Cafe Hayek (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Here's a letter that I sent this past Summer to the Wall Street Journal: Ashley Mote is worried because "[d]emographers say the U.K.'s sustainable population is about 30 million - a figure we exceeded over a century ago. Today, we...
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Why ever would they do that? Because of Ashley Mote MEP's criminal record , for benefit fraud as it goes. Ash kept getting his pay cheques while incarcerated but sadly could not pull any of the usual travel and subsistence fiddles. Via Tim Worstall via Dale's Daily Dozen . Here's a little quote from our previous coverage of Mote (72) and his Tory antecedents : Nirj Deva MEP gave Ash a good shake as...
Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
"I never comment on rumours and I have no knowledge of any BNP advisory council meetings," says our good friend Ashley Mote, the real-time MEP for the south-east of England, one-time convict and benefit fraudster. And that is a shame because we had hoped he would clear up the issue brought to light by Searchlight [...]
WebMink (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I just sent this to my MEPs - I suggest you consider doing the same if you live in Europe. The Open Rights Group has the details and you can write instantly . Dear Sharon Bowles, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Caroline Lucas, Ashley Mote, Peter Skinner, Nirj Deva and Nigel Farage, I was very concerned indeed to read in the news that some last-minute "Telecoms Package" amendments could bring the...
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Ashley Mote MEP asks the question but somehow doesn't receive a proper answer; is one really necessary, surely we can work it out for ourselves.
h.hoffman's blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Written Question from Ashley Mote MEP: Is not the real purpose of the Lisbon Treaty to pass power to an unelected bureaucracy, once and for all? Is it not a fact that the Lisbon Treaty turns the Member States from theoretical masters of the EU into its servants? Is it not a fact that – it makes law, instead of creating a framework for law-making; – it offers no effective checks and balances to control...
h.hoffman's blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Local Councils in South-East Called to Account over Investigatory Powers MEP demands Answers under Freedom of Information Act South-East England’s only independent MEP Ashley Mote has written to every county and local authority in Kent, East and West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire asking whether they have ever used the official snoopers’ charter, otherwise known...
Brentwood, Essex, England (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Tim Worstall points out (rightly) that the MEP Tom Wise , who was the subject of a rather damning report in the News of the World about MEPs "riding the gravy train" hasn't been a member of UKIP for some time. Ashley Mote , the MEP who was sentenced to nine months in jail for benefits fraud and attempted to avoid prosecution by claiming immunity as an MEP, had the whip removed by UKIP within weeks...
h.hoffman's blog (Free subscription) | 16/02/2008
Harold Hoffman interviews Ashley Mote M.E.P About Europe... the UK..and what the future holds for the sceptred isle...this jewel this "new jerusalem"???? click to listen and access full details of Ashley Mote site at http://www.ashleymote.co.uk see below his home page Journalist turned businessman turned author. Now a regular columnist, broadcaster and political campaigner. Special interest in British...
h.hoffman's blog (Free subscription) | 15/02/2008
sounds like a great guy, so who's protecting him? oh, there it is: he's a freeman... more power to 'm. you might like the essays based on King Lear I wrote for newswithviews.com Subject: Harold Hoffman interviews Ashley Mote M.E.P.. About Europe. the UK..and what the future holds for this sceptred isle.this jewel | Britannia Radio Harold Hoffman interviews Ashley Mote M.E.P.. About Europe. the UK..and...
h.hoffman's blog (Free subscription) | 14/02/2008
Harold Hoffman interviews Ashley Mote M.E.P About Europe... the UK..and what the future holds for the sceptred isle...this jewel this "new jerusalem"???? click to listen circa 23.00 uk time and access full details of Ashley Mote site at http://www.ashleymote.co.uk see below his home page Journalist turned businessman turned author. Now a regular columnist, broadcaster and political campaigner. Special...
