More on Post Offices

Evidence from the Communication Workers Union:
Mr Hayes 'We think it's a funny consultation process that says there are going to be 2,500 Post Office counters closed at the beginning and at the end of the local consultation process says there are going to be 2,500 post offices closed.'

Well, that is because the decision was made with the permission of the European Commission in secret meetings and there is nothing that MPs or anyone else can do about it except leave the EU and govern ourselves.

And once again there is not one single mention of the EU in any of the media coverage.

In Henley, of course, the Dim Libs are campaigning to save local post offices, which makes them the hypocrites we all know, as are those labour MPs and Tories saying they want to save local post offices. For if we look at the voting records on the legislation in the European Parliament we find:

1997 - 1st Postal Directive 3rd Reading - Non RCV Simple Majority
(19th November 1997) Vote Passed

* North West New Labour MEP Brian Simpson was the rapporteur for the above 97/67/EC Postal Directive reports in the EU Parliament.


2000 - 2nd Postal Directive 1st Reading - UKIP Against
(Final Vote) Tories Against
New Labour For
Lib Dems For
Greens For

2002 - 2nd Postal Directive 2nd Reading - UKIP For
(Rejection Amendments) Tories Against
(2002/39/EC Postal Directive) New Labour Against
Lib Dems Against
Greens For

2007 - 3rd Postal Directive 1st Reading - UKIP Against
(Final Vote) Tories For
New Labour For
Lib Dems For
Greens Against

2008 - 3rd Postal Directive 2nd Reading - UKIP For
(Rejection Amendment) Tories Against
New Labour Against
Lib Dems Against
Greens Against & Abstain

New Labour In favour.
Have always voted for all the postal directives since 1996 & was their MEP that ensured its adoption from 1996-97.

Tories Changed Position.
Originally broadly in favour, but opposed the 2000 1st reading, however have voted consistently in favour of every postal directive ever since.

Lib Dems In favour.
Were against the original proposal, but since 1997 have always voted for all the postal directives.

Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne voted, in every case, FOR these Postal directives (when they were MEPs - 2000 and 2002 votes)

Still trust your MPs? Same old story of say one thing in the UK, do quite another in Brussels. And if you want them to stop then you have to stop voting for them. Simple.

And because I really don't like the Lib Dems:

With a sense of devilment the UKIP group then went on to Aston Rowant and Kingston Blout and delivered whole village with our leaflet. This is the village where the DIM-LIB candidate now “lives” even though just as recently as the May local elections he was telling everyone how much he loved Plymouth and how well he was settled there. Unfortunately he didn’t win a seat on Plymouth Council so obviously his love of the City has waned somewhat. Any bets on how long he remains a Henley resident after he looses the by-election. A week? A few days? A couple of hours!

Thanks to Steve Allison for that rather enjoyable snippet...