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Tory MPs block attempts to abolish hospital parking charges for carers

Three Tory MPs have talked out a bill to abolish hospital parking charges for carers in England.

Philip Davies, Christopher Chope and David Nuttall used the whole three hours allocated to Labour MP, Julie Cooper's bill, to talk nonsense so there was no time to debate and vote on it. This is referred to as filibustering and Philip Davies MP is an expert at it.

The average cost of a week's parking at a hospital in England is £39 and in London it can be as high as £130.

Cameron starts purging eurosceptics as EU leaders say they don't know what he wants

The eurosceptic purge has started in the Conservative Party as David Cameron's own MPs openly criticise him for being dishonest over his mythical renegotiation.

Cheryl Gillan, Sir Edward Leigh and Christopher Chope have been sacked from the EU Council for supporting proposals to apply Purdah regulations to the EU referendum to prevent the British government and other public bodies from abusing their position to influence the outcome of the referendum. Cameron was opposed to the restrictions as it will make it harder for ministers to disseminate pro-EU propaganda just before the election to try and swing the all-important undecided vote.

Meanwhile, his own MPs are starting to turn against him, calling on him to be "open and honest" about his supposed renegotiation after the Prime Ministers of Finland and Estonia said they haven't got a clue what Cameron wants because he's not told them.

Cameron has responded to the criticism by saying that the negotiations are "going well" and that they'll be accelerated when he writes a letter to the EU Council president next month telling other EU leaders what it is that they're supposed to have been negotiating all year.

Burnley Conservative councillor convicted of assault and drink driving

A Conservative councillor in Burnley has been convicted of assaulting his wife and daughter and drink driving.

Former mayor of Burnley, Cllr David Heginbotham, drove home drunk after a night out and got into an argument with his daugher over a new bike she had purchased which ended up with him assaulting both her and his wife and threatening to cut the bike in half with a chainsaw.

Cllr Heginbotham has been fined £2,460, given a 12 month restraining order and a 12 month driving ban. He is still listed as a Conservative councillor despite being a convicted wife beater and drink driver.

Sajid Javid to ask EU for permission to save steel plants

Sajid Javid, the Business Secretary, has asked Luxembourg's EU minister to arrange a meeting of the EU Council so he can ask permission to use taxpayers' money to try and prop up the tattered remains of the UK's steel industry.

Steel plants in Redcar, Scunthorpe, Motherwell and Cambuslang have been closed in recent weeks with thousands of job losses at the plants themselves and many more to come as the effects are felt down the supply chain. Reasons cited for the closures include cheap imports, high energy prices and green taxes which are all down to EU policy and regulations.

If we weren't in the EU the British government could offer incentives or reduce taxes to keep the plants viable. But because we're in the EU it would be classed as illegal state aid so the British government has to beg the EU for permission to try and save thousands of jobs.

EU demands farmers display their logo in exchange for agricultural subsidies

The EU is bringing in rules that will require any farmer receiving more than £7,200 in subsidies to erect signs advertising the fact in time for the EU referendum.

Currently, businesses and organisations that receive grant aid from the EU have to display the EU logo in a prominent place to let people know that the EU has graciously given us some of our money back to us. This has never applied to farmers receiving money under the Common Agricultural Policy until now and will result in the EU logo popping up all over the country.

The EU said that it would be establishing a propaganda unit to for the referendum and it looks like this might be one of their first ideas. It's got an air of Orwell's 1984 about it but instead of pictures of Big Brother, it's the EU logo with slogans to remind us of the wise benevolence of Big Brussels.

If farmers refuse to erect the signs prominently - at their own expense of course - or deface them or undermine the propaganda in any way then they risk being fined and having the few quid thrown their way clawed back.

Lords delay tax credit cuts, Osborne and Cameron want to use it as an excuse to remove opposition

The House of Lords have voted for amendments to George Osborne's proposed £4bn cuts to tax credits which will delay their implementation whilst the impact of the cuts is independently assessed.

David Cameron and George Osborne both say that the unelected House of Lords defying the elected House of Commons is a constitutional anomaly that needs addressing and are calling for a "rapid review" on the constitution of the House of Lords.

This so-called constitutional anomaly was addressed in 1911 with the passing of the Parliament Act which allows the House of Commons to overrule the House of Lords if they reject a Bill three times. It was introduced after Lloyd George's budget was blocked by the Lords despite there being a convention that money bills go through on the nod.

To say that this is the first time in a 100 years that the Lords have defied the government - as Osborne and co are saying - is incorrect. The Parliament Act has been used to overrule the Lords seven times since 1911, the most recent occasion being the passing of the Hunting Act in 2004.

Tax credit cuts weren't a manifesto pledge - something that the Lords don't oppose by convention because it is considered that the electorate have given their approval to the bill in the ballot box. In fact the Tories promised not to cut tax credits so the Lords haven't broken any convention and have, in fact, done exactly what they are there to do which is to scrutinise proposed legislation and if they think it's wrong, to either fix it or throw it out.

It was most amusing to hear George Osborne complaining about "unelected Labour and Liberal Lords" defying the elected House of Commons. Giving the Lib Dems another 11 peers this year despite them being wiped out at the ballot box isn't looking so clever now is it George?

UKIP hopes to scupper EU mobile roaming regulations that will increase bills

The EU's flagship federalist policy of abolishing mobile phone roaming charges looks likely to be scuppered by MEPs tomorrow.

UKIP MEP, Roger Helmer, has tabled an amendment to the proposed regulation on the grounds that it gives the EU Commission more power and will drive up bills for the majority of customers who will be expected to subsidise the minority who travel regularly throughout the EU.

The EU are desperate to abolish mobile roaming charges because it's one of the things that emphasises the national borders within the EU.

There is no need for EU regulations forcing mobile phone operators to abolish roaming charges within the EU, it is something that the market will eventually drive. In recent years mobile phone companies have introduced add-ons that significantly reduce the cost of using your phone abroad in response to increased overseas travel and one of the UK's operators even allows you to use your mobile phone in 18 countries as if you were in the UK. Companies specialising in cheap calls to and from certain countries serve ex-pat communities by buying call time wholesale and of course VOIP services like Skype, Hangouts and Facetime allow you to make calls for free wherever you can pick up wi-fi.

None of this has been as a result of EU regulations and in fact forcing all operators to negotiate roaming deals with operators in every EU country could see some fail. Estonia has just 2.5m subscribers divided between three mobile operators. Estonians travel a lot but Estonia isn't exactly top of the tourist destination list. They are likely to receive far less in revenue from operators in other EU countries than they will pay out to foreign networks for airtime and data used by Estonian subscribers. The likes of Orange and Vodafone who have a presence in most countries will dominate and prices will rise as a result.

Whilst abolishing roaming charges in the EU will benefit those looking to abolish national borders and pushing a federalist agenda, it will disadvantage the majority of customers who will never take advantage of the abolition of roaming charges but will still pay for it through their bills.

Nigel Farage satisfaction rating at an all time high

Eurosceptic Law & Justice Party win Polish elections

An Ipsos exit poll published shortly after polls closed in Poland at 9pm indicates an overwhelming victory for the eurosceptic Law & Justice Party.

The official results will be announced at the earliest on Tuesday but polls suggest Beata Szydło will become prime minister and command an absolute majority in the Polish Parliament.

The Law & Justice Party is soft eurosceptic, anti-immigration and socially conservative. The Polish president also represents the Law & Justice Party so we are unlikely to see a repeat of events in Portugal which has seen the winning Left Bloc banned from forming a government for being too eurosceptic.

Portuguese president blocks left wing coalition from forming government

A coalition of left wing parties who have an absolute majority of 50.7% in the Portuguese parliament have been barred from forming a government by Portugal's right wing social democrat president.

In denying the Left Bloc coalition the right to form a government, President Anibal Silva said:

In 40 years of democracy, no government in Portugal has ever depended on the support of anti-European forces, that is to say forces that campaigned to abrogate the Lisbon Treaty, the Fiscal Compact, the Growth and Stability Pact, as well as to dismantle monetary union and take Portugal out of the euro, in addition to wanting the dissolution of NATO. This is the worst moment for a radical change to the foundations of our democracy. After we carried out an onerous programme of financial assistance, entailing heavy sacrifices, it is my duty, within my constitutional powers, to do everything possible to prevent false signals being sent to financial institutions, investors and markets.

It is common on the continent, where socialist parties are still interested in workers, that the left wing is anti-EU and the right wing pro-EU. Left wing parties understand the damage the EU does to productivity and the impact uncontrolled immigration has on wages and unemployment whilst right wing parties understand that the interests of large corporations and the rich drive EU policy. This is mirrored in the UK where the nominally socialist Labour Party abandoned their long held opposition to the EU to beat the drum for Brussels whilst the forces of euroscepticism are largely represented by UKIP and to a lesser extent, the Conservatives which are both to the right of centre.

It is concerning to see the a eurosceptic movement gain the support of an absolute majority of voters and be denied the right to form a government by a europhile president entirely based on his opposition to the proposed legislative programme that the electorate voted for in the election. It makes David Cameron's decision to refuse to create new UKIP peers to reflect the 3.9m votes the party got in the election to keep eurosceptics out of the House of Lords look amateurish but does raise the question: is there a pan-EU agreement to keep eurosceptics out of power at all costs?

More than £130m per year paid in child benefit to EU immigrants

Immigrants from the EU are claiming £27m in child benefit for their children who live overseas every year which contributes to a child benefit bill for EU immigrants of over £130m.

EU immigrants are given preferential treatment over immigrants from the Commonwealth and the rest of the world, being allowed to move here in unlimited numbers and have the same entitlement to benefits as people already living here. Someone moving here from Australia or India, for example, would have to prove that they had the means to support themselves before they were given permission to move here. Someone from the EU merely has to get on a plane and fly over here and if they claim to be self employed, can claim benefits from the day set foot in the country.

The right to claim benefits for family members that live in another EU country is one that is guaranteed under EU law and makes a mockery of the claims made by supporters of mass immigration that immigrants made a positive contribution to the economy.

Bishops demand we take in 50k refugees and illegal immigrants

Not content with taking 20,000 refugees and illegal immigrants from Syria and the Middle East, 85 Church of England bishops have demanded we take another 30,000 which they describe as our "moral duty".

With an income well in excess of half a billion a year, taxpayer money coming to almost half a billion and over £5bn of investments the Church of England will presumably be more than happy to cover the cost of bringing another 30,000 people into the country. Perhaps they'll offer to house them in all those empty churches, palaces and other properties the Church of England owns? There are 15 churches up for sale in central and northern England that could, with some of that billion pound a year income, be converted into housing for them.

Of course there's no offer from the bishops to house and pay for the 30,000 people they want to bring over here, that "moral duty" falls to us proles.

How many Syrians would fit in the Palace of the Bishop of Bath & Wells?

Radio Free UK - 22nd Weekly Friday Programme - a Great Afternoons listening!

22nd weekly programme out now!

We have...

- A flashback with Farage and Hannan discussing the Lisbon Treaty just before it was signed - how slippery this slope has been!

- Vanessa interviews a Medium (maybe he can find the mythical positive case for EU membership!)

- This weeks highlights of EU in/out discussions Farage, Aker, Evans and more.

- The all time classic Michael O’Leary (founder of Ryan Air) addressing and EU hosted Innovation Convention.

- A choice selection of libertarian podcasts (including Tom Woods and Stefan Molyneux)

- And an exclusive - humourists Batsby's 'When I am King' blog read by John Powell.

And our EU Out Ambassador programme is progressing - with an initial syllabus and baseball caps!

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