The House of Commons Speaker today refused to allow a vote on a Liberal Democrat amendment calling for an in-or-out referendum on the EU. The Liberal Democrat MP’s walked out of Parliament in protest. I can’t help thinking this is a cosy establishment conspiracy. Both Labour and the Conservatives have got too much to lose by giving Britons a say on this issue. I strongly believe that we’re better off in the European Union but I want to argue the case with my fellow citizens, and hopefully succeed!

Despite a £3 million enquiry lasting four years the Government has quietly dropped plans to replace council tax with a fairer local tax system. The report concluded that council tax was not fit for purpose and had some fairly modest proposals to tackle some of the unfairness. But it now seems even this was too much for ministers.  

I remember the poll tax fury, the Labour party at that time were proposing ‘fair rates’ to replace the poll tax, well there’s nothing fair about the way that council tax has increased since 1997!!! 

People are angry, they are angry at being conned by New Labour and they are angry at paying ever-increasing sums into government black-holes. The public in this country have paid £3M to find a better way of paying for local services and the government have ignored the findings.This is a government that has complete contempt for the ordinary hard-working souls of this country, I’ve lost count of how many people I meet who want leave for Cyprus, Australia, Canada, Malta or Spain!!  

Even my mum (who’s fairly non-political) has said “Labour have wrecked this country haven’t they?”

It looks like the Arun Community Hospital may be built in 2009. This time last year it looked like a distant, distant possibility and at last years local elections many residents, and even some of our own activists didn’t believe that it could happen. 

I believe it happened because all three major parties in Littlehampton stuck together on this issue. We organised the march, the Tories joined us and the Labour party organised the petition, it was the town against the bureaucrats and the town has won.

I think the Archbishop of Canterbury has completely lost his marbles! He’s suggesting that Sharia law is unavoidable in the future because some citizens don’t relate to the British legal system.  Dr. Williams has always come across as quite a sensible bloke, but I think he’s spent too much time near burning candles or something!! Everyone knows that the only people exempt from the law in this country are foreign diplomats, the Government and Mrs. Elizabeth Windsor. 

Jeremy Vine spoke about Bliar being the first President of Europe on Radio 2 today.  I have said it once but I’ll say it again, what a start for the post -  having a failed and hated ex-prime minister of the UK at it’s head! Bliar should just go and live on an island somewhere, (or maybe colonise Mars?) and never return to Europe or our TV screens, he was a disgrace to Britain and I’m fed-up with him haunting us like a bad smell. GO AWAY BLIAR!!