I WAS interested to see the letter from the Electoral Commission informing us of the forthcoming elections to Europe (the 'Post', March 5). I specially enjoyed the definition of what it means to be a 'third party' and was fascinated to find if I spend more than £10,000 in opposing a 'party, policy or candidate' I would have to register it with the Electoral Commission.

I have difficulty getting my head round this one as the European Bloc is the organisation that cannot get accountants to verify the books because of the vast amount of alleged corruption and waste that, in my

opinion, is rife in its political system. Yet if I choose to spend a comparatively miserly £10,001 (maybe to get a couple TV adverts) I would have to register with the authorities.

What a wonderful way for them to get a black list of those who oppose this

self-serving organisation that has swamped the UK with unnecessary rules enforced by draconian

measures making jobs for the sad diversity, discrimination and politically correct gendarmerie that has

emaciated our politicians and made anyone proud of our Britishness to seem like a leper, (if I am allowed to use that term without breaking some leger rights law — if so I apologise to those offended by the phrase).

This same conglomerate of countries, who so believe in the 'democratic' principle, that when an individual country holds a referendum that does not agree with the European constitution it

simply renames the document and sends it back until the Superpower gets the result the masters want.

Thinking about that didn't we elect our own government party here partly because they promised a free vote on the European

constitution to get into office and have been deafeningly silent on actually providing it. (Bit like promising not to privatise the Royal Mail then setting out to do just that).

When I was a young Socialist candidate in school elections we were taught that democracy meant to participate in a free vote so we would live in a land where we voted in a government 'of the people, elected by the people, and for the benefit of the people'. Sadly today it could be better defined as Government 'by foreign people, using impotent

people, for the enslavement of our people'.

As a country we have

forfeited our right to self-government on the altar of European empire building resulting in the destruction of most of what was decent, moral and historical in British society.

While 'democracy would be welcomed' if something more than lip service was paid to it, we are now governed by an untouchable elite who ride roughshod over the opinions of ordinary people. This has been locally evidenced by the Boundaries Commission who received the objections of over 160 people in the village of Poughill (about 180 houses were given a flyer and many responded angry at the intention to remove Poughill from its natural association with Bude and Stratton in the new Unitary Authority council areas) and pacified us by saying the objections would be considered and their decision publicised on May 26, 2009 allowing some weeks after for any further

discussion to take place.

Within 10 days we were told the unitary elections would take place on the basis of the preliminary draft, removing Poughill from its being an integral part of Bude-Stratton which holds all the education,

welfare, medical, social and recreational facilities for its inhabitants and expects us to vote in the unitary elections with the people from the rural communities of Kilkham­pton, Morwenstow etc. They are, no doubt, lovely places but I have lived in Bude for over 20 years and have only met a handful of people from either village as there are few natural ties with them.

It is sad to report that Government 'of the people, by the people and for the people' is no longer found in the democratic republic of Europe and I for one am proud to be a 'third party' who will oppose the abuse of democracy which appears to be loved by the Europhiles and their masters in Belgium.

Poughill,

Bude.