Dear Mr Barroso,
I was unable able to ask you a question today in the chamber. I would therefore like to make you acquainted with certain facts and ask you three questions.
Baroness Ashton was Treasurer for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 1980-1982.
CND was notoriously secretive about its sources of funding and did not submit its accounts to independent audit; however, after public pressure they were audited for the first time in 1982-1983 (Godfrey Lord & Co). It was found that 38% of their annual income (£176,197) could not be traced back to the original donors. The person responsible for this part of CND fund-raising, from anonymous donors, was Will Howard, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
The Russian dissident and internationally respected figure Vladimir Bukovsky, has shown from his research that the nuclear disarmament campaigns across Europe were largely funded by the Soviet bloc. Mr Bukovsky has proven with hundreds of top secret documents from Soviet archives that the worldwide disarmament campaign in the 1980s was covertly orchestrated from Moscow. The money was channelled through communist parties or other pro-Soviet organisations and individuals.
If therefore seems very likely that the unidentified income came from the Soviet bloc.
If Baroness Ashton did not know where the unidentified income came from she was incompetent. If she did not ask where it came from she was negligent. If she did know that it came from the Soviet block then she knowingly accepted money from a hostile foreign power in order to undermine Britain's and NATO's defence policies.
Anyone who was compromised by the Soviet Union in the 1980s remains compromised by the Russian Federation.
In the light of these facts, my questions are:
1) Do you still believe that she is a fit and proper person to be in charge of the EU's (and Britain's) Foreign and Security Policy?
2) Do you intend to investigate these claims further? If not, why not?
3) The answer to the second question is 'Yes' would you like me to supply you with the contact details of Mr Bukovsky, and others, who can give you more detailed information about this matter?
Yours sincerely,
Gerard Batten MEP
UK Independence PartyLondon
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Gerard exposes Neil Kinnock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lord Kinnock: Serious allegations in the European Parliament EU Reporter
In 2006, London MEP Gerard Batten caused great controversy when he quoted highly placed intelligence sources that denounced Romano Prodi as a "KGB asset" during Strasbourg plenary. His sources included a former deputy head of KGB, as well the dissident and former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was to pay for his dissidence with his life just a few months later.
Today, in the same chamber, Batten made another allegation citing highly placed sources, using still classified evidence from the archives of the Gorbachev Foundation.Batten stated that former leader of the British Labour Party, and former EU Commissioner, Neil Kinnock approached the then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s to discuss a proposal to halt the Trident missile project.
He invited Lord Kinnock to account for himself, suggesting that if the allegation is true, then Lord Kinnock may be guilty of treason.
These allegations should be viewed in the context of the final years of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was weakening, and western military superiority helped lead to the dissolution of that polity, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Batten's allegations seem to suggest that Kinnock's actions could have actually jeopardised the eventual outcome that we are celebrating now, twenty years after the fall of the wall.
The full text of Gerard Batten's speech follows:
60 SECOND SPEECH TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
NEIL KINNOCK & THE SOVIET UNION
23RD November 2009
"Russian exile Pavel Stroilov recently published revelations about the collaboration between the British Labour Party and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Soviet archival documents state that in the 1980s Neil Kinnock, as leader of the opposition, approached Mikhail Gorbachev through secret envoys to see how the Kremlin would respond if a Labour Government stopped the implementation of the Trident nuclear missile programme.If the report given to Mr Gorbachev is true, it means that Lord Kinnock approached one of Britain's enemies in order to seek approval regarding his party's defence policy, and had he been elected, Britain's defence policy.
If this report is true then Lord Kinnock would be guilty of treason.The documents now available must be investigated at the highest possible level by the British authorities and Lord Kinnock given the opportunity to answer the Soviet evidence".
In 2006, London MEP Gerard Batten caused great controversy when he quoted highly placed intelligence sources that denounced Romano Prodi as a "KGB asset" during Strasbourg plenary. His sources included a former deputy head of KGB, as well the dissident and former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was to pay for his dissidence with his life just a few months later.
Today, in the same chamber, Batten made another allegation citing highly placed sources, using still classified evidence from the archives of the Gorbachev Foundation.Batten stated that former leader of the British Labour Party, and former EU Commissioner, Neil Kinnock approached the then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s to discuss a proposal to halt the Trident missile project.
He invited Lord Kinnock to account for himself, suggesting that if the allegation is true, then Lord Kinnock may be guilty of treason.
These allegations should be viewed in the context of the final years of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was weakening, and western military superiority helped lead to the dissolution of that polity, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Batten's allegations seem to suggest that Kinnock's actions could have actually jeopardised the eventual outcome that we are celebrating now, twenty years after the fall of the wall.
The full text of Gerard Batten's speech follows:
60 SECOND SPEECH TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
NEIL KINNOCK & THE SOVIET UNION
23RD November 2009
"Russian exile Pavel Stroilov recently published revelations about the collaboration between the British Labour Party and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Soviet archival documents state that in the 1980s Neil Kinnock, as leader of the opposition, approached Mikhail Gorbachev through secret envoys to see how the Kremlin would respond if a Labour Government stopped the implementation of the Trident nuclear missile programme.If the report given to Mr Gorbachev is true, it means that Lord Kinnock approached one of Britain's enemies in order to seek approval regarding his party's defence policy, and had he been elected, Britain's defence policy.
If this report is true then Lord Kinnock would be guilty of treason.The documents now available must be investigated at the highest possible level by the British authorities and Lord Kinnock given the opportunity to answer the Soviet evidence".
Gerard on the Politics Show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bit on UKIp is about 50 minutes into the show.
Gerard came across really well. I am proud of him!
GERARD BATTEN. THE BEST CHOICE FOR LEADER
Friday 20 November 2009
Gerard knocks them for six at the Peterborough hustings!!!!!!!!!
As I expected Gerard was the best speaker in Peterborough. He was GREAT. He answered all the questions with skill and won over many of the members.The other candidates didn't stand a chance!
Here is what some said.
Gerard will be a great leader says a member from Peterborough.
Mr Batten is the best by far says a member from near Huntingdon.
He gets my vote says a UKIP MEP.
Make your vote count. Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Thursday 19 November 2009
Gerard on the front page of the Express!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When you need a quote who do you call? Gerard!!!!!!
UK NEWS BRITAIN RULED BY A BELGIAN? YOU MUST BE JOKING
A FURIOUS backlash was growing last night against the drive to anoint Euro fanatic Herman Van Rompuy as President of Europe.The Belgian Prime Minister, who wants to impose sweeping Europe-wide taxes, is expected to be picked for the plum new job at a cosy dinner of the Brussels elite tomorrow.
But opponents of his crazed plans for building a European superstate and banning national flags and anthems were uniting yesterday after full details emerged of his ambitions for a massive new taxation offensive once he is installed in the £250,000-a-year post.
Gerard Batten, UKIP MEP for London, said angrily: “What is the point of Belgium? The only reason it would get the presidency is because by giving it to such a non-entity it is not going to upset anyone.
“They are adding insult to injury. It’s bad enough having the Lisbon Treaty rammed down our throats but a president from a nothing country telling us we shouldn’t exist? They are jackals biting the lion’s tail.”
VOTE BATTEN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UK NEWS BRITAIN RULED BY A BELGIAN? YOU MUST BE JOKING
A FURIOUS backlash was growing last night against the drive to anoint Euro fanatic Herman Van Rompuy as President of Europe.The Belgian Prime Minister, who wants to impose sweeping Europe-wide taxes, is expected to be picked for the plum new job at a cosy dinner of the Brussels elite tomorrow.
But opponents of his crazed plans for building a European superstate and banning national flags and anthems were uniting yesterday after full details emerged of his ambitions for a massive new taxation offensive once he is installed in the £250,000-a-year post.
Gerard Batten, UKIP MEP for London, said angrily: “What is the point of Belgium? The only reason it would get the presidency is because by giving it to such a non-entity it is not going to upset anyone.
“They are adding insult to injury. It’s bad enough having the Lisbon Treaty rammed down our throats but a president from a nothing country telling us we shouldn’t exist? They are jackals biting the lion’s tail.”
VOTE BATTEN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Dirty tricks campaign against Gerard
On the British Democracy Forum a member of Niki Sinclaire's campaign team has been casting doubt on Gerard's ability to lead UKIP.
After I posted a message about how support for UKIP is growing in London a silly boy called Josh Onyons who works for Niki posted a sarcastic response claiming this was not true.
Niki Sinclaire should tell him to refrain from making such stupid comments or a complaint will be made to the returning officer.
If you can't fight a clean campaign stand down now!
After I posted a message about how support for UKIP is growing in London a silly boy called Josh Onyons who works for Niki posted a sarcastic response claiming this was not true.
Niki Sinclaire should tell him to refrain from making such stupid comments or a complaint will be made to the returning officer.
If you can't fight a clean campaign stand down now!
Sunday 15 November 2009
Michael Zuckerman should be ashamed of himself
01. Mr Zuckerman banned all campaigning on the UKIP internal Forum to no particular purpose other than to shelter them from the real world and explaining and justifying the indefensible.
02. Mr Zuckerman banned all forms of Poll on the forum.
03. Mr Zuckerman in answer to complaints from candidates and members regarding Nigel Farage’s gross intervention on National tv in the leadership election said he had no undue interest in any particular candidate and was at liberty to exercise his right to state his opinion!
04. Mr Zuckerman was more than stumped when it was pointed out that Mr. Farage did in fact have an interest and a large interest as he had acted as the best known proposer to feature on the lengthy list of supporters Malcolm Wood had put together for Lord Pearson!
Mr Zuckerman had to concede he clearly didn’t know what he was taking about.
05. Mr Zuckerman assured the candidates that he would convey their annoyance and ensure that it did not happen again, and that Nigel Farage would be left in no doubt he had transgressed the rules.
And how has Gregg Lance Watkins got hold of articles from our UKIP members only forum? I thought that site was secure. I won't be posting that however as Gerard would not want me to.
02. Mr Zuckerman banned all forms of Poll on the forum.
03. Mr Zuckerman in answer to complaints from candidates and members regarding Nigel Farage’s gross intervention on National tv in the leadership election said he had no undue interest in any particular candidate and was at liberty to exercise his right to state his opinion!
04. Mr Zuckerman was more than stumped when it was pointed out that Mr. Farage did in fact have an interest and a large interest as he had acted as the best known proposer to feature on the lengthy list of supporters Malcolm Wood had put together for Lord Pearson!
Mr Zuckerman had to concede he clearly didn’t know what he was taking about.
05. Mr Zuckerman assured the candidates that he would convey their annoyance and ensure that it did not happen again, and that Nigel Farage would be left in no doubt he had transgressed the rules.
And how has Gregg Lance Watkins got hold of articles from our UKIP members only forum? I thought that site was secure. I won't be posting that however as Gerard would not want me to.
Saturday 14 November 2009
What Gerard does in the EU
Gerard Batten attends the plenary sessions of the Parliament in order to oppose legislation harmful to Britain. In 2004 to 2009 he was a member of the Security and Defence Committee and was UKIP’s spokesman on that subject.
In 2009 he became a member of the Civil Liberties Committee, and will devote special attention to the erosion of our civil liberties by the European Union by such means as the European Arrest Warrant, Trials in Absentia, the common recognition of fines and confiscation orders, and the ‘harmonisation’ of member states legal systems.
Gerard Batten is a prolific speaker on a multitude of subjects in the chamber of the European Parliament. His speeches draw attention to the damage being done to Britain by membership of the European Union and often end with a call for British withdrawal.
Most MEPs are usually restricted to speaking times of usually one or two minutes only.
Gerard Batten. Battling for Britain!
In 2009 he became a member of the Civil Liberties Committee, and will devote special attention to the erosion of our civil liberties by the European Union by such means as the European Arrest Warrant, Trials in Absentia, the common recognition of fines and confiscation orders, and the ‘harmonisation’ of member states legal systems.
Gerard Batten is a prolific speaker on a multitude of subjects in the chamber of the European Parliament. His speeches draw attention to the damage being done to Britain by membership of the European Union and often end with a call for British withdrawal.
Most MEPs are usually restricted to speaking times of usually one or two minutes only.
Gerard Batten. Battling for Britain!
Thursday 12 November 2009
Get complaining!
Gerard is so angry about what Nigel Farage has said on the Politics Show about the other candidates that he has said members should complain to the Electoral Reform Society.
Here is the address
6 Church St
London
SE1 OUU
Get writing now.
Here is the address
6 Church St
London
SE1 OUU
Get writing now.
Gerard still tells it like it is!
Click on this and watch a master at work!
Vote Batten Now or are you really stupid?
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Nigel Farage is disgraceful
Gerard is disgusted with Nigel Farage after describing him as not a credible candidate on the television. He has no right to do this as a leader should remain impartial during the leadership election. He should apologise to all the other candidates.
Gerard in the North West
Gerard was on good form but due to overwork was not as good as he can be. Despite being tired he held his ground and gave a good speech on how he would lead UKIP to victory.
A few members said they would be voting for Gerard and he is still set to win.
A few members said they would be voting for Gerard and he is still set to win.
Monday 9 November 2009
Support Gerard Batten in the North West!
Date/ Time: Tuesday, 10 Nov. at 7:00pm
Venue: Tower College, Mill Lane, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 6NE
Venue: Tower College, Mill Lane, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 6NE
Don't forget to wear your Gerard Batten badge and vote for the Best!
The other candidates are getting worried!
Sunday 8 November 2009
Thursday 5 November 2009
Defending Gerard Batten
Tom Wise has pleaded guilty and faces jail. Some people on the British Democracy Forum are saying Gerard voted on our NEC to end the original investigation into Tom Wise. This is true but to suggest Gerard did it to cover up evidence of a crime ia terrible thing to say about a good man.
Gerard made a simple mistake. Forgive and forget. Gerard will still make a good leader.
Vote Batten Now!
Gerard made a simple mistake. Forgive and forget. Gerard will still make a good leader.
Vote Batten Now!
Gerard wins Round Three of the Leadership Race!
Gerard did it again. He knocked the other candidates for six at the Exeter hustings. I was very proud of him!
About 180 attended and most felt Gerard won the day.
This is what some members said.
I was not going to vote for him but your blog and Gerard's speech made all the difference. He has my vote!
Gerard Batten is better than all the rest said a SW committee member.
We are with Gerard all the way said a couple from Exeter.
About 180 attended and most felt Gerard won the day.
This is what some members said.
I was not going to vote for him but your blog and Gerard's speech made all the difference. He has my vote!
Gerard Batten is better than all the rest said a SW committee member.
We are with Gerard all the way said a couple from Exeter.
Gerard 3. The rest 0.
Next stop Ukip leader!
Pants to the rest, Gerard is the best!
Next stop Ukip leader!
Pants to the rest, Gerard is the best!
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Gerard Batten tells it like it is!
Watch this video. Click on it now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLhix4cNfM
A great speech from a Great Guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLhix4cNfM
A great speech from a Great Guy!
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Gerard Batten Wins Round Two of the Leadership Race!
About 70 attended the hustings. Gerard was on great form and wiped the floor with the other candidates as I knew he would. Paul Nuttall chaired it. Ralph Atkinson tried to cause trouble but Gerard stood his ground.
Here is what some members said afterwards. Gerard is the best by far says a UKIP member from London. Batten will make a great leader says a UKIP MEP. The other candidates dont stand a chance, Gerard is great says another member from London.
Vote GB. You know it makes sense. Forget the rest Gerard is the best.
Gerard Batten Needs You. Contact details
Want to help Gerard lead UKIP to victory? Then phone him on 07843 423864 or 0207 4037174. Lynnda can be reached on 07771 730620.
Help Gerard and help UKIP.
Monday 2 November 2009
Support Gerard Batten by wearing a GB badge!
Want to show your support for Gerard? Then why not print off the picture at the top, cut it out and mount it on a piece of card. Get a safety pin and stick it to the back of the picture. You now have your own Gerard Batten badge!
Wear it at the hustings to show Gerard you support his bid to lead UKIP.
Gerard Batten Plans for UKIP
Gerard Batten has great plans for UKIP. If elected leader he will win seats in parliament within 5 years. Thats a promise.
Gerard has been criticised for not revealing his plans for UKIP. Wait and see. He has not revealed his plans just yet because he does not want the other candidates to steal his ideas for their own.
Trust Gerard Batten. UKIP is safe in his hands.
Gerard has been criticised for not revealing his plans for UKIP. Wait and see. He has not revealed his plans just yet because he does not want the other candidates to steal his ideas for their own.
Trust Gerard Batten. UKIP is safe in his hands.
Support Gerard Batten at the Hustings Now!
Region: London
Date/ Time: Monday 2 Nov. Time TBC
Venue: Counting House, 50 Cornhill, Bank, London, EC3V 3PD
Come and support Gerard for leader. See him in action. At the the last hustings he wiped the floor with the other candidates.
Gerard Batten Needs You Now!
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Date/ Time: Monday 2 Nov. Time TBC
Venue: Counting House, 50 Cornhill, Bank, London, EC3V 3PD
Come and support Gerard for leader. See him in action. At the the last hustings he wiped the floor with the other candidates.
Gerard Batten Needs You Now!
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Praise for Gerard Batten!
Gerard's campaign to became UKIP leader is coming along nicely. Here are some of the comments made about him.
Gerard will be a great leader says a member from London. Gerard Batten is the tops says another member from London. I will be voting for GB says a UKIP MEP. Gerard should be in parliament says a member from Hampshire. Gerard's speech at the hustings was the best says a member of young independence. Gerard Batten has what it takes says a member from Lincolnshire.
I have loads more on file.
Vote Batten for UKIP leader and watch UKIP grow.
Gerard will be a great leader says a member from London. Gerard Batten is the tops says another member from London. I will be voting for GB says a UKIP MEP. Gerard should be in parliament says a member from Hampshire. Gerard's speech at the hustings was the best says a member of young independence. Gerard Batten has what it takes says a member from Lincolnshire.
I have loads more on file.
Vote Batten for UKIP leader and watch UKIP grow.
Sunday 1 November 2009
Gerard Batten wins first round of Leadership contest
At the first hustings it was generally agreed Gerard Batten was the best candidate. His speech was outstanding and his answers to various questions were spot on.
Gerard Batten 1. The other candidates 0.
GB for UKIP Leader. You know it makes sense.
Gerard Batten 1. The other candidates 0.
GB for UKIP Leader. You know it makes sense.
Gerard Batten Says Stop Mass Immigration and Stand Up for the British!
London MEP Gerard Batten told the UKIP annual conference that the party has been too slow in pushing for radical immigration policies designed for British citizens "and not designed for the benefit of foreigners".
His address was considered one of the highlights if not the best and here it is in full. Enjoy!
Over the last three years I have done a great deal of research to establish facts and figures about immigration. As Chairman of the Immigration Policy Review Committee I delivered a comprehensive policy paper with a twenty point plan on how to deal with the problem. There is only time here to give you a brief summary of my proposals.
As far as it is possible to ascertain immigration to Britain is running at about 600,000 per annum. Allowing for those who leave, the latest figures show this gives a net population gain of about 237,000 per annum; or over one million new people every five years, equivalent to a new town the size of Birmingham.
While illegal immigration is rife, every single European Union citizen has an automatic legal right to come to Britain if they so wish. The Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democratic parties are all enthusiastic supporters of EU expansion. They all support Turkish entry and if that happens, as seems likely sometime in the next few years, 72 million Turks will have the right to come to Britain if they wish.
If we add up the populations of all those countries seeking to join the EU over the next few years we get a figure of over 157 million.
Now not all of them are going to come to Britain but if only one per cent decided to do so that is still over 1.5 million people, in addition of course to current annual numbers of legal and illegal immigrants.
Britain is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. England, where the majority of the British live, is more densely populated that India, China or Japan. And yet our Government does not believe there should be any real limits on immigration.
And amazingly, given their unqualified belief in man-made climate change, they don’t seem to take into account the effect that an ever-increasing population has on our environment and quality of life.
You will all have seen the figures last week when the UK population reached a new high point of 61.4 million people. The Government firmly assured us that the population will not reach 70 million in the years to come.
Well, they should consult what their own Office of National Statistics. According to the ONS figures, on current trends, the UK population will reach over 70 million by 2031, and spiral upwards ever after. Thankfully most of us will no longer be here when England reaches standing room only, but our children and our children’s children will be. If the Labour, Conservative and Lib-Dem parties are still around no doubt there policy will be, “plenty more room on top”.
This population growth can be clearly shown to be driven entirely by immigration and births to immigrants. Without immigration the UK population would stabilize at about 60 million and even slightly decline.
We know from opinion polls and our own experience that the vast majority of people, of all ethnic origins, are extremely concerned by continued mass immigration and want it to be firmly controlled.
UKIP, is not opposed to some limited immigration. But any immigration should be in the interests of the Britain and its citizens not in the interests of those untold millions of people who might want to migrate here.
In my view UKIP has been too slow to propose much needed radical policies and we must now make up for lost time. UKIP’s immigration policy should be designed for the benefit of the British people, whatever their original ethnic origin, and not designed for the benefit of foreigners.
All the arguments in favour of mass immigration are spurious and easily defeated, so I will not spend time here doing that. But let me summarise the problems and propose some solutions.
Since World War II we have experienced immigration on a scale unprecedented in our history. We are now adding to our population by over one million new people every five years.
Millions more will come to Britain through illegal immigration, and through perfectly legal immigration from the European Union.
It is estimated that there are at least one million illegal immigrants in Britain. The asylum system is subject to systematic abuse and hundreds of thousands of economic migrants use it as a means of gaining entry to the UK.
Uncontrolled immigration is driving down the wages of those at the bottom of the economic scale, while at the same time driving property prices up. This has already driven some people into voting for a racist party.
Britain and particularly England are among the most densely populated countries in the world. The continued and unsustainable rise in our population is due entirely to immigration.
A significant proportion of immigrants and their descendents are neither assimilating nor integrating into British society. Encouraged by official policies of multiculturalism we are creating parallel societies: not only with their own traditions and customs but now demanding their own legal systems.
We are witnessing the Balkanisation of the UK with unknown consequences for the future. Academic research shows that on current demographic trends the English will be an ethnic minority in their own country within two to three generations.
Those are the problems. What are the solutions?
UKIP has already made a good start by stating that there should be a five year freeze on immigration until we have the situation under control.
UKIP must declare a clear and unequivocal commitment to end the age of mass immigration. Any future immigration should be on a strict points based system only, such as those operated by Australia and New Zealand. The inexorable rise in population can only be stalled by limited net immigration of less than 50,000 per annum.
Entry to Britain for work purposes should be by work-permit only for limited periods of time, and only where there are proven skills shortages in specific areas of the economy.
People found to be living illegally in Britain should be removed to their country of origin. Illegal immigrants should not be granted an amnesty.
The terms of the 1951 Convention of Refugees should be strictly enforced so that asylum seekers should seek refuge in the first designated safe country they come to, until such time as Britain withdraws from the Convention and replaces it with our own laws for the application and granting of asylum.
We should repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. These have prevented the courts from expelling terrorists, extremists, criminals, bogus asylum seekers and undesirable aliens.
There should be an end to the promotion of multiculturalism by local and national government. It is divisive and recipe for future conflict. While individual cultural and religious practices should be respected they should also be private. We should seek to integrate and assimilate existing immigrants into a culture of loyalty to and respect for a common set of political and legal institutions. There must be no place for the official recognition of Sharia law.
We must regain control of our borders and who enters. It will come as no surprise to any of you here to know we cannot do any of these things until we leave the European Union first.
In conclusion: We all know immigrants, and the descendents, of immigrants who are hard-working and law-abiding: people who contribute to the economy and are valued members of society. Many such people are just as vocal in their criticism of the current immigration and asylum shambles as anyone else.
We are not anti-immigrant or anti-immigration, but now is the time for UKIP to be bold. Now is the time for UKIP to say what the vast majority of the British people want to hear.
The electorate has given UKIP another five-year term for our 13 MEPs. They have put their trust in us again. We must not let them down. Now is the time for UKIP to speak up for those people who elected us to speak for them.
Now is the time for us to speak up for our country.
Vote Batten and stop immigration. You know it makes sense.
His address was considered one of the highlights if not the best and here it is in full. Enjoy!
Over the last three years I have done a great deal of research to establish facts and figures about immigration. As Chairman of the Immigration Policy Review Committee I delivered a comprehensive policy paper with a twenty point plan on how to deal with the problem. There is only time here to give you a brief summary of my proposals.
As far as it is possible to ascertain immigration to Britain is running at about 600,000 per annum. Allowing for those who leave, the latest figures show this gives a net population gain of about 237,000 per annum; or over one million new people every five years, equivalent to a new town the size of Birmingham.
While illegal immigration is rife, every single European Union citizen has an automatic legal right to come to Britain if they so wish. The Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democratic parties are all enthusiastic supporters of EU expansion. They all support Turkish entry and if that happens, as seems likely sometime in the next few years, 72 million Turks will have the right to come to Britain if they wish.
If we add up the populations of all those countries seeking to join the EU over the next few years we get a figure of over 157 million.
Now not all of them are going to come to Britain but if only one per cent decided to do so that is still over 1.5 million people, in addition of course to current annual numbers of legal and illegal immigrants.
Britain is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. England, where the majority of the British live, is more densely populated that India, China or Japan. And yet our Government does not believe there should be any real limits on immigration.
And amazingly, given their unqualified belief in man-made climate change, they don’t seem to take into account the effect that an ever-increasing population has on our environment and quality of life.
You will all have seen the figures last week when the UK population reached a new high point of 61.4 million people. The Government firmly assured us that the population will not reach 70 million in the years to come.
Well, they should consult what their own Office of National Statistics. According to the ONS figures, on current trends, the UK population will reach over 70 million by 2031, and spiral upwards ever after. Thankfully most of us will no longer be here when England reaches standing room only, but our children and our children’s children will be. If the Labour, Conservative and Lib-Dem parties are still around no doubt there policy will be, “plenty more room on top”.
This population growth can be clearly shown to be driven entirely by immigration and births to immigrants. Without immigration the UK population would stabilize at about 60 million and even slightly decline.
We know from opinion polls and our own experience that the vast majority of people, of all ethnic origins, are extremely concerned by continued mass immigration and want it to be firmly controlled.
UKIP, is not opposed to some limited immigration. But any immigration should be in the interests of the Britain and its citizens not in the interests of those untold millions of people who might want to migrate here.
In my view UKIP has been too slow to propose much needed radical policies and we must now make up for lost time. UKIP’s immigration policy should be designed for the benefit of the British people, whatever their original ethnic origin, and not designed for the benefit of foreigners.
All the arguments in favour of mass immigration are spurious and easily defeated, so I will not spend time here doing that. But let me summarise the problems and propose some solutions.
Since World War II we have experienced immigration on a scale unprecedented in our history. We are now adding to our population by over one million new people every five years.
Millions more will come to Britain through illegal immigration, and through perfectly legal immigration from the European Union.
It is estimated that there are at least one million illegal immigrants in Britain. The asylum system is subject to systematic abuse and hundreds of thousands of economic migrants use it as a means of gaining entry to the UK.
Uncontrolled immigration is driving down the wages of those at the bottom of the economic scale, while at the same time driving property prices up. This has already driven some people into voting for a racist party.
Britain and particularly England are among the most densely populated countries in the world. The continued and unsustainable rise in our population is due entirely to immigration.
A significant proportion of immigrants and their descendents are neither assimilating nor integrating into British society. Encouraged by official policies of multiculturalism we are creating parallel societies: not only with their own traditions and customs but now demanding their own legal systems.
We are witnessing the Balkanisation of the UK with unknown consequences for the future. Academic research shows that on current demographic trends the English will be an ethnic minority in their own country within two to three generations.
Those are the problems. What are the solutions?
UKIP has already made a good start by stating that there should be a five year freeze on immigration until we have the situation under control.
UKIP must declare a clear and unequivocal commitment to end the age of mass immigration. Any future immigration should be on a strict points based system only, such as those operated by Australia and New Zealand. The inexorable rise in population can only be stalled by limited net immigration of less than 50,000 per annum.
Entry to Britain for work purposes should be by work-permit only for limited periods of time, and only where there are proven skills shortages in specific areas of the economy.
People found to be living illegally in Britain should be removed to their country of origin. Illegal immigrants should not be granted an amnesty.
The terms of the 1951 Convention of Refugees should be strictly enforced so that asylum seekers should seek refuge in the first designated safe country they come to, until such time as Britain withdraws from the Convention and replaces it with our own laws for the application and granting of asylum.
We should repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. These have prevented the courts from expelling terrorists, extremists, criminals, bogus asylum seekers and undesirable aliens.
There should be an end to the promotion of multiculturalism by local and national government. It is divisive and recipe for future conflict. While individual cultural and religious practices should be respected they should also be private. We should seek to integrate and assimilate existing immigrants into a culture of loyalty to and respect for a common set of political and legal institutions. There must be no place for the official recognition of Sharia law.
We must regain control of our borders and who enters. It will come as no surprise to any of you here to know we cannot do any of these things until we leave the European Union first.
In conclusion: We all know immigrants, and the descendents, of immigrants who are hard-working and law-abiding: people who contribute to the economy and are valued members of society. Many such people are just as vocal in their criticism of the current immigration and asylum shambles as anyone else.
We are not anti-immigrant or anti-immigration, but now is the time for UKIP to be bold. Now is the time for UKIP to say what the vast majority of the British people want to hear.
The electorate has given UKIP another five-year term for our 13 MEPs. They have put their trust in us again. We must not let them down. Now is the time for UKIP to speak up for those people who elected us to speak for them.
Now is the time for us to speak up for our country.
Vote Batten and stop immigration. You know it makes sense.
Saturday 31 October 2009
Pictures of Gerard Batten MEP!
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Friday 30 October 2009
Gerard Batten on wikipedia!
Gerard Batten (born 27 March 1954 in London) is a Member of the European Parliament for London for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He was first elected in 2004. He sits as a member of the Independence and Democracy Group.
He was a founder member of UKIP in September 1993. He was the first Party Secretary from 1994 to 1997. He has fought local elections, a by-election, a European election, and two general elections as a UKIP candidate. As well as his seat in the European Parliament he is a member of UKIP's National Executive Committee.
Batten was appointed a member of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence in July 2004, and shortly afterwards was also appointed UKIP's official spokesman on Security and Defence. In this role, he has attacked the Labour government's plans to introduce Identity Cards.[1]
Before becoming an MEP he was a salesman for British Telecom for 28 years.
At the 2007 UK Independence Party conference, he was selected as the party's candidate to contest the London mayoral election, 2008.[2]
[edit] Prodi controversy
In April 2006, Batten stated that a London constituent and former FSB agent, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Litvinenko, had been told that Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, had been the KGB's "man in Italy", demanding an inquiry into the allegations. Batten told the European Parliament that Litvinenko had been warned by FSB deputy chief General Anatoly Trofimov that there were numerous KGB agents among Italian politicians, and that "Romano Prodi is our man in Italy". According to the Brussels-based newspaper EU Reporter on 3 April 2006, "another high-level source, a former KGB operative in London, has confirmed the story."[3] Among the most serious claims, by Batten's account, is that Prodi assisted in the protection of KGB operatives allegedly involved in the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981. The Italian parliamentary commission, the Guzzanti Commission, later concluded that KGB and GRU (Soviet military intelligence) did indeed attempt to assassinate the Pope.
On 26 April 2006, Batten repeated his call for a parliamentary inquiry, stating that: "Former, senior members of the KGB are willing to testify in such an investigation, under the right conditions... It is not acceptable that this situation is unresolved, given the importance of Russia's relations with the European Union."
On 11 November 2006, Lt Col Litvinenko was admitted to hospital with suspected poisoning after eating at a London restaurant and died on 23 November 2006. The police later concluded he has been poisoned with polonium - even a small dose of it is sufficiently lethal. Anatoly Trofimov was assassinated by unknown gunmen in April 2005.
On 22 January 2007, the BBC and ITV News released documents and video footage, from February 2006, in which Litvinenko made the same allegations against Prodi.[4
He was a founder member of UKIP in September 1993. He was the first Party Secretary from 1994 to 1997. He has fought local elections, a by-election, a European election, and two general elections as a UKIP candidate. As well as his seat in the European Parliament he is a member of UKIP's National Executive Committee.
Batten was appointed a member of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence in July 2004, and shortly afterwards was also appointed UKIP's official spokesman on Security and Defence. In this role, he has attacked the Labour government's plans to introduce Identity Cards.[1]
Before becoming an MEP he was a salesman for British Telecom for 28 years.
At the 2007 UK Independence Party conference, he was selected as the party's candidate to contest the London mayoral election, 2008.[2]
[edit] Prodi controversy
In April 2006, Batten stated that a London constituent and former FSB agent, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Litvinenko, had been told that Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, had been the KGB's "man in Italy", demanding an inquiry into the allegations. Batten told the European Parliament that Litvinenko had been warned by FSB deputy chief General Anatoly Trofimov that there were numerous KGB agents among Italian politicians, and that "Romano Prodi is our man in Italy". According to the Brussels-based newspaper EU Reporter on 3 April 2006, "another high-level source, a former KGB operative in London, has confirmed the story."[3] Among the most serious claims, by Batten's account, is that Prodi assisted in the protection of KGB operatives allegedly involved in the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981. The Italian parliamentary commission, the Guzzanti Commission, later concluded that KGB and GRU (Soviet military intelligence) did indeed attempt to assassinate the Pope.
On 26 April 2006, Batten repeated his call for a parliamentary inquiry, stating that: "Former, senior members of the KGB are willing to testify in such an investigation, under the right conditions... It is not acceptable that this situation is unresolved, given the importance of Russia's relations with the European Union."
On 11 November 2006, Lt Col Litvinenko was admitted to hospital with suspected poisoning after eating at a London restaurant and died on 23 November 2006. The police later concluded he has been poisoned with polonium - even a small dose of it is sufficiently lethal. Anatoly Trofimov was assassinated by unknown gunmen in April 2005.
On 22 January 2007, the BBC and ITV News released documents and video footage, from February 2006, in which Litvinenko made the same allegations against Prodi.[4
A Batten thought for the day!
Gerard is one of the most hardworking MEPs in UKIP. His record speaks for itself. He may be regarded as the Quiet Man of UKIP but he has the qualities needed. The people of London are very lucky to have him representing them in Europe.
If elected leader Gerard will unite the party and lead us forward to victory.
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
If elected leader Gerard will unite the party and lead us forward to victory.
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Contact Gerard Batten!
Do you want to help Gerard in his bid to lead UKIP?
Then contact Gerard at his London office. If he is not there speak to Lynnda.
The Office of Gerard Batten MEP PO Box 51542
London
SE1 3XS
Tel: 020 7403 7174 /7175
Lynnda Robson
Researcher and Press Secretary to Gerard Batten MEP
A vote for another candidate is a wasted vote!
Then contact Gerard at his London office. If he is not there speak to Lynnda.
The Office of Gerard Batten MEP PO Box 51542
London
SE1 3XS
Tel: 020 7403 7174 /7175
Lynnda Robson
Researcher and Press Secretary to Gerard Batten MEP
A vote for another candidate is a wasted vote!
Gerard Batten speaks for you!
Gerard Batten videos can seen on youtube. Just type in his name and away you go!
Gerard featured on UKIP campaign website!
Gerard is featured on a UKIP campaign website
http://www.ukip-leadership-candidates.info/index.html
He gets 5 green positive ticks as a candidate. That's more then Mike Nattrass, Alan Wood and Lord Pearson!
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
http://www.ukip-leadership-candidates.info/index.html
He gets 5 green positive ticks as a candidate. That's more then Mike Nattrass, Alan Wood and Lord Pearson!
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Gerard Batten information!
Gerard Batten was a founder member of the UK Independence Party in September 1993 and was the first Party Secretary 1994 to 1997. He has also served as a member of UKIP’s National Executive Committee. He has fought numerous elections on behalf of UKIP and in June 2004 he was elected UKIP’s first MEP for London. He won a second five year term in June 2009.
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Vote GB. You know it makes sense.
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a better Britain.
Vote GB. You know it makes sense.
Vote Gerard Batten for UKIP Leader
Gerard had been a UKIP MEP for five years. He lives in London with his wife and children.
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A recent message from Gerard
As a member of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group in the European Parliament I am very proud to have contributed funds, along with all my UKIP MEP colleagues, from our information budget to pay for a leaflet which has been sent to every home in Ireland informing the Irish people of the truth about the Lisbon Treaty.
Having rejected the Lisbon Treaty once already the Irish people with a ‘No’ vote the Irish people are now being required to have a second referendum on 2nd October so that they can reach the only decision that is acceptable to the European Union which is of course a ‘Yes’.
The Lisbon Treaty is of course just the old European Constitution under a new name. The Constitution was roundly rejected by the French and Dutch in their referenda in 2005.
Vote Batten for a better UKIP and a Better Britain.
A recent message from Gerard
As a member of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group in the European Parliament I am very proud to have contributed funds, along with all my UKIP MEP colleagues, from our information budget to pay for a leaflet which has been sent to every home in Ireland informing the Irish people of the truth about the Lisbon Treaty.
Having rejected the Lisbon Treaty once already the Irish people with a ‘No’ vote the Irish people are now being required to have a second referendum on 2nd October so that they can reach the only decision that is acceptable to the European Union which is of course a ‘Yes’.
The Lisbon Treaty is of course just the old European Constitution under a new name. The Constitution was roundly rejected by the French and Dutch in their referenda in 2005.
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