January 27, 2012

Godfrey Bloom visits Morrisons in Leeds with intern Pete Massie

 

 

January 19, 2012

 

Responding to the resignation of MEP Diane Wallis, fellow Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom (UKIP)  commented today: -

 

"This really is what you call taking a huff.

 

"One minute Wallis wants to be President of the European Parliament, comes last and immediately decides she wants to feed sheep in Yorkshire instead. Really pathetic.

 

"But trying to shoehorn her husband into her old salary as she resigns really is a working definition of nepotism in my opinion. One Wallis is as bad as another.

 

"The LibDems are always screaming in favour of gender quotas but Diane Wallis has gone all quiet about that now. Jobs for the boys now - you could hardly make this story up."

 

 

January 16, 2012

 

EU rules forced Britain to accept faulty implants, say UKIP

 

Local UKIP Euro-MP Godfrey Bloom has described the Government's attempt to pass on the blame and costs of faulty PIP breast implants as “wrong.”

In supporting the position of the private health clinics who are arguing that they are not ultimately responsible for the health care nightmare faced by tens of thousands of British woman, UKIP reveals where the ultimate responsibility lies.

Mr Bloom said, "The blame is not with the clinics, nor is it with the British regulators - the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). 

“The real responsibility lies in a combination of regulatory failure in France, and then EU laws that prevent British authorities from protecting British consumers.

 "Under EU law the national regulatory authorities can grant their own companies and products a CE (European Conformity) mark, which provides a guarantee of quality. EU law then forbids the MHRA from conducting further checks."

The French authorities did finally shut down PIP, but not before 40,000 British women had been fitted with these faulty implants. The MHRA is forced, under EU law, to permit the import and marketing of any device which bears a CE mark, even though it has no direct jurisdiction over the manufacturer.

UKIP has written to the European Commission to demand that in the future British authorities be allowed to make quality control border and spot checks on imported CE marked products, in order that they can in future do their job and protect the interests of British consumers.

"We are also calling on the Government to require the French authorities to provide compensation that will allow private clinics to remove and replace implants without being driven to bankruptcy through no fault of their own. 

“Financial responsibility should rest where moral responsibility lies," said Mr Bloom.

ENDS

Notes

MHRA rules
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Devices/index.htm

The consolidated EU regulation
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1993L0042:20071011:EN:PDF

 

January 13, 2012

 

WIND POWER WARNING

 

A warning that wind power could actually produce more CO2 than gas and increase domestic fuel bills has been highlighted by local MEP Godfrey Bloom.

A study in the Netherlands has found that turning back-up gas power stations on and off to cover spells when there is little wind actually produces more carbon than a steady supply of energy from an efficient modern gas station.

"A new report by the Civitas think tank warns that the UK is in danger of producing more carbon dioxide (CO2) than necessary if the grid relies too much on wind," explained Mr Bloom, UKIP Euro-MP.

"It has long been known that wind turbines only produce energy around 30 per cent of the time and significantly less in cold snaps and heat waves. And when the wind is not blowing - or even blowing too fast as demonstrated in the recent storms - other sources of electricity have to be used, mostly gas and coal.

"The report points out that it takes a surge of electricity to power up the fossil fuel stations every time they are needed, meaning more carbon emissions are released.

"The report concludes that 'wind projects do not fulfill 'sustainable' objectives. They cost more fuel than they save and they cause no CO2 saving, in the contrary they increase our environmental 'foot print',” said Mr Bloom.

"This is a timely report considering the government plans to build up to 32,000 wind turbines over the next 20 years. Most of these are proposed to be off-shore and this report found that these are the most 'horrendously' expensive.

"The whole agenda is driven by the need to meet EU renewable energy targets. They are impossible to meet, are adding to our electricity bills and it is quite plain that wind is not the answer.

"Our government needs to make a stand on this issue and stop this insane lemming-like rush over the edge of reason," said Mr Bloom.

 

 

January 9, 2012

 

MIGRATION REPORT WELCOMED

 

MEP Godfrey Bloom today welcomed a new report which has highlighted the ‘remarkable coincidence’ between the rise in youth unemployment in the UK and the huge surge in immigration from Eastern Europe over the last eight years.

The report by think-tank Migration Watch UK shows an apparent correlation between this surge and the growth in UK youth unemployment that followed.

"This report shows what we have been arguing for years," said Mr Bloom, UKIP Euro-MP for Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire.

"As Sir Andrew Green, Migration Watch chairman says when the two statistics are placed side by side people would consider it a very remarkable coincidence if there was no link at all between them.

"This situation is not going to improve while we remain in the EU as we are powerless to stop this endless stream of immigrants, in this case mainly from the former Soviet-bloc countries," said Mr Bloom.

"The previous Government claimed that migration from these A8 countries has had virtually no impact on UK youth unemployment in this period - this would appear to nail that lie," he added.

 

http://news.migrationwatch.org.uk/

 

January 6, 2012

 

SURVEY RESULTS WELCOMED

 

A new survey revealing that most people in this country want to leave the EU has been welcomed by UKIP Euro-MP Godfrey Bloom.

The online survey shows this is the national view by almost a 2:1 majority and a vast 83% majority would vote against the UK adopting the Euro.

"The results do not surprise me and it demonstrates that there must be a referendum to reflect the will of the people. But of course the major parties reject the wishes of the population," said Mr Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

The Angus Reid poll shows that in the North of the country 28% would vote to stay in the the EU and 44% would vote to leave.

"It also reveals that in the North 58% agree with David Cameron's rejection of a new treaty aimed at tightening fiscal rules for European countries that use the euro, and only 19% disagree.

"But of course Cameron has no intention of either giving us a referendum or leaving the EU and the City of London is still in jeopardy with the proposed Financial Transaction Tax.

"He must block this proposal which is not in our interests.  It will be immensely damaging and cannot be allowed to happen," said Mr Bloom, UKIP's economic spokesman.

"It is not surprising that the only other country apart from Britain which is unhappy with the Franco-German proposal is Sweden. After all they are the only country to have introduced an FTT.

"Their Finance Minister, Anders Borg has explained that when they began  taxing financial transactions in the 1980s, between 90%-99% of traders in bonds, equities and derivatives moved out of Stockholm to London.

"It brought in very little tax money while moving most of the businesses outside of Sweden and our country would suffer in the same way.

"The EU in its desperation to raise funds to support its failed economic experiment must not be allowed to destroy the City of London."

 

January 4, 2011

 

EURO LAUNCH LAMBASTED

 

Local UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom has branded the EU lauding the 10th anniversary of the Euro with a celebratory statement and release of commemorative two-Euro coins as "deeply inappropriate."

Coinciding with the launch, a Greek government official threatened to leave the Euro if his country does not get the money it wants. 

Mr Bloom, UKIP's Economics spokesman, said, "Olli Rehn, the EU Economic Affairs Commissioner must be auditioning for Alice in Wonderland. 

"Greece is threatening to pull out of the currency but he only talks of 'political will, strong determination and swift action to restore economic growth'. The markets must be laughing.

"They are living a cruel pipe dream when they claim that 'the fundamental purpose of economic and monetary union and the euro was - and still is - to allow the European economy to function better, create more jobs and a better life for Europeans'. 

"It is damaging the economy, destroying jobs and causing nightmares for millions across the continent. This cruel charade must end.

"To launch a commemorative coin illustrating the families, business and trade it has undermined, closed and harmed is contemptuous of the very real problems this political construction has caused.

"That this is happening on the very day that Greek Government spokesman, Pantelis Kapsis has said, 'The bailout agreement needs to be signed otherwise we will be out of the markets, out of the euro,' just shows how out of touch the EU really is. The Mad Hatters are definitely in charge," said Mr Bloom.

 

December 28, 2011

 

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