tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post8470354132674737558..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Roger Helmer (3)WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-60644167634043469852011-10-13T13:05:43.669-07:002011-10-13T13:05:43.669-07:00JH: You, cynical?
k: Whilst I know your views, vi...JH: You, cynical?<br /><br />k: Whilst I know your views, views you have expressed previously on this blog in your comments; in respect of the first two, I can but throw back in their faces Helmer's own quote on the BBC. As to the third, yes, he has done well, but even he I wonder whether it is for personal glory. If not, why does he not take on board suggestions made to him regarding party presentation and admin?<br /><br />I take you point with all three, but would ask at what price to their personal principles?<br /><br />Anon: you may have a point there...<br /><br />TT: Yup, can see from whence you come and agree.......WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-4312235356869613872011-10-13T10:00:52.610-07:002011-10-13T10:00:52.610-07:00There were many people in postwar Germany who were...There were many people in postwar Germany who were condemned for being members of the Nazi Party even though they had inwardly rebelled and were privately opposed to the more odious and reviled actions of the Party. They may one day campaign as Neo Nazis offering a new more human-face of Nazism and counting upon public support for a fresh approach....until then....TomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-86161731373765478892011-10-13T07:54:38.894-07:002011-10-13T07:54:38.894-07:00I take Helmer's resignation letter at face val...I take Helmer's resignation letter at face value and commend him for it. However what really concerns me is the massive Tory smoke and mirrors campaign going on at the moment.<br /><br />Dare I mention John Major? The silly man who claimed that it would hinder him in negotiations over the Masstricht Treaty if he could threaten the EU with a British referendum on the the outcome. Surely one of the most ridiculous things a British PM has ever uttered.<br /><br />Well when the same idiot starts saying that Britain should consider a repatriation of powers I automatically smell a rat. In 14 years since leaving No10 the one EU issue that Major cites that powers need to be re-patriated is employment law.<br /><br />This is disingenuos in the extreme. Major knows full well that just about the only EU dictat that is popular with the public is that which restricts working hours and grants further employment rights. Some might argue that the issue is immensely complicated and nuanced, and so it is. That however is to miss the point.<br /><br /> Major and all the Europlastics are deliberately linking their new found EU scepticism to a cause which they know is political suicide, thereby scuppering it from the start.<br /><br />In short you are not going to win over the population in a crusade to draw back from the EU if the price for it is that we all have to work longer hours. They have stitched this thing up from the start and set it up to fail!!<br /><br />What an utterly despicable man Major is!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-5786217497449882232011-10-13T06:20:43.135-07:002011-10-13T06:20:43.135-07:00Again, one of the good guys. We may criticise the...Again, one of the good guys. We may criticise the likes of Helmer, Hannan and Farage for not doing enough but, let's face it, they have done more than the rest of us put together.kenomeatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-57994603922689754412011-10-13T04:59:49.305-07:002011-10-13T04:59:49.305-07:00What took him so long?What took him so long?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-42168528168013041492011-10-12T23:03:55.201-07:002011-10-12T23:03:55.201-07:00TBF: Thanks - and I doubt it......
X: Again, good...TBF: Thanks - and I doubt it......<br /><br />X: Again, good point.......WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-39800005409066819622011-10-12T16:25:53.305-07:002011-10-12T16:25:53.305-07:00Surely he can't join UKIP because he'll lo...Surely he can't join UKIP because he'll lose his inflated EU pension if he criticises the EU.<br />Decent pension v. principles - that's democracy!abberviXopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387364739989208360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-74438620322912861982011-10-12T15:18:19.128-07:002011-10-12T15:18:19.128-07:00Thanks for the link as always WfW. Excellent point...Thanks for the link as always WfW. Excellent point about Daniel Hannan and Roger's other (former) colleagues - it does place them in an awkward position. I wonder if they'll follow in Roger's actionTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.com