Thread: Recommended Reading

Sorry, I forgot to put this on the list:

The Skeptical Environmentalist. Bjorn Lomberg

It attempts to assess whether the scare stories put out by the 'environmentalists' hold water. Essential reading.

Originally Posted by C_steam

My local library had overcrowded britain to be fair, and a number of blair critical books, i.e the rory bremner (and others) one whose name now escapes me.

The latest edition is called:
You Are Here: An Updated Dossier, by Rory Bremner, John Bird, John Fortune and Geoff Atkinson.
It is good on:
* Tony's wars (gives estimated casualty figures)
* The way that New Labour operates (spin/targets/making up policy in response to media headlines/Tony Blair unable to define what he stands for/ reannouncing old policies)
* The British public transport fiasco (the bizarre and expensive way in which the railways are 'run'/ partial tube privatisation - £100million+ for 'advisors')
* Impact of supermarkets on British farmers
* Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

you got soul
jeremy clarkson
not eu stuff but good at making you see the importance of a nations manufacturing base and the pride it can stimulate

recent publication ripe for a sequal

really good read avaliable from the library

if you like machines and engines that is


examples include; concorde,spitfire,747,rolls royce,blackbird.

'Dream of Rome' - Boris Johnson.

All right, the so-and-so is a Tory. His premise is that the EU is setting itself up to mimic the Roman Empire, drawing parallels between the two; the Romans lasted 400 years (less than half-way INTO phpbb_the 1000-year Reich), and people wanted to join in; the EU seems to be a complete mugger's buddle and people want to get out...
I don't think he dares to admit that he wants to be a eurosceptic, but I'm still reading.

Interesting pun in the title:- it could refer to the Ancient Rome, or the Treaty thereof.

Boris Johnson is typical of Senior Tories who try and claim they are EUsceptic, they hint at being EUsceptic to try and keep EUsceptic members on board! Tory members who are EUsceptic won't join UKIP because they have been conditioned by senior party members, the media and the actions of a few of UKIPs hierarchy in thinking we are either "Barking mad" or linked to the BNP. I'll believe Tory EU scepticism when there leader says Britain WILL leave the EU!!!

The Bumper Book of Government Waste. Matthew Elliot and Lee Rotherham

I heard this mentioned by a spokesman for the Taxpayers' Alliance on the radio last night. Apparently New Labour is wasting £82billion of our money every year. I can't review it as I haven't read it yet, but obviously, it has to go on the reading list.

Originally Posted by RADICAL UKIPPER

dr richard north,who was causing trouble outside this year's party conference....

I should place on record that I was not at the party conference or anywhere near it. I understand that a leaflet was handed out on which was printed my blog URL but that was done without my knowledge. As the address is in the public domain, I can hardly be held responsible for making any such reference.

in the spirit of mardi gras,as opposed to mardy tories,i send a guarded apology,however if you desert ukip for the hopeless tories,especially for william hague's research office,don't expect me to anything but contemptuous with the three establishment lib-lab-con tricksters
however i heartily recommend 'The Great Deception' written by yourself&christopher booker.
as an old labour ukipper,i also despise extreme right wing bnp followers.

Originally Posted by RADICAL UKIPPER

in the spirit of mardi gras,as opposed to mardy tories,i send a guarded apology,however if you desert ukip for the hopeless tories,especially for william hague's research office,don't expect me to anything but contemptuous with the three establishment lib-lab-con tricksters
however i heartily recommend 'The Great Deception' written by yourself&christopher booker.
as an old labour ukipper,i also despise extreme right wing bnp followers.

If you knew anything about me, you would know that my departure from UKIP, after eight years of being a highly active member - including four years working for the UKIP MEP team - was anything but voluntary or desired.

My commitment to Euroscepticism remains as strong as ever it was - if not stronger - and, since my departure from UKIP was so well-engineered, I do not have much alternative than to work in my current position if I want to stay in full-time politics.

As it happens - and this is far from a co-incidence - I work with one of the most Eurosceptic MPs in the Tory Party. He completely shares my commitment and we do what we can to steer the party in the right direction.

Thank you for your comments on The Great Deception. We always intended it as a "manual" for Eurosceptics. We felt that, probably more than any other organisation, the EU was a captive of its own history and, therefore, to defeat it you have to know its history.

Although, as a commercial enterprise, the publishers are very happy with it, no author makes any worthwhile money out ventures such as this. But it genuinely saddens me that, the two of us - acknowledged experts in our fields - devoted the best part of two years of our lives to this venture, yet it has been treated in a lukewarm manner by the broader Eurosceptic community.