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.

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.

Smoking resistance

The smoking ban is only 5 weeks old and there is already resistance from people who own businesses. In London, a club owner is allowing his customers to smoke but when the police come the staff will warn them and they will put the fags out and the police will have to prove whodunit…

In Lancashire a café has banned non-smokers from sitting outside in revenge at the ban on lighting up in public. Of course those with the problem should have sat away from the smokers or should have just not gone to places that allowed smoking.

We need more businesses either openly defying the smoking ban or punishing the none smokers until all none smokers are on the side of the smokers.

Bar owner finds smoking ban loophole

A flamboyant businessman is openly flouting the smoking ban and claims that he has found a loophole to avoid getting caught.

Dave West, who owns the Abracadabra restaurant and Hey Jo, a private member's bar, in London, said that if necessary his doorstaff would warn him if police or councillors enter the building.

"It's a very hard thing to prove," said Mr West. "The doormen will ask everyone who enters if they are a policeman or a council officer, which they have to declare, and they will then radio down to us.

"Our customers will then put their cigarettes in the ashtrays and even if they had lit cigarettes in front of them, how can you prove they have been physically smoking them?"

I like this. What people do on private property is none of the government’s business. I see one problem with the plan and that the police will do everything they can to get their man. If they see that there are cigarettes in the ashtrays in the club they can arrest everyone in the vicinity of the ashtray and take their DNA and match it to the cigarettes. Don’t think they won’t do it either because if they are willing to take your DNA for minor crimes then they are willing to do it for this. The government wants no opposition and they will do everything they can to crush it.