THE UNELECTABLES

Could things be finally turning in the favour of common sense and fair play?

Pete Robinson over at The Publican says :

'With ASH withering on the vine, the LibDems are the only hurdle to overcome before sanity is restored."

I don't think we will have to suffer these ilLiberal Demotwats much longer as it happens. Cleggy is riding on a wave of self-important egotism and he is blind to the fact that the Tories are giving him enough rope to hang himself and his party before the next election.

It's issue on the stance of Freedom of Choice, Cleggy's clanger of mentioning a hugely popular amendment to the smoking ban in the same breath as the death penalty, and the Party's false promises on the scam that is the "Freeeeedom Bill" will ensure that they will take massive strides backwards and become as unelectable as Nulabour unless they stop dismissing the feelings of 25% of this country.

They just don't get it although coun Carl Minns does. He shows that there are very rare nuggets of common sense and decency among the ilLiberal ranks. It's a shame there are so few tolerant and fair members in that party. It could have offered real hope to so many who are looking for someone and something to believe in.

Cleggy sold the party's soul for five years playing mummies and daddies with Cameron in no 10. My own opinion is that he will live to regret it.

HANNON AND HELMER ON EU

There was some comfort to be had despite the ilLibDem surge in the polls last week after leader Nick Clegg's sudden popularity.

The declared "winner" of the first round,in the TV " I can be more boring than you" debate, soon came out and said he would hold a referendum on the EU if his party won the election.

But before anyone starts popping the Champagne corks in celebration that any of the three old parties care what the British people think about this issue, check out
this post from Conservative MEP Dan Hannon

It's good to see some Conservatives care as strongly about this as UKIP . Con MEP Roger Helmer recently blogged about how bad for British business the EU is, something UKIP has been saying for a long time.

Helmer points to an independent two-year study by the Oxcera consulting firm which has found that distressed companies who receive aid from European Institutions have, in some cases, a better chance at failing than those who do not. 

"Oxcera took a sampling of 1300 large, struggling Europe-based companies and found that nearly 70% of those who didn't receive government aid were able to weather the storm.  Of those who received monetary aid from the European Commission nearly a third had failed, compared to the other two thirds that were now surviving through artificial means," Helmer said. 
 
"The standard EU line on corporate assistance is that it "saves jobs and activities which would otherwise disappear".  Government intervention can sometimes be an effective support, in the way wooden stilts can hold up a house.  Without a proper foundation, however, that inadequate buttress will only prolong the inevitable."

My own view is that the open door migration policy, which is a result of EU membership, is also bad in that it does give British jobs to foreign workers. This came up in the BBC Radio Lincolnshire debate I took part in last week. Louth and Horncastle, for example, would have had many British landworkers in fields and in factories. These jobs are now filled by EU migrants and they are on the dole. I pointed out that while it is true to say that British people have as much right to work in foreign EU countries, many don't want to and they want to work where they live. They should be given that opporutnity. They will not get it if we stay in the EU.

Whatever the voter's view is on membership of the EU, it is time the issue was put to bed. What have the politicians at Westminster to fear by allowing the British people a say in the matter? In or Out? We should decide. No more spin or lies, please, Mr Clegg, Mr Brown or Mr Cameron. We've had enough.