Interview on Sab Rang Radio - Saturday 17th April

Talked about the:
"Campaign for Openness and Transparency in Child Services (Children and Family Court Advisory Services)" - petition link
Campaign run by UKIP Idel & Thackley candidate Jay Sangha

Talked about the EU, and explained that it was undemocratic and the the EU Commission held all the power, only they can propose legislation etc.

Talked about immigration, explained that the Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem immigration policy discriminated against people from outside the EU, talked about UKIPs committment to the Commonwealth - we want to build strong trade links with the Commonwealth

Talked about civil liberties, and how Labour draconian policies such as ID cards and DNA databases are a threat to our personal freedom

BCB Radio Interview

Appeared on BCB Radio (106.6fm) today as No2ID coordinator.

11:45pm - 12 noon

Talked about:

• Loss of data in Bradford NHS
  Loss of 5,600 patients records, USB stick lost in library?!
  
• Manchester trial of ID cards
  Yes the things are aren't supposed to be compulsory, unless you live in Manchester of course!
  
• Government snooping legislation
  Logging of every persons e-mail, phone calls and web visits for a year (legislation passed on 6th April)
  Proposed legislation to log details of social net
  working sites such as Facebook and Ebay
  
  

Such woolly thinking

Telegraph & Argus

8:47am Tuesday 28th April 2009

SIR – Last November a multi-signatory letter was published in the T&A warning of the impact the Government’s nasty “ID cards for foreigners” spin would have on our cultural and economic life.

We told the Government some people would decide Britain had become too unfriendly, that they would be put off from coming here, and the loss of their skilled labour would damage the economy.

Only months into the scheme, the Wool Marketing Board is warning of a crisis facing sheep farmers unable to find the skilled labour to shear their sheep during the hot summer months.

This means wool goes unsold and, if we have hot weather, livestock across the country will suffer.

The reason farmers can’t attract the labour required is the Australian and New Zealand gangs of shearers who come here annually have decided this year the cost, hassle, and intrusive bureaucratic process necessary to obtain a biometric ID card means it’s no longer worth their effort.

Who can blame them for not wanting to be guinea pigs for a scheme that could soon be unleashed on the rest of us?

If this scheme continues, it will not be just sheep feeling the heat this summer.

Jason Smith, Bradford No2ID co-ordinator, Bradford Resource Centre, Chapel Street, Bradford

Meeting: Bradford Civic Society

Monday 27th April, 7:30pm

Attended the Bradford Civic Society meeting (AGM) regarding Bradford's 'degeneration'.

The BCS took names for the Regeneration Committee, names including Emma Fieldhouse and myself.

Things we need to do to as a society to get Bradford moving:

• Publicity
• Attack Councillors (physically is quite appealing!)
  
• Propose our own Grassroutes Plan
• Alliances with difference groups and organisations
  

Emma Fieldhouse's Facebook group:
Bradford Metropolitan District Council PULL YOUR FINGER OUT

Speaking engagement: UKIP 'Bin the (smoking) Bin'

Saturday 25th April, 2pm

I spoke at the Painters Arms, Drighlington regaring the UKIP Bradford 'Bin the Bin' campaign.

"First they came for the people who wanted to smoke in pubs, I did not speak out as I do not smoke. They then came for the people who refused to sign up for an ID card; I did not care as I had an ID card. They came for the people who could not afford to pay their pay-as-they go road tax; I did not speak out as I always pay my taxes. Then they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak out for me!"

Quote: Jason Smith

So far the campaign has hit the followng pubs and has also extended further than the Bradford & District borders.

New Furnace	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Beehive	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Waggoners	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Cap & Bells	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Kingshead	Low Moor	Bradford South
Drop kick	Low Moor	Bradford South
Royal	Low Moor	Bradford South
Mail Coach	Low Moor	Bradford South
Northern	Low Moor	Bradford South
The George	Low Moor	Bradford South
Nags Head	Queensbury	Bradford South
Stags Head	Queensbury	Bradford South
New Dolphin Inn	Queensbury	Bradford South
Halfway House	Queensbury	Bradford South
George III	Queensbury	Bradford South
Old Dolphin	Queensbury	Bradford South
Junction	Wyke	Bradford South
The Crown	Wyke	Bradford South
Oddfellows Hall	Wyke	Bradford South
Oddfellows	Wyke	Bradford South
Brown Cow	Wyke	Bradford South
Prince of Orange	Halifax	Halifax
The Swan	Lockwood	Huddersfield
The Lockwood	Lockwood	Huddersfield
Lockwood Con Club	Lockwood	Huddersfield
Lockwood Lib Club	Lockwood	Huddersfield
The Fountain	Newsome	Huddersfield
The Fleece	Cullingworth	Shipley
The George	Cullingworth	Shipley
The Guide Inn	Harden	Shipley
The Golden Fleece	Harden	Shipley
The Station	Harecroft	Shipley
The Ling Bob	Wilsden	Shipley

14 pubs have so far returned petitions, totally 546 signatures. We expect that figure to grow quickly as petitions continue to flood in!

Freedom 2 Choose

Saturday attended a Freedom 2 Choose meeting in Drighlington

11-04-2009





Campaign meeting to be held in Drighlington

SPEAKERS including MEPS will be attending a campaign meeting in Drighlington this weekend.

Members of Northern England Freedom2Choose - who are campaigning to amend the smoking ban - will be meeting this Saturday (April 11) at The Painters Arms, Bradford Road.

MEP Godfrey Bloom (UKIP Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire) will be among the speakers attending the meeting, which starts at 2pm, along with Jason Smith (UKIP Bradford) and Nick Hogan (UKIP Chorley) to offer support for the Freedom2Choose national campaign to amend the smoking ban.

Morley Observer 08/04/09

Campaigners outside the pub in Drighlington
Marsha Singh - You're barred!!


Jason with Tim of Freedom2Choose


Jason with Godfrey Bloom MEP (UKIP)

The return of fluoride!

Health put second

Sir – The European Food Standards Authority (EFSA), the EU body that controls food standards, has approved fluoride as a food product.

This is very bizarre. Firstly, the classification of fluoride as a food is very dubious as it does not have any nutritional benefits.

We are told that fluoride prevents tooth decay; a claim I would not accept, but its classification as a medicine would make more sense.

If fluoride had been classified as a medicine then it would have had to undergo rigorous trials to prove its safety, which I believe it would have failed. Could this be why it has been ‘wrongly’ classified?

Anybody who has read the warnings on their fluoride toothpaste will discover “caution: do not swallow”. Hardly the stuff we should be adding to food supplements.

Not only has the EFSA approved this dangerous substance but they have proposed to ban hundreds of natural vitamin and mineral supplements in 2010. These are supplements that have been used for hundreds of years without any adverse effects.

It seems the EFSA is once again putting the wishes of the multi-national pharmaceutical companies before the health of the people.

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Tuesday 7th April 2009
Telegraph & Argus