PJC Journal – Original

THIS
innocuous PPB for the MDC in Zimbabwe has been banned by Mugabe. It's
only 33 seconds long but it takes three minutes to download.

Do pass on
the link.

Hattip Iain Dale

and this brilliant piece from the Amazing Toad really does just about sum up how the rest of the world will now view us.

Africa appoints its “Democracy Advisor to the EU”

Mr Robert Mugabe, Africa's democracy envoy to the EU

In
his first statement after his appointment, the African Congress's
“Democracy Envoy”, Mr. Robert Mugabe, rails against the filmsy facade
of democracy within the EU;

“Well, whut can ah seh abouht de
recent develope-ments in de Eee Yoo? Ah am verry concerned abouht de
stetments ah am heerin' concerning de ignorin' uf the will uf th'
I-reesh peepul an' dat uf de rest uf der Eee Yoo. Dey, toogever wid de
Frenge an' de Duts are de onlee pepul out uf narely 480
million who wuz allowed to vote for dis fuhndamental chenge in de way
dey are guvund. Dis is quite deesgraceful. First de Frenge an' de Duts
are treeted wid contempt, an' now it is de I-reesh who are cast aside.

Ahm
afred t' report that dis ees nod de furst tahm thut thees hus happened.
De Eee Yoo hes a terreeble record in dis respec'. Ah reamemba wen de
Danish peepul sed dey did not weesh to agree to the Massed-tricked
treety. Dey wuz called donkeys an' med to vot again, until de Eee Yoo
got eets de-sired result. Den de voting stopped.

De I-reesh also
were med t' feel like donkeys efter de Neece Treety and med to vot
again, until de Eee Yoo got eets de-sired result. Den de voting stopped.

But what most Africans cannot understend, is how most uf de peepul uf de Eee Yoo get no vot at ahl in dis verry import-tant matter.

On
top of ahl uf dis, the functionin' uf de whole place in Brussels is a
compleet farce, in de democratic terms. De electid membas of
parly-ament is just a load uf emptee suits which jus' nod dare heads
like de Churchill Insurans doggy, while un-elected be-urocrats mek ahl
de reel desissions abouht laws an' udder things which dictate de lives
uf ahl the poor peepul uf de Eee Yoo.

I tink ah hev much work t'
do here. Ah will not rest unteel ah hev raised de standards uv
democracy in de Eee Yoo to present African levels.

An' ken yoo imajine ma surprise dis year, wen de cheeky divils seh “we wants to send election moni-tors” to mah contree, Zimbabwe?? Eet almost beggars de believe!”

THIS
innocuous PPB for the MDC in Zimbabwe has been banned by Mugabe. It's
only 33 seconds long but it takes three minutes to download.

Do pass on
the link.

Hattip Iain Dale

and this brilliant piece from the Amazing Toad really does just about sum up how the rest of the world will now view us.

Africa appoints its “Democracy Advisor to the EU”

Mr Robert Mugabe, Africa's democracy envoy to the EU

In
his first statement after his appointment, the African Congress's
“Democracy Envoy”, Mr. Robert Mugabe, rails against the filmsy facade
of democracy within the EU;

“Well, whut can ah seh abouht de
recent develope-ments in de Eee Yoo? Ah am verry concerned abouht de
stetments ah am heerin' concerning de ignorin' uf the will uf th'
I-reesh peepul an' dat uf de rest uf der Eee Yoo. Dey, toogever wid de
Frenge an' de Duts are de onlee pepul out uf narely 480
million who wuz allowed to vote for dis fuhndamental chenge in de way
dey are guvund. Dis is quite deesgraceful. First de Frenge an' de Duts
are treeted wid contempt, an' now it is de I-reesh who are cast aside.

Ahm
afred t' report that dis ees nod de furst tahm thut thees hus happened.
De Eee Yoo hes a terreeble record in dis respec'. Ah reamemba wen de
Danish peepul sed dey did not weesh to agree to the Massed-tricked
treety. Dey wuz called donkeys an' med to vot again, until de Eee Yoo
got eets de-sired result. Den de voting stopped.

De I-reesh also
were med t' feel like donkeys efter de Neece Treety and med to vot
again, until de Eee Yoo got eets de-sired result. Den de voting stopped.

But what most Africans cannot understend, is how most uf de peepul uf de Eee Yoo get no vot at ahl in dis verry import-tant matter.

On
top of ahl uf dis, the functionin' uf de whole place in Brussels is a
compleet farce, in de democratic terms. De electid membas of
parly-ament is just a load uf emptee suits which jus' nod dare heads
like de Churchill Insurans doggy, while un-elected be-urocrats mek ahl
de reel desissions abouht laws an' udder things which dictate de lives
uf ahl the poor peepul uf de Eee Yoo.

I tink ah hev much work t'
do here. Ah will not rest unteel ah hev raised de standards uv
democracy in de Eee Yoo to present African levels.

An' ken yoo imajine ma surprise dis year, wen de cheeky divils seh “we wants to send election moni-tors” to mah contree, Zimbabwe?? Eet almost beggars de believe!”

With a tip of the hat to Mr Eugenides,
this exchange in the House of Lords, just before their
bought-and-paid-for Lordships passed the Lisbon Treaty for ratification.

Lord
Pearson of Rannoch: I cannot disguise my disappointment that noble
Lords in receipt of an EU pension did not, with the notable and
honourable exception of the noble Lord, Lord Williamson, see fit to
declare that interest in all our debates. I refer your Lordships to our
debate on 19 July 2007 when we debated why they should have done so.

In
summary, the reason why I and my Eurosceptic friends believe that noble
EU pensioners should declare that interest in our debates is that EU
pensions are perhaps unique in that holders can lose them if they fail
to uphold the EU’s interests or bring the EU into disrepute.

Our
case was unanimously supported by your Lordships’ Sub-Committee on
Lords’ Interests, chaired by no less a personage than the former Lord
Chief Justice, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf.

Then,
again I think uniquely, that sub-committee was overruled by our
Privileges Committee consisting of party leaders and various prefects
of your Lordships’ House for largely spurious reasons.

It
is against that background that no fewer than 12 noble EU pensioners
have between them played a leading role in our proceedings. [...]

If
we look at former members of the European Parliament, we have the noble
Lords, Lord Dykes, Lord Inglewood, Lord Harrison and Lord Teverson, the
noble Baroness, Lady Quin, and the noble Lord who asked the question,
the noble Lord, Lord Tomlinson….

[then]
we come to the ex-Commissioners and ex-Commission employees: the noble
Lords, Lord Brittan, Lord Clinton-Davis, Lord Kinnock, Lord Patten of
Barnes, Lord Richard and Lord Tugendhat.

As
I say, I would not have named those people, but I think it will help
students who read Hansard in future to know that our debates have been
influenced to that extent. There can be no doubt that this unseen hand
has distorted the quality of our deliberations. I very much regret
that.

I conclude with a word of advice to my erstwhile political friends in the Conservative Party.

Lord
Kinnock: My Lords, before the noble Lord does so, perhaps I may ask him
as a point of honour, since I have been listening to him from beyond
the Bar, that when he expresses a desire to ensure that future students
have an accurate understanding of what is going on, it is necessary to
record, first, that I thought that he was a man of honour and would not
give himself to sentiments such as those he has just expressed; and,
secondly, that there is nothing that I have ever taken from anyone that
would begin to influence the judgement that I exercise as a
parliamentarian.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, the noble Lord would say that, wouldn’t he?

Noble Lords: Shame!

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, he may well believe it.

Noble Lords: Withdraw!

Lord
Pearson of Rannoch: No, my Lords; I do not withdraw the fact that if
one is in receipt of a pension that one can lose, it must influence the
way in which one thinks and speaks.

Like all matters surrounding corruption and self interest, one should always follow the money.

Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, how much have the people of the UK been sold for, I hope our noble lords believe its worth it, and can live with themselves for doing so.

So it is, as we always suspected, that those who make decisions in this country, who would sell our very souls for 30 pieces of silver are  in the pay of foreign usurpers.

Indeed, Treason by any other name.