Category Archives: Corruption

The fourth Reich?

By scrubber | Published: November 16, 2011
The Daily Mail, in classic “Hun-baiting” fashion has had a pop at the Germans today. Entitled “Europe speaks German now!“, it centres on comments made by one Volker Kauder who is one of Angela Merkel’s closest allies. He is, in fact, the parliamentary leader of Merkel’s CDU party and he made the comments in a [...]
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EU Referendum vote…

By scrubber | Published: October 28, 2011
I have a lot to say about this, none of it positive to Cameron and his acolytes, but as can be seen from the paucity of posts lately, no time to write it down. However, I can let Mr Farage say some of it for me: Wikio Wikio
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The European Renewable Energy Council is taxpayer-funded

By scrubber | Published: June 20, 2011
In my blog yesterday I referred to a posting by Christopher Booker and included a quote from it which in turn included the following: “It was based solely on a paper co-authored last year by an employee of Greenpeace International and something called the European Renewable Energy Council. This Brussels-based body, heavily funded by the [...]
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IPCC caught out again

By scrubber | Published: June 19, 2011
The current furore surrounding the IPCC’s latest report on the potential of renewable energy has been extensively covered in the MSM and on the blogosphere. The interesting part is the almost universally uncritical reporting in the MSM, and the virtually total opposite on the blogosphere. The reason for the latter is simple: As James Delingpole observes, [...]
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Ireland reaches for the KY again

By scrubber | Published: March 17, 2011
The first of two hat-tips to Daniel Hannan today. This is for his excellent article on the way Ireland continues to be treated by the EU. That is, with contempt, arrogance and disdain. He speculates that Fianna Fáil will return to its nationalist roots, but prefaces that with the following: “Fianna Fáil is not easy to pin [...]
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On mourning the Celtic Tiger…

By scrubber | Published: February 17, 2011
Well, those of a sensitive nature may not want to watch this expletive-filled rant, but I, for one, think it’s funny and spot-on. Ok, so it’s contrived, but nearly 2 million YouTube viewers can’t be wrong. Can they? The man’s name is Denis Ryan, a native of Newport, Co Tipperary and a very well-known entertainer and [...]
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Eric Illsley MP pleads guilty to three counts of fraud

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
As reported everywhere, Barnsley Central’s sitting Labour MP has pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud. I say “Labour”, but to be fair, he has already been expelled by Labour and is technically an independent. Sentencing is expected in a month, and if David Chaytor is anything to go by, he should be looking at [...]
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BNP candidate forcibly removed by Police at O&S election hustings.

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
As a Libertarian, I hold no torch for the BNP, a far-left, socialist nationalist party, but they are, as far as I can tell, a legally-constitued political party, and they have fielded candidates in elections in the UK for many years. As such, they have a perfect, and legally-endorsed, right to play a full and [...]
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À bas les Banques!

By scrubber | Published: November 19, 2010
The French, as we all know, are not exactly backwards in coming forwards on the civil disruption front. They do love a good old shindig, whatever the excuse, and make our home-grown student protesters look like a bunch of pussies. So it comes as some surprise that they should come up with an idea, somewhat [...]
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Hey hey Tony hey, how many kids have you killed today?

By scrubber | Published: September 4, 2010
Sky News reports that Tony Blair has been pelted with eggs and shoes at his book-signing in Dublin today. The following video is worth a watch, if only to wind yourself up listening to arse-licking turncoat Shaun Woodward’s sycophantic drivel: Unfortunately, the missiles thrown after he had emerged from the back of a car surrounded by a [...]
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