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England Expects Blog Censorship: Blog Platform
I’m getting tired of this.
Another one, and this one is even more ironic that the Welsh Assembly case.
Gawain Towler, The Press Officer for the Independent Europe Group (essentially UKIP and sister parties) in the European Parliament, whose job is to represent this group in criticising the EU has been forced to take his blog down for … er … criticising the EU. He’s employed by the European Parliament, and that means that he is subject to regulations.
He runs .. sorry used to run … the England Expects website. You can read the detail on the site.
It has been closed down under threat of disciplinary action from within the organisation after a complaint was made about a single post - which he had already edited to remove the particular issue that had been raised with him.
The complaint escalated through the organisation, and the sky subsequently fell in.
There has been some support from Jon Worth and Nosemonkey, as well as many others of a more EU-sceptic bent.
That vanishing MEP Expense Allowance Abuse Video …
Garbo posted a video yesterday from German Television showing Members of the European Parliament signing in for their daily allowance, complete with packed up suitcases to facilitate (we are told) a quick and immediate getaway to the airport. It shows embarrassed MEPs hiding in lifts, covering their faces, and all sorts of fun and games.
The video was also posted at EU Referendum and sundry other places, but seems unaccountably to keep vanishing from Youtube (unless I have a unique Youtube blocker in my connection). I hope this is the same one.
Anyway, here it is as I have uploaded it again. Anyway, here it is as I have uploaded it again. I have also embedded this copy, and also uploaded several versions to my own space that you may download.
