On 1st November 2014 we won't be able to vote ourselves out of the European Union. They have put in the following clause:
Treaty on European Union. Article 16
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4. As from 1 November 2014, a qualified majority shall be defined as at least 55 % of the members of the Council, comprising at least fifteen of them and representing Member States comprising at least 65 % of the population of the Union.
A blocking minority must include at least four Council members, failing which the qualified majority shall be deemed attained.
The other arrangements governing the qualified majority are laid down in Article 238(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
This means we won't be able to referendum our way out of the treaty as they'll have the power to block it.
May I suggest we all join UKIP asap as Cameron is playing for time.
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I've been in love with Merlene Ottey for decades so I'm delighted that she's running for Slovenia at the European Championships in the relay. I spend a lot of time here slagging off second-raters so it's nice to change tack and pay respects to a legend.
She's 50 years old and still able to make a championship team. What an inspiration.
Good luck gorgeous and please keep going until London 2012.
So now the real cost of a Socialist Government becomes clear. They've dropped us right in the shit and the Coalition have to dig us out of it.
Cameron has given a clear indicator that VAT is going to rise at the Budget. This means we're all going to pay more for everything, for a very long time. A heavy price to pay to keep Labour in power for so long.
I hope our Prime Minister is giving some serious thought to getting us out Europe. It's become a luxury we can no longer afford.
So Turkey are trying to join the European Union. Oh my God, Muslims with free access to all countries in the EU. It can't happen.
I notice politicians have started to twitch about this, many quoting lack of jobs and infrastructure to take any more economic migrants. They obviously can't say what they really think.
Another reason to get out of the EU at the earliest opportunity.
So the Coalition has ended the requirement for Home Information Packs (HIPS) at last. Great decision.
The only confusion I have is that they were originally brought in a European Directive that the previous Government blindly allowed. Does this mean that we can actually pick and choose which directives we follow from Europe? Is this is the case, why do we need to be part of the European Union, paying £40 million a day for the privilege?
It would be cheaper, and more suitable to Britain, to take back these law-making powers and do what's right for the country.
The bastards in their European Union ivory tower will lose their power. It's going to happen if enough of us want it.
