Re-writing History ... €uropean style ...

Intbel · 12-12-2004, 01:04 PM

From the Desk of Jane Birkby (E-Mail)

"I have been collecting the weekly encyclopaedia by DK Publishing which the Daily Mail have been offering at a fixed price with the newspaper. I just got S-U and my worst suspicions proved founded.
This set of books are blatantly pro-EU, every other sovereign member nation has warranted a page or even two to itself, but England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland so far get a brief mention under the entry for United Kingdom, with no whole page to either of them.
History has been sanitised and given the EU slant, with ommissions etc. throughout the set, and the EU is already written in as a state in it's own right. The propaganda is blatant.
I still await the volume that should have Wales in it, but I'm not holding my breath that it will have an entry of it's own."

Also by E-Mail from Ashley Mote:

Media Release 10 December 2004
EU withdraws ´History´ book that forgot two world wars
UK - MEP wins apology
The European Parliament today withdrew its history of Europe written for schoolchildren, following complaints by Ashley Mote MEP, who sits as an independent for SE England.
The ´history´ - intended to be volume one of a series - was published in October. The section on the UK omitted all reference to two world wars, which Mr Mote described as "an insult to the memory of millions of Britons who gave their lives to preserve freedom and democracy on the continent of Europe".
The president of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell Fontelles, in a letter to Mr Mote, today admitted: "The brochure in question was clearly ill-judged. It has been withdrawn from circulation."
He went on: "I regret any offence the brochure has given. Action has been taken to ensure that the circumstances which led to publication cannot recur."
Ashley Mote commented: "At least justice and common sense have prevailed. But this incident has exposed the real tragedy today, which is a European mind-set that wants to pretend these dreadful events never happened.
"We cannot allow the ultimate sacrifice made by the fallen of both world wars to be whitewashed like this from the pages of history. Nor can we surrender what they achieved."

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Intbel Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a field near you - look for the yellow and purple tent ... Posts: 4,665	Re-writing History ... €uropean style ... From the Desk of Jane Birkby (E-Mail) "I have been collecting the weekly encyclopaedia by DK Publishing which the Daily Mail have been offering at a fixed price with the newspaper. I just got S-U and my worst suspicions proved founded. This set of books are blatantly pro-EU, every other sovereign member nation has warranted a page or even two to itself, but England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland so far get a brief mention under the entry for United Kingdom, with no whole page to either of them. History has been sanitised and given the EU slant, with ommissions etc. throughout the set, and the EU is already written in as a state in it's own right. The propaganda is blatant. I still await the volume that should have Wales in it, but I'm not holding my breath that it will have an entry of it's own." Also by E-Mail from Ashley Mote: Media Release 10 December 2004 EU withdraws ´History´ book that forgot two world wars UK - MEP wins apology The European Parliament today withdrew its history of Europe written for schoolchildren, following complaints by Ashley Mote MEP, who sits as an independent for SE England. The ´history´ - intended to be volume one of a series - was published in October. The section on the UK omitted all reference to two world wars, which Mr Mote described as "an insult to the memory of millions of Britons who gave their lives to preserve freedom and democracy on the continent of Europe". The president of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell Fontelles, in a letter to Mr Mote, today admitted: "The brochure in question was clearly ill-judged. It has been withdrawn from circulation." He went on: "I regret any offence the brochure has given. Action has been taken to ensure that the circumstances which led to publication cannot recur." Ashley Mote commented: "At least justice and common sense have prevailed. But this incident has exposed the real tragedy today, which is a European mind-set that wants to pretend these dreadful events never happened. "We cannot allow the ultimate sacrifice made by the fallen of both world wars to be whitewashed like this from the pages of history. Nor can we surrender what they achieved."

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