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From the Archive: The ever more appalling Godfrey Bloom brings shame on us all
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Following Godfrey Bloom’s extraordinary outburst on London Loves Business where he states that hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs should be abolished as the public sector drains money out of the economy, I have posted another Bloom sto...
Shocking figures reveal lack of women aged 50+ on TV
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Just one in five presenters at major broadcasters over the age of 50 are women Although a shocking figure in one sense, it really should not be a complete surprise. I’d probably struggle to count on one hand the number … Continue reading...
Recognising the Benefit to Britain of European Union membership
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First it was Tory Grandee and former Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe. He was closely followed by leading business figures including Richard Branson and Martin Sorrell. The voice of reason on the European Union is at last being heard, emerging f...
Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
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The BBC’s Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, wrote, over the weekend, of David Cameron’s predicament if he were to win the 2015 election, when he will attempt to renegotiate the terms of the UK’s membership with the EU. “It wil...
From the Archives: UKIP member’s strange behaviour in chamber
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Another UKIP blog that I thought was worth reminding my readers of was this from 6 February 2012. During a debate in the plenary chamber in Strasbourg on the subject of sport, Godfrey Bloom made a somewhat odd interjection direct...
Golf: a European success story
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With the EU coming under sustained criticism at the moment, I thought it would be good to reflect on an event at the European Parliament last week that celebrated Europeans coming together for sporting success. The Ryder Cup and Solheim … Cont...
David Cameron should listen to his voters
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Yesterday’s blog showed how out of touch those Tories obsessed with withdrawal from the European Union are compared with the majority of British voters. Today I came across this piece on Guardian Comment is Free. Talking about support for the &...
Cameron is again putting party before country
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There is a wise adage in politics that leaders, representatives and their parties should listen and respond to the questions the people, their electorate, are asking rather than matters which endlessly fascinate professional politicos but leave virtu...
Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
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It was yet another difficult weekend for David Cameron who is struggling to maintain Tory discipline after members of his own cabinet said they would vote to leave Europe. The difficult weekend followed a difficult week after members of his …...
From the Archive: Farage Taken to Task for Lack of Work
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This is a blog from November 22nd of last year. Following a typically pompous and offensive speech by Nigel Farage in the plenary chamber in Strasbourg former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofsadt gave us a few home truths.&...
Today is Europe Day
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With the European Union the subject of political debate at the moment it is good to be reminded of how and why it was created. Today is Europe Day, held every year to mark a speech that Robert Schuman made … Continue reading →...
Abortion rights in Ireland remain very restricted
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The Republic of Ireland last week introduced new legislation on abortion in the wake of the tragic case of Savita Halappanavar. The bill allow for some limited legal abortions but not in cases concerning rape, incest or fata...
Lawson’s tragedy is to be the next in line to try and out-UKIP UKIP
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Now that UKIP looks like the protest party of choice, the anti-EU bandwagon is predictably growing apace. The Tory knee-jerk reaction to UKIP’s gains makes interesting viewing for those of us not directly in the firing line. With 60% of &hellip...
From the Archive: Gerard Batten is Best, Forget the Rest
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To continue with more of my previous blogs on UKIP. This one is from November 6th 2009, a time when the UKIP leadership elections were taking place and Gerard Batten was hoping to succeed Nigel Farage. Gerard Batten is Best, Forget &hellip...
No More Women on British Money
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It was announced recently by Mervyn King that Winston Churchill will be replacing Elizabeth Fry on the £5 note. This means that the Queen will be the only woman to appear on British money. I’m not questioning that Churchill is &hell...
Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
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The week saw the alarming news that Hungary has been warned that it could be the first country in the EU to have its democracy placed under international scrutiny. An influential committee of the Council of Europe, the Strasbourg-based...
From the Archive: Farage Acting Out Again
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I have decided to go back through my old blogs and find some of the choicer moments from UKIP. With local elections next week now is the time to remind ourselves of some of the worse aspects of UKIP. So from February 25th 20...
Comissioner Reding shares her concerns about gender pay gaps
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The Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee met Commissioner Reding yesterday who shared with us some of the work she has been doing in the Comission over the last year. One of the things she discussed was the need to … Contin...
Lords Committee slams May’s repatriation plans
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The House of Lords EU committee said ministers have “failed to make a convincing case to repatriate powers.” That was their verdict after the government presented plans to opt out of 130 European Union Police and Criminal Justice m...
Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
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Women are being hit hardest by the financial squeeze, more research has revealed. It isn’t a complete shock but it is very disheartening that the Government has failed to address the issue and continuing numbers of women feel the financial &hel...
