Beauty Queen gets top EU job

I've been away a long time... but the ranting begins again here!


I'll keep it short tonight... my observation of the day is that, being a stauch believer in democracy, it sickens me that the latest EU stich-up has put some Belgian that no-one's ever heard of in as EU "President". Worse, we have some New Labour quangocrat (and ex-treasurer of CND) with the foreign policy post.


Well, at least no-one can accuse Cathy Ashton of being a bimbo who's been put there for her good looks. She's a real gargoyle! Any precisely why is she still a peer? She should have renounced her peerage last year when she became trade commissioner - you can't be an EU commie-sar while you sit in your national legislature. Which she does as a member of the House of Lords. But Brussels likes making up the rules as it goes along...

Don't fancy yours much, mate: one EU apparachik you wouldn't want to meet on a dark night...what she lacks in legitimacy she makes up for in chins

Yea Gods - if she was any weirder she's look like part of the Milliband clan.

Quote of the day

Environmentalism should be like tipping in restaurants – something you do out of the goodness of your heart because you have the inclination and motivation. The more it gets shoved down my throat, the more I get the sinking feeling that it’s really just a socialist scam wrapped in guilt.

Beautifully put. And very true!

But this lady lives in the US... try telling that to Brussels. We've to comply with some goody-goody EU landfill directive, leading to a tax on waste:

Landfill tax
Landfill Tax is payable on waste that is disposed of at landfills. The Tax is regulated by HM Revenue and Customs. Rates for 2008/09 were:
Active waste - £32/tonne (+VAT)
Inactive waste - £2.50/tonne (+VAT)
Rates for 2009/10 are:
Active waste - £40/tonne (+VAT)
Inactive waste - £2.50/tonne (+VAT)
The rate for active waste increased by £8/tonne per annum from 1st April 2008 and will continue to increase by £8/tonne on 1st April each year to 2013.
The rate for inactive waste increased to £2.50 + VAT per tonne on 1st April 2008. The Government has announced that the rate will be frozen at £2.50 per tonne in 2009-10.
The Government has announced that the rate for inactive waste will be frozen at
£2.50/tonne for 2009-10.

If this waste was being dumped in Belgium, then these guys might have a point. We don't need a foreign-imposed tax to tell us what we can and can't bury under our own land.

Just one more reason for coming out of the expensive joke that is the EU.