We Are At War

Czech president finally admits he cannot block the Lisbon Treaty... and gives David Cameron's Tories a problem | Mail Online

Not surprisingly, Vaclav Klaus has given in to the bullies in Brussels.

As I showed in an earlier post, the colleagues were determined to implement the Lisbon constitution irrespective of any opposition.

I don't believe Cameron has the guts or the intelligence to challenge any of this by giving us a referendum (and then acting on the result).

We (the people) are consequently at war not just with our own government but also with the EU.

What is the next step?

Klaus Correct To Veto Lisbon Constitution

The liars in the EU and their supporters continue to pretend that the Lisbon 'Treaty' is not the same as the rejected European Consitution and with the same intentions, ie to create an EU superstate, but some leaders have the courage to acknowledge the truth.

Czech president Vaclav Klaus has said he will not ratify the Lisbon Constitution.

"The Lisbon Treaty is dead for this moment," said President Klaus. "It is dead because it was rejected in a referendum in one member state. Therefore, a decision on ratification of this treaty is not on the agenda at this point."

Ireland plans to hold a new vote later this year on the EU's charter for reform. Yesterday the Czech senate voted 54-20 to ratify the treaty which is meant to simplify decision-making in a union that has grown from 15 to 27 members over the past five years. Mr Klaus and lawmakers among the ruling right-wing Civic Democrats claim that the treaty takes away sovereignty and is a step towards a European superstate.

There's a fuller treatment on the BBC site, with a telling comment from Klaus:

"Our politicians have always found similar cowardly explanations: We are too small, too weak, we do not mean anything in the European context, we must fall into line, although we disagree with it," he said.

"I reject this. Either we regained sovereignty after the 1989 overthrow of the communist regime... or this was nothing but a tragic error," he continued.

The Treaty/Constitution does indeed pave the way for the EU as a federal superstate which takes away national sovereignty (that sovereignty which it hasn't already taken away, that is) and should be destroyed.

V And The Office Of The Third Sector

Not science fiction but New Labour in action.

If you're following the debate about fake charities (ie charities funded by the government) then this will help shed more light:

The Office of the Third Sector (OTS) has been set up to drive forward the Government's role in supporting a thriving sector, and brings together sector-related work from across government. The third sector includes voluntary and community organisations, charities, social enterprises, faith groups, cooperatives and mutuals. The sector is diverse in its needs and priorities, and that diversity will be fully reflected in the approach of the Office.

V is the bizarre name of another 'independent charity' supported with our cash by the government. It resulted from the Russell Commission's report, A National Framework for Youth Action and Engagement.

V was set up in 2006. The funding base is as follows:

The Government has allocated £50 million over three years to support the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations. v also has a target of raising £50 million from the private sector. All funding raised from the private sector will be matched on a pound for pound basis by the Exchequer, unlocking potentially an additional £50 million. These figures apply to England only; a further £19.5 million has been made available to the devolved administrations through the Barnett formula.

In other words, this is a charity set up by the government.

However, we live in a country in thrall to the cult of the committee, the think-tank and the report, so there was another consultation: The Morgan Enquiry, which appeared to cover the same ground, ie getting young people involved in volunteer work.

Someone over at the Association of Volunteer Managers couldn't see much difference either. It may have been independent of government funding but it was chaired by a baroness with a New Labour political background and included three MPs. Unlike with the Russell Commission, though, I shouldn't think anything will result from the Enquiry.

It would be interesting to know whether V has managed to achieve its aim of getting a million young people to volunteer within its initial three-year period.

Klaus in the Lion's Den

The EU's new President for the next six months, Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic, looks set to stir things up and make himself even more unpopular amongst the colleagues in Brussels.

In an article in FT.com, entitled 'Do not tie the markets - free them' he says:

As regards the EU's "constitutional" stalemate, the Czech government will - hopefully - not lead Europe to an ever-closer union, to a Europe of regions (instead of states), to a centralised, supranational Europe or to an increasingly controlled and regulated Europe masterminded from above. It will keep stressing its EU presidency slogan "Europe without barriers", which means the advocacy of further liberalisation, removing trade barriers and getting rid of protectionism.

Our historical experience gives us a clear instruction: we always need more of markets and less of government intervention. We also know that government failure is more costly than market failure.

That certainly won't go down well with the autocrats in charge.

I look forward to seeing what smears, lies, innuendos and attacks Klaus is going to be subjected to over the next six months.