking games. During his
speech, he displayed the Tibetan flag, which the Chinese government has
banned in Tibet.
China regards Tibet as a province. It has
brutally suppressed Tibetan demands for independence, while deliberately
undermining the culture and cohesion of the country. It is now facing
international calls to change its policy, and to talk to Tibet's
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India.
Commenting on his speech, Roger said "I have
received a huge postbag from East Midlands constituents who are shocked
at developments in Tibet, and demanding action. I was glad to be able
to raise the issue in a plenary session of the European Parliament".
But he also pointed out an
irony in the way the parliament treats demonstrations. Having been
fined £600 by the parliament for a demonstration in December demanding a
referendum on the Renamed EU Constitution, Roger notes that it is OK
demonstrate for freedom and democracy in Tibet, but not OK to demand a
referendum in the UK.
Roger Helmer MEP presented Rupert
Oldham-Reid, a member of Newcastle University Conservative Future, with
a bottle of European Parliament malt whisky at the latest free spirits bash, at
the Pitcher & Piano, on the Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Friday 14
March. Rupert won the customary free prize draw for a bottle
of
free spirits while Roger was
presented with a bottle of his preferred tipple - Talisker malt.
Fifty people attended the bash, which was held to coincide with the
Conservative Party Spring Forum just across the Tyne, in Gateshead.
free spirits is The Freedom
Association's group for young TFA Members and BETTER OFF OUT supporters. If you'd
like to be informed of future free spirits
events, please
e-mailus.
One man
is witness, prosecutor, judge and jury
Roger Helmer
writes . . .
Today (April 9th) the Bureau of the European parliament
will hear my appeal against the penalty imposed by the
President, Hans-Gert Poettering MEP, as a consequence
of our demonstration for a Referendum in Strasbourg in
December. My appeal is based on two grounds: the events
themselves, and the nature of the disciplinary
procedure. The following text is taken directly from my
appeal submission to the Bureau.
More on Roger's Blog, where you can post your own comment.
REMEMBER,
REMEMBER, THE 13TH OF DECEMBER.
13 DECEMBER 2007:
THE DAY GORDON BROWN SIGNED THE
RENAMED EU CONSTITUTION WITHOUT THE REFERENDUM WE WERE PROMISED.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
"It
was Christianity in the doctrine of The Trinity which corrected the
metaphysical error which doomed classical civilisation. In the
so-called Dark Ages, Christians invented the university and began to
make possible modern science. Nothing has happened since that time to
make our faith any the less believable. The problem is that our
society seems to think we can give up Christianity, yet all the
civilising and cultural benefits of the faith will remain: they will
not."
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