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Monday, March 26, 2007

Politicians are Better Off In the EU

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the Better Off Out campaign is holding a Better Off IN reception (junket) tonight at the Old Bank of England from 7 until closing time. The theme is that politicians, not the people of Europe, are better off in the EU.

There will apparently be a gravy train, a wine lake, a butter mountain, a pig trough, porky pies and other entertainments. Philip Davies MP and Gerard Batten MEP will be launching the "London Declaration", in response to the Berlin Declaration. The invite suggests that you wear anything you like - "anybody dressed as a fat cat politician or as a pig will be particularly welcome." Guido will try doing his best to help reduce the wine lake.

More details here.

75 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does Peter Mandelson qualify as a politician? If so, surely there must be a European chocolate speedway treaty in the pipeline. so to speak

mister scruff said...

oh dear. having a Bart Simpson cartoon on your home page doesnt give one an air of , shall we say, professionalism.

http://www.betteroffout.co.uk/

if they are serious about their campaign, they should hire a professional web designer - Devils Kitchen knows his css.

gordon brown's best friend said...

"anybody dressed as a fat cat politician or as a pig will be particularly welcome."

How the f**k are they going to keep Prescott out?

Devil's Kitchen said...

See you there...

"if they are serious about their campaign, they should hire a professional web designer - Devils Kitchen knows his css."

Remind me to take some business cards...

DK

Keir said...

Why is your blog blocked here in China? It doesn't even have the word "blog" in the URL...

sero said...

"Better Off Out": Isn't that just a shelter for Tory chickens who are frightened of UKIP's decapitation strategy (and who run around headless already)?

The Ghost of Jacob Marley said...

Come on Guido, your Irish business interests have done very well from the EU whilst you are a UK domicile. If politicians are EU fat cats, then what are the business men who moan about the EU while trousering the profits?

Anonymous said...

Typical anti-EU bollocks which represents, no doubt, what most Tories are really thinking. Forget the Dave makeover, they're still the same prejudiced, xenophobic Tories.

where'sbhownaggree? said...

Off message, but has anybody seen bhownaggree?

He seems to have disappeared.

Is he lying low now that he realises just by how much his dear beloved leader fooled him over the budget...........

....or has he finally accepted that Brown's nasal activities really are the last straw.

Gary Elsby stoke-on-trent said...

My current view (updated by the hour)of the Conservative party, under Dave, is that they would prefer Europe held by the Soviet Union without a Democracy,No voting system,racist and Britain isolated by racist and selfish interests.

They also hate foxes.

And Dave wants to go into an election on that platform?

Bring it on SUCKERS!

Gary

no longer anonymous said...

"Typical anti-EU bollocks which represents, no doubt, what most Tories are really thinking. Forget the Dave makeover, they're still the same prejudiced, xenophobic Tories."

When will you clowns realise that the majority of the public are profoundly Eurosceptic as well? Any referendum on the single currency or the EU constitution would have had a massive majority against.

And has it ever occurred to you that opposition to the EU is less to do with xenophobia and more to do with accountability and self-government?

no longer anonymous said...

"My current view (updated by the hour)of the Conservative party, under Dave, is that they would prefer Europe held by the Soviet Union without a Democracy,No voting system,racist and Britain isolated by racist and selfish interests."

Please explain how we benefit from laws being enforced on us that we don't actually want? Why are you so opposed to the ideas that countries should make their own laws?

Fortress EU said...

Of course there is nothing remotely xenophobic about closing the door to skilled Indians, but leaving it wide open for unskilled East europeans...

The BNP want big walls around the UK, and the EU want big walls around a few European countries.

There's not much difference between the two really, just the around covered by their high walls.

Anonymous said...

Not just most of the Tory's but most of the entire country. I am happy to stay in EU as long as we have parliamentary supremecy restored. Politicians use the EU as a place to hide and cover for legislation that they know is unpopular. We can have no accountability in Westminster when it doesnt even make the law, thats daft.

We should let in as many migrants as we want but they need to be properly registered, that way the thousands of illegal migrants can be protected against exploitation.

Anonymous said...

EU is about economics, honesty and responsibility.

How can our elected politicians, who barely have a mandate anyway given turnouts, give away sovereignty to an unelected EU government? Makes a mockery of their stance on the HOL.

Will the real conservative Party step forward......

The Hitch said...

At least you wont need to rent a costume guido

I M N Idiot said...

The campaign should be called "Better Out Than In", then it could have the interesting and relevant acronym of BOTI. That might pull in a few extra people, although they might not be the sort they want (Lib-dems, for instance).

mutleythedog said...

You will be pleased to know that I have been invited to make a guest appearance - hope as many of you as possible will come along!

BOF2BS said...

Trust someone will go dressed as a blank sheet of paper!!

"The treaty - still being argued over and translated into four languages until the last minute - was not printed. The six went ahead with the ceremony anyway. The print shop sent six copies of the title page, and the last, or signature page, but in between these two the entire text of the treaty was missing."

Anonymous said...

I will vote for anybody who get's us out of the EU, I can't see why we need a parliment if the laws are made by the EU and these jerks in HP just put them into print.

Anonymous said...

Special prize for anyone who turns up in a green Peugeot, especially if it's bought from cash diverted from MEP expenses.

wirlad said...

If anybody goes to this bash take a picture of the mut and Guido ,I want to see what sort of doggy the mut is and I want to know if guido's hat goes to a point ,anyone else for the trough.

The Hitch said...

mr mutley will you be wearng your carmen miranda outfit in the hope of catching the eye of a certain eu commisioner?
I would do it myself unfortunatley i have lost my pineapple and my bananas have gone all black and mushy

Tom said...

Hitch, rumour has it that you never lost your cherry though…care to comment?

hitchfan said...

Mr Hitch will you be attending this bash ,and having a chat with a few people ,remember no knives ,guns , nuclear weapons allowed ,and please leave the dead squiral at home :-)

Anonymous said...

I was thinking about bringing our teenage Latvian 'au pair'.
She does a mean blowjob and takes it up the dirtbox without flinching. All for 1/2 minimum wage & all the cabbage she can eat.
The EU does have some benefits....

long hair easy mistake said...

..your Latvian au pair is male. Now you know why no front groping was allowed...

The Hitch said...

If weapons are banned I may wear my polar bear suit , otherwise I wouldnt like to take the risk of being shot dead by some animal rights fanatic.

Anonymous said...

long hair easy mistake said...
"..your Latvian au pair is male. Now you know why no front groping was allowed..."

Nope. Definitely female. All candidates for the post were interviewed using standard 'Danish' procedures. It was strenuous, demanding work but somebody had to do it.

Anonymous said...

The Tories do Ratner:
In - out - shake it all about - you do the in Europe but not run by Europe routine - then hope that people still buy this crap

Gary Elsby stoke said...

One of the best quotes above is:

"The majority of the British public says........".

Pray..what the fuck! do you Tories know what the British public says or thinks????

You're so up yourselves all you see is crap!!!

gary

mutleythedog said...

he Hitch said...

mr mutley will you be wearng your carmen miranda outfit in the hope of catching the eye of a certain eu commisioner?...


I certainly meant to -am I so predictable?

Anonymous said...

They have a pretty piss-poor website. I also doubt they got permission from Fox to use that Simpsons image!

Anonymous said...

Gary elsby

Calm done young man, screaming like a petulant child will not improve the disastrous polls Labour are currently getting or prevent InspYates making those arrests. It will not improve Col bogeys standing in the public eye and it certainly will not make your usual diatribe of sycophantic socialist spin any more credible.

Come back when you have something constructive to add…or say! Oh and please take your own head out of your arse before accusing others. Twat.

Peter Ball said...

Having looked at Dale's blog over the last few days, is it me or has someone got it in for Jeremy Browne, MP for Taunton Deane?!

no longer anonymous said...

"Pray..what the fuck! do you Tories know what the British public says or thinks????"

Actually I was referring to independent opinion polls that show opposition to the single currency and the European Constitution. There was another recently showing a majority opposed to further erosion of national sovereignty.

By the way, your accusations of Tory racism are ironic considering the BNP get most of their votes from Old Labour voters. The Labour leadership know what many of their voters think of non-whites but they are too polite to mention it so they just attack the Tories instead.

the hitch said...

Tom said...
Hitch, rumour has it that you never lost your cherry though…care to comment?

That's a damned lie.

I lost it when I was 36 to some bloke I met in a public lavatory in Regent's Park.

Julian said...

Sorry, got confused reading Elsby & Co - I thought Guido said he would be doing his best to help reduce the whine lake. Must be a Labour thing.

economic realist said...

We might aswell ditch the pound and adopt the euro right now.

It's going to happen in the foreseeable future anyway when Brown's debt-fuelled pyramid scheme collapses and sterling gets slaughtered on the forex. (Raising interest rates through the roof won't save it and will just speed up the inevitable recession/depression.)

When that happens the British Government (whoever it is) won't be able to drop sterling fast enough.

Nicodemus said...

If I don't like the way the EU is run, that makes me a hater of foreign types?
Thats a bit like saying that because I don't the way Gordo is ruining this poor country, that I hate all scotsmen.

I wonder...if I accuse the employers of the astroturfers here of corruption, lying, graft, cronyism and mismanagement on a scale hithertoo unseen beyond the realms of sitcom - what '--IST' does this make me?

stan matthews said...

Our Gazza from Stoke is a couple of H's short of a GCSE. Apart from being short changed in the IQ department , the little whiner has a bitter attitude towards his social superiors. His little fantasy world is not helped by his career as a Grade 2 clerk at the local Job Centre. Come on Gazza , lighten up.

Anonymous said...

Anon (1:08PM) said

Politicians use the EU as a place to hide and cover for legislation that they know is unpopular.

A correct observation, worthy of Sir Humphrey.

So as well as the EU being a well stocked trough for some, it is a wonderful way for spinless ministers and their masters in No 10 to dodge scrutiny.

We need out of this nightmare, pronto

wirlad said...

stan matthews said... Aw leave him alone he's a regular visiter ,and he lighten's up the day.

stan matthews said...

Wirlad you are not our Gazza are you. True the lad tries hard and seems a nice sort. If I was still playing I would let him have a few tickets for Sat though thinggs have slid a little since I was a regular.

The Hitch said...

The fake hitch 5;28


thats a damn lie
I lost my homosexual virginity when I ass rammed your dad in 1984

Anonymous said...

“rammed your dad in 1984” or was it his big brother?

hovis said...

"economic realist" - so reducing the ability of the the economy even further by joining a contrived (and bankrupt) currency zone will help us how exactly ??

wirlad said...

stan matthews said...

No, he comes here turns up the heat a little but does stay to defend himself ,nowt wrong in that, shame he believes in Labour.

economic realist said...

hovis said...
"economic realist" - so reducing the ability of the the economy even further by joining a contrived (and bankrupt) currency zone will help us how exactly ??

Put your (partly justified) anti-EU prejudices aside for a moment and you will see that it is the British economy that is heading for bankruptcy through unsustainable debt and growing trade deficits.

The Eurozone, on the other hand, is heading for a relatively stable and comfortable future.

boodle bum bum said...

The Hitch said...
The fake hitch 5;28
thats a damn lie
I lost my homosexual virginity when I ass rammed your dad in 1984

so when you gonna lose your hetero cherry big boy or doncha like girlies?

knowledgeable entity said...

One should feel sorry for "Gary Elsby Stoke on Trent". Outside of Scunthorpe, Shit on Trent must be the biggest dump in England. They used to sell "humorous" postcards in Sheffield, showing a picture of smoke and grime, with the title "Beautiful Sheffield". Many years later it was revealed that they had been unable to find anywhere dirty enough in Sheffield, and had actually taken the picture in Stoke. That sort of filth can make anybody depressed and insane.

Anonymous said...

Suggest everyone goes dressed in nappies & handkerchiefs.At the end of the evening they can be sent round to No.11 for recycling.

bhownaggree'smum said...

I'm really worried about bhownaggree........where is he? ?

Tone made me do it - he's a bad influence said...

Channel 4 Dispatches NOW

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Peter Hitchens please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Peter Hitchens please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here..

Delia Smith said...

Guido

Don't have too much of the wine lake; remember what happened last time (with the losss of your property etc).

Also, please publish some photos of the "event"

BOF2BS said...

Too late I fear - Guido likely drownuing already!

no longer anonymous said...

"His little fantasy world is not helped by his career as a Grade 2 clerk at the local Job Centre."

He has a job?

Chris Paul said...

SCREW YOUR DAMNABLE LIES FAWKES - get a grip or you'll be a laughing stock.

Gary Elsby stoke said...

I feel I must come to the aid of Gary from Stoke.

He is the one who claimed that Stoke Conservatives have child molestors within the membership and when they looked....they had!

The Conservatives are no more (boo hoo) and poor old StokeConservative Party is no more.

Put it to Willie Hague and Tim Montgomerie (Ku klux Klan) and they will deny this story. Check it out.

'This Country has laws made by the EU and we didn't ask or want them'

BOLLOCKS! Teddy Heath signed into the EEC (the EU and Euro Currency+ delegation of Sovereignty) and a referendum later on confirmed this.

Maggie and Johnny signed us into the Single EU act because they liked the idea.

Just because you failing Tories refuse to remember all of this, does not mean it didn't happen.

Now fuck off you fucking losers.

Bring on Dave and the fox!

Gary

Anonymous said...

Gary elsby stoke said @8:56 AM

"Teddy Heath signed into the EEC (the EU and Euro Currency+ delegation of Sovereignty) and a referendum later on confirmed this.

Maggie and Johnny signed us into the Single EU act because they liked the idea."


They certainly did - and lost my vote in the process. What a sell-out. Will Cameron do anything about it? - No, if last night's C4 TV prog by Peter Hitchins is anywhere near correct.

That only leaves UKIP - and they need to get their act together as well. There is distinct lack of representation of the people's feeling about the EU in Parliament.

Roger Thornhill said...

1. Refusing to accept the EU yoke is not xenophobic, but anti-sociofascist. It is not the countries nor the peoples, but the regime.

p.s. I don't care if Ted Heath was "Tory", he was still an ass.

no longer anonymous said...

"BOLLOCKS! Teddy Heath signed into the EEC (the EU and Euro Currency+ delegation of Sovereignty) and a referendum later on confirmed this."

People voted to stay in because they wanted a free trade area, not because they wanted imperial measurements outlawed, the implementation of the disasters that are CAP and CFP and the risk (so far defeated) of being banned from working more than 48 hours a week. The Labour Government of the time also promised to renegotiate our terms of entry but spectacularly failed to do so.

"Now fuck off you fucking losers."

Haha, being called a loser by someone in your position is hilarious. Weren't you on the dole until recently? In my experience it is hardcore Labour voters who tend to be losers - social outcasts, parasites and other dross that society would rather not have. How about making your own money instead of living off of other peoples'?

Gary Elsby stoke-on-trent said...

The trouble with you Tory losers is that you ACTUALLY believe that you are and came from good Conservative stock.

The truth is different.

The Conservatives were (and still may be)a political front for The Nordic League, Imperail Fascist League,British Union,Anglo German League and many many more.

The Tory membership thinks of Europe just as UKIP and the BNP does.

Dave and Willie play it out as reigning in the wayward gravy train club by being a bit anti.

Within Tory circles, there are die hard fascist anti europeans who are wrecking you so much that you've forgotten how to Govern.

For you, there is no big project other than to leave one and become small.

Small minded, small Country, small Tory Party that no-one wants.

In a nutshell.

Get on with it you fucking Tory windbag rascist losers.

Gary

pompous ass said...

The comments on here are neither amusing nor enlightening, and are thus a waste of space.

no longer anonymous said...

"Within Tory circles, there are die hard fascist anti europeans who are wrecking you so much that you've forgotten how to Govern."

You will find plenty of them in the Labour Party. Such as those switching to the BNP in large numbers.

"Get on with it you fucking Tory windbag rascist losers."

You really are losing it aren't you? Even the likes of Polly Toynbee can debate more effectively than you. By the way, please remind me what the latst opinion polls are saying about the "loser" Tories.

Gary elsby said...

And yet, even according to Tory die-hards,UKIP and BNP are sucking in support and are pushing all the right buttons!

How come the polls are describing this flood of support as a Tory landslide in the making?

Simple. They are a bunch of twats as well.

Gary

Tuscan Tony said...
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Tuscan Tony said...

gary 10:51am - PING! and the "racist" word hoves into view, like toast escaping from a Russell Hobbs. Someone-or-other's Law clearly states that the word is invariably invoked by a party to a debate scenting defeat and attempting to shut it down rather than continue to the inevitable verdict and the usual embarassment, recriminations, and general lobbing at him of rotten fruit and veg afterwards from his former supporters.

wordd verify was "zwapo" a great name for any proposed crossborder EU police force

Tuscan Tony said...

..and the next one was "sadbjl", which I just had to have too. Sad.

Dr spock said...

Our Gazza is getting in a froth; rarely has he spouted forth so much unintelligible bile. Gazza, a benefits junkie, is a sad living reminder of the failure of Labour's education policies of the seventies - thanks Shirley Williams. The poor little fucker is in a constant rage. Really his fulminating against his own failures and disappointments and the Conservative Party is his surrogate whipping boy. Cut the silly twat some slack and do not take his rantings seriously. progress in the meritocratic

Gary Elsby stoke said...

You pointy eared bastard, fuck off!

Gary

Anonymous said...

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/6331195.stm


read it and weep.

Tom said...

Gary Elsby of Stoke

Dr Spock was an American paediatrician and child psychoanalyst whose seminal work ‘Baby and Child Care’ published in 1946, revolutionised how children were perceived and raised. He did not have ‘pointy ears’

Perhaps you are confusing Dr McCoy and Mr Spock from the popular American TV show Star Trek.

Gary elsby stoke said...

No it's you who is mistaken here.

Dr Spock was the second in command to Captain Kirk of the starship 'Enterprise'.

In his spare time he banged out loads of kids by unsuspecting and vulnerable girls.He then raised them using techniques that have been proven to have turned them into psychpathic murderers.

as well as saving the 'Enterprise' every week.

He also had pointy ears when he remembered to glue them on.
The kids were shit scared of him.

Gary

dr crackers said...

Gazza

Dr Spock is the reason why you are not able to reason.

Go figure, young man.


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