Brainwashed servants of Europe

If at this time, the British people had been aware their treasured independence and freedom to govern themselves would be forever relinquished, in such a short period of almost 40 years, few, if any, would have believed this.

The millions of soldiers who gave their lives as the ultimate sacrifice in two World Wars to fight for these noble causes have been horribly betrayed.

Envious of our way of life, freedoms, independence and resolve, our nation had to be brought down from these very desirable heights to a level which Europe felt more appropriate and could find greater comfort in.

Few politicians can claim they haven’t assisted Europe in the destruction of our nation, and although paid by the British taxpayers, they work to implement European ideals.

They wander around Westminster like people who have been taken over by alien powers, brainwashed and then reprogrammed with software designed to recognise and implement all EU directives without question, with no understanding of the horrible reality of the situation they have brought upon Britain.

Are their minds more concerned with the plum job, expenses etc they may be offered in the bureaucratic corridors of Brussels than in advancing Britain’s interests?

It is, however, very clear that all three main political parties have been duped into never questioning the major drawbacks foisted upon us by Europe, which they have meekly sanctioned, and it is impossible to even contemplate that they may begin to understand the real concerns of the British people. They simply are not doing the job they were elected to do.

For this reason alone, I believe only a party that commits itself to examine the whole European question should receive our votes at the next General Election.

Questioned answered

From: Dennis Whitaker, Baildon, Shipley.

ANDREW Mercer asks “why should the banks lend even more to small businesses”. It’s not rocket science Mr Mercer (Yorkshire Post, May 27).

Banks are businesses too and what they charge in interest on loans, is very different from the amount they give you when you deposit your cash with them and don’t forget the charges they add for their services.

Entrepreneurs’ provide security, often their dwelling houses, to banks to secure a loan. They do so because they believe in themselves and their ability to provide goods and services for others together with a living for their families. They also provide employment for those unwilling or unable to place their heads on the chopping block. When things go wrong, which they sometimes do, not only the banks but also HMRC are at the top table for their pound of flesh.

I think it was Napoleon who described the English as a nation of shopkeepers. If you had visited the Tewkesbury Food Festival earlier in the year, not only would you have sampled the most delicious food and wine but also felt proud of British entrepreneurship. Add to that, the vast sums of money businesses, both large and small pay into the Government coffers and you have answered your own question.

‘I’m all right Jack’ party

From: Richard Billups, East Avenue, Rawmarsh, Rotherham.

THE twists and turns of the mind in old age was classically demonstrated (Yorkshire Post, May 25) by a plea by Sir Bernard Ingham for someone to explain why oh why do some people have compassion?

We all know very few Conservatives think of anyone other than themselves. It’s the “I’m all right Jack” attitude that attracts them to the Tory Party.

Ken Clarke never really fitted in at the top table because it was thought he might carry the compassion bug. Poor Clegg got a yellow card and if he doesn’t pull his socks up it’ll be red. He had better get in line and leave any compassion he might retain behind.

As every Yorkshire person knows, a kleggi is an east Lancashire word for haystack. As Cleggy stands there with his arms out not saying a word, we now know why.

West’s failure in massacre

From: JG Riseley, Harcourt Drive, Harrogate.

AS Ratko Mladic is brought to trial for his actions at Srebrenica and Sarajevo, we should remember the role of the West in these tragedies (Yorkshire Post, May 27).

Neither of the enclaves was militarily defensible. Our proper, neutral and humanitarian course would have been to secure their safe evacuation. Our refusal to countenance this was an act of partiality towards the Muslim faction which valued these symbols of it’s authority over the whole of Bosnia more than it valued the lives of it’s own civilians and soldiers.

We made this one-sided intervention without moral or legal basis and, more tellingly, without the military force to make it effective. We blocked the partition of Bosnia as arbitrarily as we backed the break-up of Yugoslavia.

From: David Quarrie, Lynden Way, Holgate, York.

I DO not believe that the former Serbian army commander General Ratko Mladic was captured (Yorkshire Post, May 27).

I am convinced that the Serbian government have decided to hand him over to “the authorities” because they want Serbia to be accepted into the European Union.

They know his being free was a barrier to membership, and they feel that after 16 years “on the run”, this hero of the state can now safely be handed over.

The Serbian nationalism is still strong, but they can accept an ageing sick old man is now expendable in a long-term cause.

The EU already has more than enough “failed states”, and for as long as we are a member of that over bureaucratic, grim club, we do not want any more that require our bailing them out.