On Friday 8th August 2008, coinciding with the Olympics, Georgian troops launched a military offensive in South Ossetia. South Ossetia broke away from Georgian control in 1992. The Georgian attack has prompted a furious response from Russia – which vowed retaliation and sent more than 150 tanks into the region. Source Daily Mail Saturday 9th August. (read more…)

Before you read his e-mail and hopefully look at the link site of UKIP, I would like all of you to please think about what fish you eat. Cod Haddock and Plaice are all officially endangered species. Please consider eating the following fish instead Hokki, Saithe, Coley and Pollock. Pressurise your supermarkets to provide alternatives to Cod people have the power to change the what supermarkets sell. It’s a simple choice. Boycott Cod Haddock and Plaice. (read more…)

Firstly this is not another go at the giant eyesore that is intended to be built in Margate temping though it is. No I just want to share with you the evening I spent at Walpole Bay this Wednesday and make a couple of comparisons.
Firstly The weather was perfect hot with a light breeze providing sufficient relief from the heat. The sea was very still and most of the earlier crowds had departed. You may have already guessed what I am intending to speak about. The sky was beautiful watching the changing light in the clouds off the coast as it changed from various shades of red and orange was a privilege. When we got home we discovered a programme on telly looking at a sunset off the Greek island of Santorino. Hundreds of people were there just watching the sun go down. I promise you Margate’s sunset was better. The clouds in the sky although few had formed majestic patterns that looked like a sheet of ice that had been danced on by an ice skater then covered in a thin wash of red and orange paint.
Santorino though is a beautiful place. During my own visit there this year I particularly remember a gentleman picking up the rubbish that tourist and locals had left on the beach which he placed neatly on a hard standing off the beach. My comparison here is that I too picked up five carrier bags of rubbish left by our tourist and locals. This included nappies lots of plastic bottles and crisp packets. Much of this polution would have endeed up in our seas. Our schools are trying hard to educate the next generation to respect our environment, yet many of Thanets parents are happy polluting. This is our planet look after it, love it, save it, protect it and give our children parents to be proud of.

By Trevor Cooper

If anyone can give us some feed back on the Minster meeting we would love to hear from you. Remember Water is a precious resource lets not waste it or poison it. Save our Island!!!!!!

My Wife suggested we take the open bus top tour of Thanet towns, as it may be quite interesting. But as we thought about it the tour could be quite weird. (read more…)

There isn’t a sane man or woman out there who honestly believes Gordon is going to get another spell as PM and why should we. (read more…)

A recent report in Yourthanet local newspaper reported on the failure of the PCSOs.
Most people would agree, more real police on the beat would be preferred. (read more…)

Today in the Daily Mail the head line reads “Second Euro Tory resigns over payouts.” He gave £758,000 to his wife’s company and all he has to do is stand down. Yet decent working class people receive fines of over £200 for leaving wheelie bin lid open by a few inches.
If all our MP and Euro MP abuse tax payers money by £.5m plus then MP,s are criminally stealing over £1,500m each year. Stop voting for these crooks you owe it to yourselves.

By Trevor Cooper.

You may have noticed recently the absence of news recently; sorry I have been away and been unable to put any news on the web site, well I am back and reporting.

Some differences between the UK and Greece, Santarino. (read more…)

1. At the hustings meeting held in our King Street office on the 28th. April, George Jones stepped down as Chairman due to ill health and Trevor Shonk was elected by the committee to assume the Chairmanship as from mid February.

As a result, a new committee was voted in with ‘business as usual’ being resumed and members elected were:
Trevor Shonk - Chairman
Jean Wisker - Hon. Secretary
Peter Condie - Office Manager
Ann Condie - Office Care & Events
George Jones, Alan Bown, Trevor Cooper, Roz Parker, Richard Warner
and John Poole

2. The most disturbing aspect on the political scene is that no later than 2010 will be the
disintegration of our geographical area and losing its English status by becoming a fully
integrated part of the Trans Manche Region of the EU. This will be a very sad
period for anyone who considers themselves as being ‘English’ as this will not be
allowed by our new masters.
From then on, England will be progressively subdivided into other Regions of the EU
whereby the name England will disappear and everything we know as English with
it.

3. At the hustings meeting held on the 28th of April, Trevor Shonk was chosen to be the
the UKIP parliamentary candidate for Thanet South, if you can, please try to convince
your friends to vote for him because with we already have an MEP (Member of the
European Parliament) in the form of the UKIP leader Nigel Farage, what greater strength could we have in Thanet with representation in the London and Brussels parliaments.
Trevor Shonk was born in Ramsgate, is a member of the Ramsgate Society and his work
takes him all over Kent so he knows the local problems.

4. Have you noticed a lack of any anti-EU information on the BBC lately with UKIP, the
Anti-War movement and the Green Party especially being stifled. The BBC’s charter
was drawn up to prevent such things and even Media Lens, the UK based media watch
project, thinks the BBC has breached its Charter. They think the whole media functions
as a propaganda system for elite interests and even John Pilger, the well known writer and
journalist says independent minded journalists get refused BBC posts. Jack De Manio is
supposed to have been sacked because of his Euroscepticism.
UKIP has tried to get Scotland Yard involved in an enquiry on the BBC but as soon as they
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produce evidence of any unusual practices, such as the payment of sums of money to some
top management members of the BBC which has large head quarters in Brussels, such
information falls on deaf ears.

5. UKIP will be putting up a strong field of candidates for the 2010 parliamentary elections
and we will do everything possible to make sure that our candidates will have every chance
of succeeding, as will, the rest of the UK branches. Our Branch office would welcome you
and your friends anytime for a chat and a cuppa, think about it!!
In fact, on the evening of Thursday 29th May we are holding a discussion evening when members and friends are warmly invited to talk on any subject they wish and it will also serve as a ‘getting to know you’ opportunity. This discussion evening will be held at the UKIP office, 158 King Street, Ramsgate (near the intersection with Boundary Road) and
tea/coffee will be available to wet the whistles, starting at 7.00 p.m. up until 10.00 p.m.

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