Siobhán Gabriella Gibney (18/11/09) Former British MEP Tom Wise was recently sentenced to two years in jail for mishandling his expenses. A member of UKIP (until he was thrown out, that is), Wise pleaded guilty to a year of false claims that allowed him to spend excess money on cars and wine, among other pleasantries. [...]
Miliband’s approval: another reason not to appoint Blair as European Council President
Siobhán Gabriella Gibney (28/10/09) Having recently assured the public that he has no ambitions to be new High Representative for CFSP (huge sighs of relief across the continent), David Miliband has just made a strong pitch for Tony Blair to be European Council President. Shocking – one Labour politician supporting another’s sly bid for the [...]
Nick Griffin, MEP: Holocaust and Climate Change denier
Siobhán Gabriella Gibney (24/10/09) Among all the ignorant, offensive, and at times simply confusing things BNP leader Nick Griffin said on Question Time (22/10), was a dismissive comment, in which he declined to state his opinion because it was not allowed under ‘European law’. He was referring to a question posed by host David Dimbleby [...]
