Ulster Protestants always remember and celebrate July 12th because of what they see as William of Orange's victory over a 'papist ruler'.
Now July 12th will be remembered by many other Europeans and especially by the Greeks, as well. The cause of the remembrance will be the coup that is being imposed upon the people of Greece.
The terms offered to Greece are unacceptable to any democratic country. Not least, that future laws must first be reviewed and approved by Eurocrats.
Make no mistake, what is happening is that the Eurocrats are imposing rule by unelected EU officials and Greece must place, in some kind of escrow, in a Luxembourg company, allegedly controlled by Wolfgang Schauble, the German Finance Minister, assets that are to be privatised.
In the book and the film of The Godfather, there is a comment by Vito Corleone where he says' today people go into banks with guns to rob it but in the future, they will go with briefcases in and rob the bank' Now we see that taken to its logical conclusion where these people are robbing not just a bank but a whole country!
The United Kingdom has elected a government that is committed to re-negotiating the terms of UK's continuing membership of the European Union. I have been mildly in favour of exit but was open to persuasion. If David Cameron was able to negotiate better terms, which brought the EU back to a looser grouping based on free trade, rather than the undemocratic and nanny-state interfering body that it has become, then I might move towards voting in favour of remaining in the EU. Not any more. Now I am firmly in the #Brexit camp.
In the year when the UK, and free people across the world and particularly, in the Anglo-sphere, celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, we in the UK must, for the sake and preservation of our democracy, reject the EU and all that it now stands for.
The question I suppose is, will the EU, emboldened by its take-over of Greece, actually allow the UK to leave?
Fortunately the UK stills has an independent military. Is still an island and has a growing economy, so perhaps we are strong enough to withstand the German-led anti-democratic juggernaut that is rolling across Europe, however, time is running out. This movement will get Greece out of the way and then swat the Spanish and move on, aided by a supine media, to crush UK opposition,
The people on Twitter talk of the actions against Greece as being perpetrated by the German Fourth Reich. No doubt Germans would be offended by this but the German people have put their wallets and savings ahead of any kind of solidarity with the people of Greece and Europe and German politicians have initiated a coup against an elected government. It is ironic that Greece, the so called cradle of democracy, should be brought down by a government that has such a bad memory of what fascism entails. A German government that is aided and abetted by the Dutch, who, like the Greeks, know a thing or two about German occupation. The Dutch seem to have forgotten about the Honger Winter, which is what the Greeks have been facing for a number years, with ever increasing severity.
When, in future, the media bleat about 'freedom of the press' check out their credentials on the Greek crisis. You will likely find that they have toed the EU line and parroted the lies put out by the Eurocrats because they are in the pockets of them. They have been bought and paid for. I stand to be corrected by any journalist reading this but only by their actions not by their words of rebuttal.
Shame too on Rupert Murdoch who, it seems is now in favour of the European Project and will bring his media empire to bear on the side of anti-democratic forces.
Truly, July 12 2015 has been a very black day for Europe's peoples.
The United Kingdom has only one choice. We must exit the European Union. The referendum should be called very soon and the UK can shake of the shackles of anti-democracy.
Oh, and UKIP and others get very excited about the UK's International Aid budget of £12 Billion. So here's an idea, let's find a way to give sums of this to the people of Greece in a direct way - food banks, for example.
Now July 12th will be remembered by many other Europeans and especially by the Greeks, as well. The cause of the remembrance will be the coup that is being imposed upon the people of Greece.
The terms offered to Greece are unacceptable to any democratic country. Not least, that future laws must first be reviewed and approved by Eurocrats.
Make no mistake, what is happening is that the Eurocrats are imposing rule by unelected EU officials and Greece must place, in some kind of escrow, in a Luxembourg company, allegedly controlled by Wolfgang Schauble, the German Finance Minister, assets that are to be privatised.
- Did Greece over-borrow? - Yes but this is a coup
- Has Greece been over-spending for many years? - yes but this is a coup.
- Did banks and the Troika over-lend? - Yes but this is a coup.
- Did Goldman Sachs cooks the Greek books? - Yes but this is a coup.
- Did the governments of the EU know about GS antics? - Yes but this is a coup.
- Can the Greeks repay it's debt without a write-off? - No but this is a coup.
In the book and the film of The Godfather, there is a comment by Vito Corleone where he says' today people go into banks with guns to rob it but in the future, they will go with briefcases in and rob the bank' Now we see that taken to its logical conclusion where these people are robbing not just a bank but a whole country!
The United Kingdom has elected a government that is committed to re-negotiating the terms of UK's continuing membership of the European Union. I have been mildly in favour of exit but was open to persuasion. If David Cameron was able to negotiate better terms, which brought the EU back to a looser grouping based on free trade, rather than the undemocratic and nanny-state interfering body that it has become, then I might move towards voting in favour of remaining in the EU. Not any more. Now I am firmly in the #Brexit camp.
In the year when the UK, and free people across the world and particularly, in the Anglo-sphere, celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, we in the UK must, for the sake and preservation of our democracy, reject the EU and all that it now stands for.
The question I suppose is, will the EU, emboldened by its take-over of Greece, actually allow the UK to leave?
Fortunately the UK stills has an independent military. Is still an island and has a growing economy, so perhaps we are strong enough to withstand the German-led anti-democratic juggernaut that is rolling across Europe, however, time is running out. This movement will get Greece out of the way and then swat the Spanish and move on, aided by a supine media, to crush UK opposition,
The people on Twitter talk of the actions against Greece as being perpetrated by the German Fourth Reich. No doubt Germans would be offended by this but the German people have put their wallets and savings ahead of any kind of solidarity with the people of Greece and Europe and German politicians have initiated a coup against an elected government. It is ironic that Greece, the so called cradle of democracy, should be brought down by a government that has such a bad memory of what fascism entails. A German government that is aided and abetted by the Dutch, who, like the Greeks, know a thing or two about German occupation. The Dutch seem to have forgotten about the Honger Winter, which is what the Greeks have been facing for a number years, with ever increasing severity.
When, in future, the media bleat about 'freedom of the press' check out their credentials on the Greek crisis. You will likely find that they have toed the EU line and parroted the lies put out by the Eurocrats because they are in the pockets of them. They have been bought and paid for. I stand to be corrected by any journalist reading this but only by their actions not by their words of rebuttal.
Shame too on Rupert Murdoch who, it seems is now in favour of the European Project and will bring his media empire to bear on the side of anti-democratic forces.
Truly, July 12 2015 has been a very black day for Europe's peoples.
The United Kingdom has only one choice. We must exit the European Union. The referendum should be called very soon and the UK can shake of the shackles of anti-democracy.
Oh, and UKIP and others get very excited about the UK's International Aid budget of £12 Billion. So here's an idea, let's find a way to give sums of this to the people of Greece in a direct way - food banks, for example.
I'm not British, but I share your feeling that a properly negotiated "Brexit" is both the interest of the people of the UK and Europe.
ReplyDeleteBut on the subject at hand, I apologize, but you're completely beside the point.
First, the negotiations on the Greek debt is not led by the EU in any way. It's a negotiation between Greece and its creditors, namely member states of the Eurozone.
The Greek PM is not talking to "unelected Eurocrats" but to the current leaders of the countries that consented to loan money to Greece: Merkel, Hollande, Rajoy, Renzi, etc. (and of course, their respective treasurers/finance ministers). All elected leaders one way or the other, and more importantly, all speaking for *their own country* and nothing more. Maybe if there was a global economic governance of the Eurozone (which was the plan originally...) we wouldn't be in this mess - less domestic petty pointscoring and more of a will to find a solution.
Second, the name "Fourth Reich" is simply scandalous. Are the German conservatives, led by W. Schaeuble, trying to use Greece to impose their vision of the economy to other countries? yes. Are they abusing the position of power that they have in the negotiations, being Greece's biggest creditors? yes. Are they acting in contradiction to almost every other leader at the summit, merely hoping to get their poll numbers up? yes. Is there a risk that those austerity/spending-cuts politics pushed by the German right, and tolerated by the power-hungry German left, will lead Europe back into recession and increase social turmoil? yes.
But do you seriously think that makes them Nazis?
Please don't assume that the use of the term Fourth Reich implies that the Germans are somehow Nazis. The first and second Reichs were not Nazi. I mean the start of a German led empire.
DeleteIt is somewhat dis-ingenuous to suggest that these negotiations are not led by the EU in its various guises. Similarly I would suggest it is naive to suggest that the elected leaders actually control this process. They are being led by the nose by their bureaucrats in Brussels and Strasbourg and in their home civil services. And of course, by their bankers.
It is interesting to note that more than 90% of the previous bail-out money was used to pay-off banks and other lending institutions and something less than 10% actually spent in Greece on the Greek people. Now Greece is being forced to borrow more money and again it will be used to repay bankers and not to give Greece any kind of recession relief.
I don't condone the over-spending by previous Greek regimes but neither do I close my eyes at the reckless lending by international banks and lending institutions. These should also be punished, as Greece has been and is being punished. These should suffer a 'haircut' 50% would be about right. Yes I know that it would then trickle down to bank shareholders and national taxpayers and then maybe they would start to understand the fallacy of the whole Euro project and indeed, the EU federalism that is being promoted.
Hm okay i just read a couple more of your blog articles - I think you're a lost cause, sorry :p
ReplyDeleteQuite probably. Thanks for your comments and for staying civilised.
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