This
year we have moved the Better Off Out campaign forward and the notion that the
UK should leave the EU is now a talking point not just in the papers but also in
Parliament. I want to say thank you to everyone who has helped us in this
endeavour. This includes a big thank you to all the distinguished speakers that
we and The Freedom Association have had at our events this year, as well as all
those who have supported us through their parliamentary activities.
I
would also like to thank you, the members, for helping us drive forward the idea
of how the UK would be better off free from EU membership. Through attending our
events, writing to your respective Members of Parliament and donating to the
campaign you have helped raise awareness and we could not operate in the way
that we do without this support.
We
will continue to campaign for an independent UK - free to make its own
choices and enhance its global outlook - and hope that we can count on
your continued support.
For
a final thought I'd like to recommend that you consider voting for Mark Reckless
MP as the Taxpayers' Alliance's Pin-Up of the year.
Mark
did a sterling job in successfully tabling the amendment to the parliamentary
motion which saw the House of Commons demand a cut in the UK's contribution to
the EU's Budget. This idea was supported by the Better Off Out campaign and many
of you wrote and phoned your respective Members of Parliament in support.
Voting
for this online poll closes today and you can cast you vote by going to the
TPA's website:
The European Commission
ReplyDeleteThe European Commission has announced an agreement whereby
English will be the official language of the EU, rather than
German, which was the other contender. Her Majesty's Government
conceded that English spelling had room for improvement and has
therefore accepted a five-year phasing in of "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly,
this will make sivil servants jump for joy. The hard "c" will be
dropped in favour of the "k", Which should klear up some konfusion
and allow one key less on keyboards.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when
the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f", making words like
"fotograf" 20% shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be
expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are
possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters
which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil
agre that the horible mes of the silent "e" is disgrasful.
By the fourth yer, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as
replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords
kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer
kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli
sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and
everivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. ZE DREM VIL FINALI
COM TRU!
Herr Schmidt