Posts Tagged ‘Daniel Hannan’

Our Lack of Democracy in the UK!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

What’s on your mind? I’ll tell you what’s on my mind, after the debacle of the Lisbon treaty, and our inability to vote on the issue, due to the incumbent in Downing Street having no regard for democracy, despite making it a manifesto pledge at the last election, or for anyone but himself; or perhaps was he just afraid to put it to the country!

I suggest in the light of the Conservatives bottling out, that you, THE PEOPLE, should consider not voting at all for any of them at the General Election, so little regard have they (Our MP’s) for the people of this country. How else can we express our disgust at the endless crap we have to endure, expenses and all!

Historian visits the Triumphal Arch

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

An american authoress, Prof. Stephanie Barczewski, a specialist in modern British history at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA, visited Parlington last weekend to learn about the Triumphal Arch for a new book she is undertaking. We met and discussed what I know of the history of the monument and the reasons for it being built. Details of the structure are on the main site here.