The welfare of greyhounds must be improved
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 24. Jul, 2009 | Comments
THIS weekend is National Greyhound Remembrance Weekend. It’s when the public are asked to remember dogs who have lost their lives within the greyhound racing industry.
The RSPCA believes that as many 20 greyhounds a day, either puppies which do not make it to the track or ‘retired’ dogs are put down because of the nature [...]
Europhiles do Orwell proud explaining away ‘No’ votes in France and the Netherlands
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 22. Jul, 2009 | Comments
Last Thursday Andrew Brons MEP made this short speech in the AFCO (Constitutional Matters) Committee of the European Parliament.
“We have heard this afternoon that a ‘No’ vote in France and then the Netherlands (on the Constitutional Treaty) was not really a ‘No’ vote but a protest against the ‘fact’ that European integration was not [...]
Sodium Chlorate: Misuse by a minority hurts the majority
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 20. Jul, 2009 | Comments
THE use of Sodium Chlorate by home-grown Islamic extremists in making bombs for terrorist attacks has had unfortunate repercussions for British business.
For many years Sodium Chlorate has been successfully used as a weedkiller but now, because of its misuse by this fanatical minority, it has been banned.
A West Yorkshire company that restores driveways and patios [...]
Andrew’s happy with his first week
Posted by Martin Wingfield in EU News on 17. Jul, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons is very pleased with his first week as a fully fledged Member of the European Parliament.
“We have certainly been very pro-active and have taken the lead amongst those from the new intake of British MEPs,” Andrew told the website.
“We were the first to raise issues at the induction meeting for new British MEPs [...]
Fuel firm seek delay on legislation
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Case Work on 15. Jul, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons has been contacted by a fuel service company asking him to investigate whether it is possible persuade the European Parliament to postpone an Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive which will prohibit oil fired cooking and heating from 2013.
The company is hoping that Andrew can lobby for a delay on the legislation until 2018 [...]
Strasbourg and Brussels have no right to legislate over Britain
Posted by Martin Wingfield in EU News on 14. Jul, 2009 | Comments
Andrew Brons has taken his seat, Number 781, in the European Parliament.
He told journalists that the British National Party MEPs did not plan to boycott the European Parliament but would actively seek to defend British sovereignty from further encroachment by the European super state.
“Our default position is that Strasbourg and Brussels have no right whatsoever [...]
