tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post79185297817146201..comments2024-03-10T22:25:07.539+00:00Comments on Wrecsam.news: BNP fails to find allies to form new bloc in EuropePlaid Whitegatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05757898330400853732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-2445668679374476812009-07-15T07:30:52.030+01:002009-07-15T07:30:52.030+01:00So it appears that the European Conservatives are ...So it appears that the European Conservatives are already split then...this is surreal!Plaid Gwersyllthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986006252463873835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-71125716070915957992009-07-15T00:24:47.223+01:002009-07-15T00:24:47.223+01:00The new Tory group has just screwed up again. They...The new Tory group has just screwed up again. They nominated a right-wing Pole as vice president of parliament, an office to which they were entitled. But Bruce Macmillan-Scott, an EPP partisan and "one nation" conservative, got nominated as an independent and beat the official nominee! Green/EFA helped to block the extreme right-winger. So the British Tories have less influence again.<br /><br />Will Macmillan-Scott now be kicked out of their group or defect to the EPP himself? What fun.Pelagiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-55397670612551117292009-07-14T17:59:42.674+01:002009-07-14T17:59:42.674+01:00Hear that Baronness Kinnock as Europe Minister is ...Hear that Baronness Kinnock as Europe Minister is hosting a reception in Brussels tonight for British MEP's, conspicious by their absence will be the two BNP members who have not been invited.<br />Just goes to show how totally irrelevant the BNP are on the first day of the new European Parliament.Plaid Gwersyllthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986006252463873835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-19443870974583551892009-07-14T09:37:49.498+01:002009-07-14T09:37:49.498+01:00The former PES has been diluted by the addition of...The former PES has been diluted by the addition of the Democrat party from Italy, to make up their numbers. Bad vibes about their name change. Labour MEPs are much less influential in that group now.<br /><br />And, of course, the 4th largest group - and leading much of the debate on Barroso and other strategic issues - is Plaid's Green/EFA group. <br /><br />UK Conservatives are 5th.Pelagiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-16064216298623159392009-07-14T09:16:22.613+01:002009-07-14T09:16:22.613+01:00But at least the BNP are not organised into a grou...But at least the BNP are not organised into a group...there are just 26 loose cannons left who aren't formed into a group. This means they lose out on group support like additional funding/admin/offices and committee assignments. In effect the UK have 2 less MEP's this time than they had last time. BNP what a waste of a vote. To be fair even UKIP and the Tories are sidelined compared to the influential centre right group. The only ones with real influence are Labour which is pretty ironic when you consider their election performance.Plaid Gwersyllthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986006252463873835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-45820310369650227122009-07-14T00:30:02.423+01:002009-07-14T00:30:02.423+01:00But British nationalism is still a huge threat wit...But British nationalism is still a huge threat with UKIP. We also have New Labour going up a gear promoting foreign wars to justify the appalling killing and injury of working class kids, whether Welsh, Afghan or from anywhere else.Pelagiusnoreply@blogger.com