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"Members of the European Parliament have paved the way for hundreds of millions of pounds of subsidies to go to Europe's tobacco farmers — even though Brussels spends huge amounts on anti-smoking campaigns", write Edward Malnick and Robert Mendick for the Sunday Telegraph. However, this is a carry-over story froim last week, when Andrew Gilligan wrongly asserted that the European Parliament agriculture committee had "passed" reform provisions for the CAP – one of which was the restoration of tobacco subsidies. This latter claim is being attributed to Owen Paterson, who is concerned that there is pressure in the Council of Ministers to reinstate production subsidies, reversing the so-called MacSharry reforms. He fears that, with the European Parliament offers amendments to like effect, a combination of Parliament and Council could overturn the Commission's proposals, and set the CAP back two decades. View full article here
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Does the ST never consult an in-house expert on the EU (Booker) before publishing an article with anything to do with that corrupt organisation? Could they not employ him fully as "EU editor"?
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Surely if Patterson, or Gilligan or indeed anybody else in the UK political class have a problem with what goes on in the EP, they ought to write to their MEP. Because that is their place in the scheme of things. Powerless bystanders. They asked for it, did they not understand what they were asking for?
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The EU's de Clercq Report 1993 devised initiatives to ensure that:
"...European identity must be 'ingrained in people's minds' as a 'good product' using marketing techniques and that certain social categories, particularly 'women and youth', should become 'priority target groups'. More controversially, it suggested that newscasters and reporters must themselves be targeted, they must themselves be persuaded about European Union...so that they subsequently become enthusiastic supporters of the cause."
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Originally Posted by: thespecialone  Does the ST never consult an in-house expert on the EU (Booker) before publishing an article with anything to do with that corrupt organisation? Could they not employ him fully as "EU editor"? No ... they quite deliberate shun him. But then Mendick has history ... http://climatecamp.org.u...mplaint-over-g20-articlehttp://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394299.htmlQuote:On 13 August last year (200&), the Standard ran a front page story headlined 'Militants will hit Heathrow' the day before a climate change protest camp near Heathrow airport opened. Chief reporter Robert Mendick said he had uncovered a plot to paralyse the airport via invading runways and placing suspect packages. The story was subsequently echoed in several media outlets, all of which ran the false claims believing them to be true. The Camp for Climate Action immediately wrote to the PCC declaring that the article was "fabricated". The PCC adjudicated the complaint as "upheld".
The PCC gave the strongest possible reprimand in its powers, finding that the article was a 'serious breach' of the PCC code of journalistic standards. They found that "adequate care had not been taken" by the Standard, despite the Standard's claim that their reporting was the result of an 'extensive operation organised by an extremely experienced team of executives and senior reporters' Mendick subsequently left the Standard to join the Sunday Telegraph as chief reporter. He is, however, from the school for story first, facts afterwards ... a thoroughly nasty piece of work. Edited by user 04 February 2013 08:38:18(UTC)
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Off topic so apologies. Huhne has resigned and pleaded guilty. Will Farage stand in Eastleigh?
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Originally Posted by: Anoneumouse  The EU's de Clercq Report 1993 devised initiatives to ensure that:
"...European identity must be 'ingrained in people's minds' as a 'good product' using marketing techniques and that certain social categories, particularly 'women and youth', should become 'priority target groups'. More controversially, it suggested that newscasters and reporters must themselves be targeted, they must themselves be persuaded about European Union...so that they subsequently become enthusiastic supporters of the cause."
Well they try, http://www.captaineuro.com/Amongst other attempts. The thing is that marketing can do wonders, but it can't make a success of a product that no one wants. When you look at the EU, there are very few true enthusiasts who believe in it, almost all of its supporters have been bribed one way or another or have been scared into going along with it.
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OT. Bits of the MSM are covering the potentially 1 bn euro EU funding for a human brain emulation project . Led by l'Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne, Switzerland. Wonder if anyone has told Sir Paul Nurse ? Edited by user 04 February 2013 13:13:28(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: ELF  OT. Bits of the MSM are covering the potentially 1 bn euro EU funding for a human brain emulation project . Led by l'Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne, Switzerland. Wonder if anyone has told Sir Paul Nurse ? Nice spot!
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