Knowledge - Where It Begins.

Professor Congdon.

Dear fellow members of UKIP (and others concerned about the UK's relationship with the EU),

In the last few weeks the debate on immigration has become increasingly heated and prominent. The government has admitted that its 2010 goal – of reducing net immigration to the low tens of thousands – will not be met. The explanation, in terms of numbers, is that immigration from the rest of the European Union has been higher than expected. The underlying reason is that, while the UK remains in the EU, it does not have full control over its borders. To restore control over our borders we must leave the EU.

 A short note is attached on employment trends during and since the Great Recession. In our own country the number of UK-born people with a job has only quite recently exceeded its level at the end of 2007. In early 2014 there were fewer UK-born people with a job than seven years earlier. (Youth unemployment was and remains particularly high.) By contrast, the number of foreign-born people with a job was about a million higher (roughly 30%) in early 2014 than in late 2007. The recital of figures doesn’t prove that the influx of foreign workers has made life harder for the long-term British. I admit it doesn’t prove the point. But it suggests a high probability that many of the long-term British have been made worse-off because people from other countries have taken their jobs or been willing to work for less.

Should the British feel angry about the matter? Or should UK public policy be geared to the good not of British people (who after all vote in governments), but of everyone in the world, the citizens of every nation, regardless of whether they can speak English….?

Finally, may I mention that I have revamped my www.timcongdon4ukip.com website? These e-mails will be part of the material the website contains. My latest research – including the annual reports on ‘How much does the EU cost Britain?’ – will be available to download. I have also added a large number of newspaper and magazine articles, and academic papers, some going back to the 1980s.

With best wishes, 

  

Tim Congdon. 

Blyth.

Paul Nuttall‏@paulnuttallukip

Opening new Ukip North East office in Blyth with Jonathan Arnott MEP and Blair Smillie #ukip @JonathanArnott

Moore & Warren.

Rick Warren, Russell Moore Warn Against Current Sexual Revolution, Defend Marriage at Vatican Conference With Pope Francis

BY ALEX MURASHKO

Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore and megachurch pastor Rick Warren, both speaking at a Vatican conference Tuesday, warned that Christians should not succumb to the current sexual revolution or waver on the Biblical truth about sexuality and marriage. Christian Post.

George Ellison.

St. Symphorien cemetery in Belgium:

Just a few metres from George Ellison's grave is that of Private John Parr, the first British soldier to die in the First World War. George died 90 minutes before the armistice - shot by a sniper. More than 800 British and Commonwealth soldiers died that morning.

I Didn't.

Bye Bye!

 Gordon Brown 'to stand down as MP'

Former PM expected to confirm that he does not intend to run again in his Fife constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. Guardian.

Wisdom.

'Dave' Struggling.

Former Cabinet minister Owen Paterson, leading an angry backlash from Tory MPs, suggested the Prime Minister backed down after being “sat on by the Germans”.

The former Environment Secretary became the most senior Tory to raise doubts about proposals from Mr Cameron to tackle soaring immigration from EU nations.

Mr Paterson hit out following reports that around 200 Tory MPs now want Britain to quit the EU.

A number want to trigger a rebellion at Westminster this week with a Parliamentary Bill to allow Britain to ignore Brussels and impose tougher border controls. Mr Cameron last week outlined a series of measures to curb access to the welfare system for EU migrants.

They will be banned from claiming a series of benefits for four years after arrival. But the PM shied away from proposing any overall limit on the numbers of migrants. Express.

Nope. Don't Like It.

SCRAP HS2 And Do The Job Properly!

Selflessness Versus Greed.

'Black Friday' Vs. 'Bless Friday': Counterculture Churches Urge Members to Serve Homeless, Give to Charity Instead of Shopping

BY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI

"Bless Friday is something that our congregation and staff have embraced. The beauty is in the soul-building that occurs when we focus on others instead of self, and serve in Christ's Name," said Kaminski. Christian Post.

The Left Despises Ordinary People.

UKIP Culture spokesman responds to Emily Thornberry. The snobbish insult towards patriotic working class people shown in Labour's Emily Thornberry notorious tweet from Rochester was not a one-off. It was characteristic of the general attitude towards ordinary people and especially their patriotism which is held right across the left-liberal establishment in Britain."Emily Thornberry's tweet was typical of a dislike both of ordinary people and their pride in Britain which is widespread and embedded across the liberal establishment," said Peter Whittle, UKIP's Culture Spokesman. "They have an instinctive distaste for patriotism, and British patriotism in particular.

Campaign For REAL Christmas Cards - A Reminder!

Christmas Cards should be about the Saviour's birth!

EU - Why WE Must Leave.

With Friends Like These... Why Britain 

should leave the EU - and how, by David Conway

Trust in the European Union has been in steep decline since the eurocrisis, and the 2014 European Parliament elections saw many MEPs sent to Brussels to represent parties opposed to the federalist agenda, and in some cases to the EU itself. Euroscepticism has become a vital topic for debate. But it is scarcely reasonable to expect people to make up their minds on this important issue without setting before them the alternatives to EU membership. David Conway considers the alternatives, as well as several possible exit strategies.

Problems.

Atheist But Still Fairminded?

Prominent Atheist Professor of Law and Philosophy Thomas Nagel Calls Intelligent Design Scientific and Constitutional to "Mention" in Science Classes.     

Thursday, January 30, 2014. Prof. Thomas Nagel has published an important essay entitled, "Public Education and Intelligent Design", in the Wiley InterScience Journal Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 36, issue 2. His paper is a significant because it encourages all intelligent, educated, informed individuals to consider that intelligent design may be a valid scientific approach to understanding how DNA and the complex chemical systems of life came to attain their present form. Prof. Nagel's article is well worth the price. He is a self-declared atheist who earned his PhD. in philosophy at Harvard, has been a professor at U.C. Berkeley, Princeton, and for the last 28 years at New York University, and has published ten books and more than 60 articles.

'Dave' - Do PLEASE Take The Guardian's Silly Advice!

These Tory Eurosceptics are Cameron's Trotskyists – time to shut them down

Pat McFadden: Instead of pandering to Ukip-leaning backbenchers in his immigration speech, the prime minister should learn from how Labour saw off Militant tendency. The Guardian.

Intelligence v Immorality.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/mans-intelligence-will-never-fix-his-immorality-130233/

Burying The Truth.

Whether it be: Public Spending, the NHS, Crime & Punishment, Education, Immigration, The EU inter al, we are not allowed to have open debates and proper discussions. All these areas are doing major damage to the Great British Public yet we are only permitted to talk around the edges of countless problems and never to get to grips with  the harsh realities.

Why is UKIP so hated? - Easy-peasy. They honestly desire to talk about those matters which are considered unmentionable by the LabCon. They want solutions to problems which the politicians of our liberal elite will not even admit exist. It is like a collection of giant, concealed secrets which must never be put under scrutiny in the revealing light of day.

Hope.

Immigration: The Truth About The Tories.

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/leo-mckinstry/542121/From-crime-to-wasted-benefits-Britain-is-still-losing-out-on-immigration