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TaxPayers' Alliance Bulletin - 8th May 2009

MPs' expenses - more scandal

TPA supporters won't have missed all the coverage in the newspapers today - led by the The Daily Telegraph - on the expenses of cabinet members. And there's more to come over the next few days. The TPA's leading role in campaigning for transparency in the House of Commons was recognised by Guido Fawkes and ConservativeHome. This shows yet again how we are now shaping the British political debate. As regular readers will remember, the Guardian recently credited us with writing David Cameron's Spring conference speech.   

Stop the EU Rip-Off and get your free car window sticker!

Yesterday we held a very successful action day to launch the logo and slogan of our EU Campaign. TPA Activists handed out thousands of leaflets and free car window stickers to commuters at King's Cross, St Pancras, Charing Cross and Westminster Tube station. The leaflets and the message were extremely well received and we had plenty of well-wishers and new supporters signing up on the spot. The car stickers proved popular with London's cabbies, many of whom were not only enthusiastic to put them up in their cabs, but took more to dish out to their mates.

 

The TPA also had two planes pulling banners reading "Stop The EU Rip-Off" over Birmingham and London, as well - look out for a special video of that event on our blog in the next few days. The great reaction yesterday shows that the huge £2,000 per person cost of the EU is the crucial argument as far as the taxpaying public are concerned, and that the people are way ahead of the politicians on this issue. In the corridors of Westminster, any mention of the problems of the EU must be uttered in hushed tones and garlanded with technical details to slip past the twin barriers of taboos and the whips - out in the real world around Britain, though, people are heartily sick of the EU Rip-Off. And they want the chance to say so. To get your own free Stop the EU Rip-Off car window sticker, click here.

TPA Hate Education campaign hits the USA

 

In an event at the Heritage Foundation on 4th May in Washington, TPA Research Director Matthew Sinclair argued that hundreds of millions of dollars of international aid given to the Palestinian territories by Western countries finances propaganda that prolongs the conflict.  Speaking alongside Barbara Crook, Associate Director and North American Representative from Palestinian Media Watch and James Phillips, Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs from The Heritage Foundation, Matthew argued for greater transparency and accountability for aid donations to the Middle East.

The official Palestinian state media and even school textbooks glorify terrorists who murder children, encourage the Palestinian population to choose continued violent confrontation over a peaceful compromise and celebrate the insurgency in Iraq as a “brave resistance.”  With 42% of the Palestinian population under the age 15, a massive young generation is being radicalised.  That radicalisation will make it far more difficult to achieve peace in the region – and Western taxpayers are paying for it. You can watch a video of the event here.

Demonstration in Kensington

As part of our long-running campaign with the West London Residents Association against dangerous ‘shared surface’ developments we’ll be joining their demonstration in Kensington on Thursday, 14th May 2009.  If you would like to come along we’ll be meeting outside the Commonwealth Institute on the west end of Kensington High Street at 10am next Thursday, 14th May 2009.  RSVP to Tim Aker tim.aker@taxpayersalliance.com.

Protest in Harrogate

On Friday 22nd May we’ll be holding a demonstration in Harrogate against the Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrat plans for state funding of political parties by the back door.  You can read about our campaign so far here and here.  If you would like to come and join us please let us know by contacting Tim Aker tim.aker@taxpayersalliance.com.

Best of the Blogs

 

Campaign: MPs' Expenses: The truth will out

Campaign: What on earth is the point?

Campaign: A great EU Action Day: Stop the EU Rip-Off!

Better Government: The Cost of Immigration

Better Government:  Moral victory for Ghurkhas as Brown loses his first Commons vote

European Union: EU X-Files 

Non-job of the week: CCTV Enforcement Manager

 

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