The Electoral Commission has announced that “Having considered the proposed referendum question against our published guidelines, the commission believes that the question to be put to voters is intelligible.” Hurrah… Oddly they also said that “The commission is also satisfied … Continue reading →

Judging from my visitor logs, the software giant Veritas has suddenly become aware of Kilroy’s Veritas, and is trying to find out more. Well, here’s the new party’s official site – complete with contact details and an option to donate … Continue reading →

He’s only gone and finally done it! Yep, Europhobia’s favourite nutter Robert Kilroy-Silk has finally launched his new party – called Veritas as expected – which purports to be focussing on asylum and immigration, but not much else by the … Continue reading →

Fistful‘s European Weblog Awards have been announced. This blog ended up a moderately respectable third choice in both categories in which it was nominated, losing out to Slugger O’Toole in the Best Political Weblog category and to Perfect.co.uk in the … Continue reading →

“United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam’s presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.” NY Times 4th September 1967. (Courtesy of Political Wire) And so we mark … Continue reading →

Looks like the eurosceptics are just as annoyed with their self-appointed spokespeople as those of us who are pro have been with ours. EU Referendum’s Richard North makes the very fair point that “The cause of Euroscepticism is not best … Continue reading →

A thought, from a comment to my last post. Not to be taken too seriously, but I reckon it may be an interesting observation: A constant argument of the anti-EU side is that the European Commission is not democratic. But … Continue reading →

A few quick thoughts late at night (and slightly drunk), so probably not thought through… The other day, Airstrip One argued that �It is clear that the Europhiles in Britain will clothe themselves in the flag to promote their cause. … Continue reading →

According to Ken at EU Realist, in response to a comment I made to his post on the report on the BBC’s EU coverage, one of the main eurosceptic complaints about the BBC is that the case for withdrawal is … Continue reading →

“Hey – whatever it takes to defend our fundamental American values!!” Histologion has some disturbing links. But the Iraqi election’s this weekend, and then it’ll all be fine! Nothing to worry about! Is there anything to be cheerful about? Other … Continue reading →

Forgot to blog this the other day – a great analysis of seven factors that could change the election by Anthony Wells – essential reading. Martin Stabe quotes from what sounds like an interesting Financial times article which seems to … Continue reading →

The wording’s interesting – “there is a widespread perception that the BBC suffers from certain forms of cultural and unintentional bias”. The report into the BBC’s so-called bias will no doubt be much appreciated in some quarters, but all it’s … Continue reading →

Now I’ll confess to not having read this through, but it strikes me as the rabid ramblings of someone with far, far too much time on their hands. It’s all somewhat reminiscent of TimeCube… By the way, I’m still very … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if I have words to express just how angry, exasperated, disgusted and terrified I am about our lovely Home Secretary Charles Clarke’s latest wheeze. Following the government’s official pronouncement that anything they do is fine because WE … Continue reading →