Should 16 year old young people get the vote?
Students doing a school GCSE course in Citizenship wrote to Nick Griffin MEP recently. These students have been campaigning for the law to change to allow 16 and 17 year old people to vote.
A prize for courage, but which prize is suitable?
Nick’s Constituency outreach office has received a few requests to recommend that I Malala Yusufzai be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
Proposal for a directive on recreational craft and personal watercraft
Recently a concerned constituent wrote in about the new draft version of the directive on recreational craft and personal watercraft, upon learning that at a late stage an MEP had made the addition below.
British Agriculture the European Union Way
Launched in 1962, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of EU agricultural subsidies and programmes that marks the biggest single budget outlay for the EU.
SAVE OUR SEALS - An urgent call to action for Britain`s animal lovers and conservationists
Seals and seabirds all around the coast of Britain face slaughter as innocent scapegoats for the failure of the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy.
Intensive; to be or not to be
Intensive agriculture uses high levels of complementary inputs such as irrigation, chemical fertilisers and pesticides to achieve maximum yields at the lowest possible cost.
Strasbourg upcoming Plenary
Next week, in the final plenary session of 2012 Mr Griffin will be voting once again on a wide variety of reports, motions and proposals. The list below hopefully details the scope and technical nature of some of subject matter he has to deal with.
Fracking updates from last week in Strasbourg
Two votes on the controversial subject of gas fracking were held in Strasbourg last Wednesday afternoon. Nick Griffin, MEP, has consistently opposed this short-term and environmentally reckless form of energy extraction and voted accordingly.
Update on 2012 Polish independence day marches
11th November is a Polish "Independence Day" - in 11 November 1918 Poland was finally restored after 123 years of partitions. It is the most important of Polish national holidays. On this occasion, every year, Polish nationalists from the National Rebirth of Poland and other groups, organize demonstrations all over the country.
British foreign aid to India
Last week's decision by the UK Government to phase out foreign aid to India has been welcomed by Mr Griffin. Even so, as economic times worsen for many poorer working class Britons, the fact that this country still gives away £billions whilst shutting our own schools and hospitals almost defies belief.