Sunday, July 28, 2013

A 'No' To Democracy: A 'Yes' To The Euro?

A bizarre article in the Independent newspaper suggests changing the voting system for the European elections in order to ‘combat the UKIP threat’.  However rattled the establishment may be, such a change would be rather difficult politically but the article can be found at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/european-parliament-elections-ukip-threat-reduced-in-new-system-8730105.html.  This isn’t even the most bizarre article over the last couple of days – a Guardian article suggested that Britain should have joined the euro….

Do You Remember Voting For This?

Killers and rapists to be freed early. ‘Reckless’ scheme could see up to 6,000 serious criminals released to tackle prisons overcrowding cri...