tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post5417605094045292878..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: Is Hungary fit to hold the European Council Presidency.Gawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-5984948236373923462010-12-23T22:08:45.646+01:002010-12-23T22:08:45.646+01:00Here you go-http://unionistlite.blogspot.com/2010/...Here you go-http://unionistlite.blogspot.com/2010/12/nationalist-barmies-prepare-to-take.htmlO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-8825830856760780042010-12-23T17:10:34.266+01:002010-12-23T17:10:34.266+01:00O'Neill, couldn't get that link to work, C...O'Neill, couldn't get that link to work, Can you repost?Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-62441901828099379462010-12-23T16:54:04.033+01:002010-12-23T16:54:04.033+01:00Unfortunately the Media law is but the tip of the ...Unfortunately the Media law is but the tip of the authoritarian iceburg- private pensions are to be seized by the government in January, foreign companies have been targetted for "solidarity tax", the judicial system is under very real threat.<br /><br />I am pro-EU (but v sceptical of the EUcracy) but if the Orban regime get away with these actions and are also given the bauble of the EU Presidency then all moral authority Europe might have has disappeared.<br /><br />For those in interested in reading more, I have done a post here-<br />http://tinyurl.com/36bht5g<br /><br />As in 1956, democrats need our support now (whether you like the EU or not),let's hope they're not let down againO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-35163215452925209672010-12-23T04:13:26.340+01:002010-12-23T04:13:26.340+01:00The concept of impartiality should be for public b...The concept of impartiality should be for public bodies only, not privatly owned media.<br />This is the same Hungary that recently passed a law making it illegal to deny that Communists crimes were not equal to those of the Nazis<br /><br /><a href="http://otherbloggersstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/punishing-deniers.html" rel="nofollow">Banned, punishing deniers</a> <br /><br />and which now seeks to extend that throughout the EU.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.allseeingeye.net/2010/12/thought-crimes.html" rel="nofollow">All Seeing Eye, EU Thought Crimes</a><br /><br />I used to like Hungary.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-36631767877805876522010-12-23T01:37:16.690+01:002010-12-23T01:37:16.690+01:00It is astounding that media censorship legislation...It is astounding that media censorship legislation of the Hungarian kind can be passed in a member state of the Council of Europe and the European Union, and it is outright embarrasing that Hungary is going to take over the presidency of the Council of the EU in about a week.<br /><br />What have the EU institutions said and done since the censorship law was adopted?Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com