Village to stage referendum on treaty

Villagers in Dorset are using part of UK legislation to stage a referendum on the EU Treaty.

Demands for a national ballot on the treaty have been refused by ministers.

However, campaign group Carp has used a part of the Local Government Act to stage a parish poll in East Stoke, near Wareham, next Thursday.

The outcome would not have any formal impact on government policy, but the group's aim is to increase pressure on ministers to hold a national vote.

In East Stoke, 339 voters will be asked to vote yes or no to the question, "Do you want a referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty?"

I hope this goes well. The more pressure put on Gordon Brown the better. I hope some organisation finds the funds to stage a country wide poll so even more pressure is put on Brown.

Even if those villagers vote that they want an EU referendum we probably won’t get one and knowing Nu Labour they will probably punish them as much as possible by taking funds from their village and putting it elsewhere.

Police tell residents they can strike first

TERRIFIED residents have been told by cops they can throw the first punch if they are threatened by girl gangs running riot on their estate.

An emergency meeting to discuss antisocial behaviour on the Four Squares estate in Bermondsey this week heard the shocking level of intimidation some residents are facing including:

* one mum who had white spirit poured through her letter box and thugs threatening to "burn her"

* another woman attacked by youths during a christening party

* racist abuse hurled at residents by yobs.

Give the law abiding residents guns and tell them they can shoot the gangs if they start anything. Once the gangs realise that the community won’t take it anymore and they risk dying for any intimidating behaviour they do they will stop or risk being killed.

Communities should not have to put up with this and gangs should realise that it is not acceptable to do it. They will only realise this once communities start fighting back.

Hat tip: UK tabloid

£1,000 fine for cyber bullying

Parents whose children bully classmates using text messages or the internet face £1,000 fines.

The Government is cracking down on 'cyber bullies' who use mobile phones, email and social networking websites to threaten or torment fellow pupils.

Ministers want schools to make greater use of parenting orders, under which fines of up to £1,000 can be imposed on mothers and fathers who fail to rein in bullying

This kind of bullying is nothing and can be ignored. Why doesn’t the government fine parents of children who physically bully classmates and use that money to pay for self defence classes for those that are being bullied.

Children will always bully other children and the government is not going to be able to stop it so they should do everything they can to ensure the children that are bullied have a chance to fight back.

Strike to support Paul Yarwoood

Remember Paul Yarwood, the rail guard who stood up to a drunken yob who was threatening passengers and lost his job and was arrested for his troubles?

His union is finally standing up for him like a union should and is threatening to go on strike if he doesn’t get his job back. I hope the strike is successful and he gets his job back and those cowardly bosses give him compensation for what they have put him through.

Support Mark Walker

"Outrage" - that is the only word to describe the feelings of Civil Liberty supporters and members of the independent Trade Union Solidarity to the persecution of Mark Walker, the suspended County Durham BNP teacher. We carried calls on this site for lovers of freedom to write to the Headteacher and join the protest picket called by Civil Liberty this Monday, the 3rd of September. We have been flooded with emails on the subject. Not only are groups and individuals up and down the country letting their feelings be known to the head but they are sending messages of support and encouragement to Mark care of the school. One supporter wrote:-

"I think it's time to draw a line in the sand. This kind of political persecution is unacceptable in a modern democracy. It's like the Head at Sunnydale thinks she is living in Soviet Russia. I sent my message of support to Mark Walker on a postcard because I wanted everyone there to know my feelings. What's happening there is a disgrace. Don't let them grind you down Mark!"

The General Secretary of Solidarity, Pat Harrington, commented:-

"The employer in this case has acted in an arrogant, confrontational manner. Our Brotherhood is angry at the persecution on political grounds of a Union official. It is just plain wrong that because someone is a member of the BNP they should receive less favourable treatment than other staff. That's discrimination plain and simple. I am very concerned at the toll this has taken on Mark and his young family We welcome the involvement of Civil Liberty in championing Mark and will work with them to uphold his rights".

If you have not yet sent your letter of protest to the Headteacher here are the details again:-

Sue Byrne
Sunnydale Community College
Middridge Lane
Shildon
County Durham
DL4 2EP
Tel: 01388 772526
Fax: 01388 773184
general@sunnydaleschool.co.uk

Postcards encouraging and supporting Mark Walker should be sent to him care of the same address.

Justice is a joke

After defending passengers from a drunken yob, ex rail guard Paul Yarwood, has now lost his job, could lose his house and has been charged with threatening behaviour and is due in court in December. You would think that rail guards who actually stick up for passengers would be applauded especially considering assaults on rail staff have risen 8% to 3000 cases a year.

Yobs are winning our streets because the government no longer sees fit to punish criminals who make communities hell. Lord Sudbury thought he would make a citizens arrest after a yob launched a foul mouthed rant and then threw his bike at the peer.

Like any normal person Lord Sudbury was pretty angry and chased the boy down and waited for the police to arrive who reprimanded the peer and then they had the cheek to later make a statement saying "Members of the public should always have a regard for their own personal safety and our advice is to call the police immediately."

That would be a good idea if the police actually arrived or did anything useful. Why didn’t the police come when a man cradled is thug battered son? Why did they have the cheek to tell the dad to write to his MP instead of calling the police? Just what are the police for? I am sure if the attack was racial they would have rushed to the scene. Infact judging by this story I am correct. There have only been 3 racial attacks in the area but the police have decided to increase patrols there. If these were just simple muggings I doubt they would step up patrols.

Infact rather than arresting people for serious criminal behaviour the police seem to be focusing on solving stupid crimes like prosecuting a 12 year old for throwing a cocktail sausage.

Why are police and the courts going after stupid targets rather than going after people that actually deserve prison? Why was Michael Porter, a Jehovah’s Witness given a community sentence instead of prison time for sexually assaulting children as young as 18 months? What type of sick judge would let him off so easily?

Stuart Brown is a doctor who savagely hit his wife more than 24 times. He earns £100,000 per year so the judge didn’t even send him to prison. He was just fined £500. Tell me, how is that a deterrent not to do it again? The judge should be ashamed of himself.