Comments for THE HONEYBALL BUZZ

Comment on Europe Without Greece in Unthinkable by Martin

Martin — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 07:47:40 +0000

the fact of the matter is that austerity is counter-productive, and you don’t have to be a communist to believe that: Tsipras is manifestly trying to do what communists would not do and what Keynes would do… try and make capitalism work

those who do not accept that austerity is counter-productivity have no right to lecture Greece on reasonableness

to my mind, the € cannot work unless there are full employment policies, otherwise in a neoliberal free market, unemployment will be there, and concentrate on the periphery

therefore the foolish people who lent Greece money in a totally cynical manner should bear the burden

btw the Greece debt/GDP is still below that Attlee faced after the war, and by stimulating the economy he was able to end up with a surplus

in 1951 he had to deal with a deficit from other countries in the sterling area

Comment on Sixteen and Seventeen Year Olds should vote in the EU Referendum by Martin

Martin — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:38:55 +0000

Personally I think they should be in an intermediary situation. Do we really want to lower the drinking age, for example?

In London, Scottish and Welsh elections they could vote for the constituency candidate but not the list candidates.

For nationally, one should have a Youth Parliament.

Comment on Honeyball’s Weekly Round-up by Stephanie d'Orey

Stephanie d'Orey — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:20:57 +0000

Please, please oppose the proposed TTIP agreement. it is a highly divisive and dangerous piece of legislation. It puts governments at the mercy of corporations. It is totally undemocratic. Please help throw it out!

Comment on Murdoch’s Sunday Sun continues to degrade women on Page Three by Irene

Irene — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:32:21 +0000

The sun, star and the daily sport are disgusting and degrading to women.I know the sun doesnt do page 3 anymore but it still runs in the star and sport. I hope these so called newspapers stop printing page 3 soon so we dont have to be subjected to these sluts degrading women!

Comment on Written Declaration 4/2012 on Vaccines and Immunisation by Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:46:37 +0000

We would be better to improve the standard of vaccines, push for proper safety testing, before sending them out to the rest of the world. We need to ensure real safety

Comment on A Better Future for Women by Derrington

Derrington — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:05:02 +0000

Mary, what is the point of all this legislation when we are refered to as bitches and whores in male media and portrayed as lying, entrapping and animallistic. When trapping us and then entering us into the rape trade is still being denied by sex slavery’s customer base? You wont legislate gender hatted away, you actually have to confront it. Even your own mos such as simon danzac celebrate using gender hate media and are unpunished by the party.

Comment on Half of single parents borrow money to cover childcare by lassy

lassy — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:35:29 +0000

Reblogged this on Will the real reality please stand up!.

Comment on International child abduction by Sabine Kurjo McNeill

Sabine Kurjo McNeill — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:48:54 +0000

Wow! What a pity I didn’t see this before I came to Brussels for the workshop on Cross Border Abduction! One of the report authors pointed out to me that the UK is way above everybody else’s statistics. In our view this is due to judges handing children to their abusive parents as a systemic pattern.

You may be familiar with our petition to Abolish Adoptions without Parental Consent: no 1707/2013. It was presented to PETI on 19 March and 11 November 2014 and affirmed by a Bulgarian mother whose daughter was adopted against her will and her presentation in January 2015:

https://www.change.org/p/eu-parliament-abolish-adoptions-without-parental-consent

In its wake I have recently filed an emergency petition on behalf of a Russian mother whose children were taken into care six months ago.

http://mckenzie-friends.co.uk/2015/03/07/using-the-secrecy-of-ukfamilycourts-to-cover-up-criminal-activities/

In its support is the petition with nearly 15,000 signatures on https://www.change.org/p/the-rt-hon-theresa-may-mp-return-whistleblowerkids-and-abusesurvivors-to-their-russian-family and the blog with background information: https://whistleblowerkids.wordpress.com/

What do you think you could do to get the UK Government to adapt to the EU Convention, Fundamental Charter and UN Child Rights?

Comment on My speech on the Tarabella report on gender equality by George

George — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:49:14 +0000

I can’t agree more. However, as a feminist who happens to be male I find it strange that I am excluded from the debate. I have tried to attend various feminist group meetings and been excluded. Men should be attending and taking responsibility. When I hear the debates about gender it often refers to women as if men do not have a gender which is socially constructed. See Pavan Amara in the Independent. as to whether or not men should be included.

Comment on My interview on 5 Live talking about domestic violence in the UK by maryhoneyballmep

maryhoneyballmep — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:47:00 +0000

Hi Vicki, I agree with the views you express in this post. As you know, it’s extremely difficult to make much progress on these issues in the short term. All of us who are concerned about women’s rigts must keep going, campaigning and raising awareness as much as possible