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The Suffocation of Britain For further information contact: Robert Oulds Director The Bruges Group 227 Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London W1B 5TB UK Tel: +44(0) 20 7287 4414 Mobile: 07740 029787 E-mail: info@brugesgroup.com If you do not wish to receive these news-bulletins please send an e-mail to: unsubscribe@brugesgroup.com Please write unsubscribe in the subject heading and list the e-mail address which you want removed The Bruges Group spearheads the intellectual battle against the notion of "ever–closer Union" in Europe and, above all, against British involvement in a single European state. Share Excessive Governance and the Suffocation of Britain Monday, 18th July 2011 The EU and the Undermining of Democracy Watch the highlights of the latest meeting online NEXT MEETING Excessive Governance and the Suffocation of Britain The European Union and the international bureaucratic class are deadweights around the UK; they are suffocating inventiveness, economic growth and snuffing out prosperity. This Bruges Group meeting has two informative speakers who will discuss; Excessive Governance and the Suffocation of Britain. The author and academic Professor Kenneth Minogue will speak at this meeting alongside Philip Davies MP who is known for his robust defence of the national interest. Monday, 18th July 2011 6.45pm for 7pm ADMISSION: £10 payable on the door or in advance Including wine, orange juice, mineral water and nibbles To purchase your ticket visit: www.brugesgroup.com/meetings Or call Robert Oulds on 020 7287 4414, or reply to this e-mail Alternatively you can click here for a form to book your place WITH THE SPEAKERS Kenneth Minogue Professor Kenneth R. Minogue is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, and is currently Senior Research Fellow with the Social Affairs Unit in London. Professor Minogue has been a regular columnist for The Times and The Times Higher Education Supplement and reviews in both intellectual and academic journals. He is also the of the Bruges Group paper, The Fate of Britain’s National Interest. A frequent commentator for radio and television on European Community issues, he was Chairman of the Bruges Group 1991-1993; he remains a member of the Group’s Academic Advisory Council. Kenneth’s talk is titled; From Government to Governance: How Elite Monomania is Suffocating Britain. Philip Davies MP Philip Davies is the Member of Parliament for Shipley. Issues that Philip feels particularly strongly about are maintaining law and order, tackling asylum and immigration problems, protecting the countryside (particularly from over-development) and ensuring pensioners get a better deal. In October 2005 he became the first Conservative MP of the modern-era to openly state that Britain should withdraw from the EU. Philip is also the Parliamentary Spokesman for the Campaign Against Political Correctness. Philip Davies is also a member of the Better Off Out group of MPs. LOCATION: Princess Alexandra Hall, Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House 6 Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR AGENDA: Lectures: 7pm – 8pm Discussion: 8pm – 8.30pm Wine and refreshments: 8.30pm – 10pm FORTHCOMING MEETINGS Monday, 3rd October – 2.30pm until 4pm The Comedy Store, Arches 3 & 4, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5LH Saturday, 5th November – 10.30am until 6.15pm The Great Hall, Kings College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS WEBCAST The EU and the Undermining of Democracy Watch the highlights of the latest meeting with MPs; Zac Goldsmith, Kate Hoey & David Nuttall The European Union has enfeebled our parliamentary democracy. This Bruges Group meeting had three important MPs who discussed the EU and its undermining of our democracy. The author, environmental journalist and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond Park, Zac Goldsmith MP, spoke at this meeting alongside Kate Hoey MP, a former Labour Minister. David Nuttall MP, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bury North; who was formerly a lawyer and local government Councillor also addressed this event. PODCASTS Click here to listen online to Zac Goldsmith MP Click here to listen online to Kate Hoey MP Click here to listen online to David Nuttall MP Watch the latest meeting online -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary President: The Rt Hon. the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, FRS Vice-President: The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Chairman: Barry Legg Director: Robert Oulds MA, Head of Research: Dr Helen Szamuely Washington D.C. Representative: John O'Sullivan, CBE Founder Chairman: Lord Harris of High Cross, Former Chairmen: Dr Brian Hindley, Dr Martin Holmes & Professor Kenneth Minogue --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------