On the forum Niall Warry asks ‘Is it true under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, and the requirement to only have Pan European Parties, that UKIP will have to to be renamed EFD come November this year?’
I have been unable to find out if this is the case, however, if true it does offer an explanation of why Nigel Farage seems to be prepared to risk all on UKIP MEPs remaining in the EFD group as
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An article in today's Telegraph suggests that Brown will win more seats at the general election than Cameron, even though the Tories have a 5 point lead according to a MORI poll taken from interviews during the period 19-22 February.
A 1% swing to the Tories, within the margin of error for a single poll, would give Cameron the most seats, however, as the Party gathers at Brighton tomorrow for their Spring conference, the members must be reflecting on 'how did it all go wrong' given that they had a 20 point lead back in the summer.
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A recent article in the Western Daily Press branded the closure of the RAF base at Lyneham “one of the most wrong-headed decisions ever taken by Ministry of Defence mandarins”. But is it really?
When one considers the recent disasters overseen by that government department, he maybe overstating the gravity of the Lyneham closure.
A secret internal report on the department’s current difficulti
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Next week will see a vote by MPs on proposed changes to the electoral system. The decision that they are being asked to make is about an 'Alternative Vote' system to replace the current First Past the Post method that we use for General Elections. According to the BBC, Labour is divided over the issue, the Tories are against it and the Lib Dems say it doesn't go far enough. But why are their divisions along party lines?
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Within the eurosceptic movement, and to a fair extent without, there is a great dissatisfaction with government - but there does seem to be a resigned acceptance that nothing can be done. We know that there are hard times ahead once the next, whatever government, comes into power the likelihood is that people’s standard of living, in very real terms, will reduce significantly. Those with a needed ...
The Alliance for Democracy is an Anglo-Christian Democratic Alliance of Political Parties in England, Scotland & Wales, set up to fight the corrupt and incompetent "Traditional" UK Political parties in the 2010 General Election.
The founder members are:-
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Ive just received an email about this website which contains the names of convicted paedophiles and other criminals across the UK: - Name and shame website. Child abuse, paedophiles, rapists, murder, knife crime.
I cant help but feel this is a dangerous idea...if people decide to start taking the law into their own hands, there is a big risk that innocent people get hurt in the process. Also, even if paedophiles are convicted, they shouldnt have to worry about being attacked by lynch mobs!
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