Where were they - why did they not act?

Sunday, 12 January 2014

Where were they - why did they not act?

 

There is much about our ill-starred association with the euphemistically named European Union, that demands explanation, and turns the spotlight directly on two important offices within our political and parliamentary system.

Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of our involvement for many is, why, when we joined : The Common Market trading partnership in 1973, do we now today find ourselves in an unelected, fraud riddled, organisation that sits in Belgium and France, and is costing us £ 150 billion pounds per year?

Were this to be shown on the balance sheet as such, it would be the second largest call on the UK’s total budget of £ 850 billion, and coming second only to the amount required to fund : work, benefits and pensions, which is Ian Duncan Smith’s ministry.

So surely the first question is, how did this political sleight of hand come about, and why were there no checks and balances operating, that prevented so costly a change without the electorates knowledge or approval?

The first check to fail, would seem to be the Commons itself, and its failure to carry out parliamentary scrutiny, but surely the Lords should have been watching and prompting the Lower House.

The answer to this may lie in the immediate aftermath of Heath’s signing, and the sudden realisation of what had occurred, and what they had been party to, striking home,

Oh my God - what have we done - we’re party to treason, close ranks, least said - soonest mended.

Equally worrying, is the failure of the Judiciary, and the constitutional watchdogs, to draw attention to old but still relevant, statutes and charters, such as Magna Carta, and the Bill of Rights.

Finally, what of the nation’s ultimate guardian, the Queen as Head of State, surely she would step in, but then did her councillors advise otherwise, as any action would draw attention to one’s assent to the signing of the Treaty of Rome, too embarrassing by far.

So for many years after 1973, the subject was 'disappeared ' from our press and broadcast media, the public were fed the opium of the masses and lost interest, occasionally revived, by the press, when stuck for copy, ran : straight banana type stories, good for a cheap laugh, and just standard Frankfurt School broadcasting practise.

If the story were to have a happy ending, the original culprits would be arraigned, and found guilty, as the evidence against them is overwhelming, Heath Hurd, Rippon, Reddaway, etc and those who came after them, guilty of failing to bring them to justice.

Mrs Thatcher signed the Single European Act, and Major signed Maastricht and Blair signed Nice and Brown signed Lisbon.

Failure to report treason, is a crime, second only to treason itself?

Ed. -- - -Bromsgrovia.