Brussels Lashes Out at Giscard's
Blueprint For Europe
by David Howarth in Brussels

The attempt to draw up a new European Union constitution suffered a serious setback yesterday when Brussels rejected the blueprint drawn up by Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the former French president.

The European Commission said plans by M Giscard's 105-member Convention on the Future of Europe failed to give any clear answer to the question of "who does what?"

Using language that in diplomatic terms was scathing, a commission statement said it was "disappointed" with the way the convention's proposals had been presented. It said they were "unlikely to foster the development of a consensus on these difficult institutional issues".

M Giscard's proposals, due to be presented to EU leaders in June, threaten to dilute the commission's power and its attack sets the stage for a brutal struggle before agreement is reached.

The plans currently include the appointment of a powerful EU president, with a deputy and executive office, to replace the current rotating presidency, which shifts between member states every six months. They also foresee the slimming-down of the commission, reducing its current 20 members to 13, and the creation of a seven-member "bureau" within the Council of Ministers to co-ordinate the EU's work.

"Duplication of bureaucracies goes against common sense and against indications coming from all sides," the commission added.

Opponents see the scheme as concentrating power among the EU's larger members. At present, the union has 15 members but is due to take in 10 more, most likely in eastern Europe, next year.

"This would undermine the checks and balances between the EU institutions," said a commission spokesman. "It could lead to unequal treatment of member states and this would jeopardise trust between them."

European leaders failed to agree at a summit in Athens last week whether the EU should have a permanent chairman or president.

Tony Blair is backing the creation of such a post, which is also supported by France and Spain. The smaller EU members are highly suspicious of the idea, as are the governments of the 10 incoming states.

A final version of the convention's reform document is expected in June. The draft European constitution will then be agreed by member governments, possibly before the end of the year. The convention has also proposed that EU foreign policy decisions should be taken by majority voting once the EU is enlarged next year. But Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary and senior British representative on the convention, has already rejected that out of hand.
The Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2003

PHILLIP DAY COMMENT: Here we see more manoeuvrings to get Britain loosened up to the idea of being part of a European federal superstate. Do not be taken in by the apparent opposition to the federal flavour of the constitution. Vladimir Putin's Russia is extremely keen to be a part of the European Union, and we currently see Chirac, Shroeder and Putin very cosy with the idea of the new European Army, which, of course, undermines the US-sponsored NATO alliance that has successfully kept peace in Europe for the past 50 years.

So much of what we are seeing at the moment are nations jockeying for the best position in the New World Order of nations and superpowers. Certainly, European politicians are not hiding their anti-American bias at present. Could the ultimate line-up be a European superpower of undemocratic, unelectable and unsackable politicians challenging the United States as the new world power? And where will Britain feature in all of the above? Will she polarise with America or Europe? These and other fascinating angles are explored in my new book, Ten Minutes to Midnight.
www.credence.org

Old Europe Unveils Plan For EU Army

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels
and Toby Harnden in Washington

"Old Europe" threw down the gauntlet at the feet of Britain, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance at a mini summit yesterday, unveiling plans for a new Euro-army with its own military headquarters.

France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg - described by some in the US as the "Axis of Weasel" - vowed to press ahead with the full-fledged defence union, brushing aside warnings that the move would entrench the European Union's bitter divisions over Iraq and could lead to the break up of Nato.

A new rapid reaction force would be built around the existing Franco-German brigade, taking in Belgian commandos and units from Luxembourg. It would answer to a Headquarters in the Brussels Suburb of Tervuren and be ready for operations next year.

Jacques Chirac, the French president, said the plans would bolster Nato's operational command. "The aim is not to decouple European Union and Atlantic Alliance defence efforts," he said.

But M Chirac gave out mixed signals when he gently rebuked Tony Blair for advocating a "one polar world" and warning of a new Cold War if Europe tried to become a rival power to America.

"Quite naturally a multi polar world is being created, whether one likes it or not. It's inevitable. For balance to exist there will have to be a strong Europe. Relations between the European Union and the United States will have to be a partnership between equals," said M Chirac.

He invited all 25 of the EU's current and future states to join the new defence force, but the so-called New Europe camp - led by Britain, Spain, Italy and Poland - has reacted with deep suspicion. Ana Palacio, the Spanish foreign minister, said the proposals were "counter productive" and would cause needless division at a delicate time.

Nato came close to buckling this year when France, Belgium and Germany refused to sanction delivery of Patriot missiles to Turkey, a fellow member. A Nato spokesman reacted cautiously to the new plans yesterday, saying he was "concerned about the risk of unnecessary duplication".

The four leaders called for the creation of a "European Command for strategic air transport" by 2004. The new force would have to rely on US airlift or leased Ukrainian planes until the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft was ready for service later in the decade.

Separately, The group has proposed a European weapons procurement agency and a "solidarity clause" binding EU states to face all forms of risk together as elements to be included in the new European constitution.

America yesterday dismissed the European initiative to create a multi-national force headquarters as irrelevant because of a lack of political will to spend more on defence.

Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, did not hide the Bush administration's dissatisfaction with European defence capabilities and its anger at the French-led blocking of Nato aid to Turkey and opposition to the United Nations authorising war with Iraq.

"The individual countries of Nato have not done a good enough job on this," he told members of the Senate foreign relations committee.
The Daily Telegraph. 30th April 2003

PHILLIP DAY'S COMMENT: Yet another example of European integration taking place at the expense of checks and balances that have kept peace in Europe for the past fifty years. Who is prepared to place any money on the chance that Brussels is really serious about having a duplicate defence force in Europe - the European Army and NATO? What idiocy. Is not the real plan to compel America to leave NATO, thus disbanding it, and thereby leaving Europe to bolster its own independent army - already unaccountable, secretive, and not constrained by the ability to prosecute its own criminal behaviour (art. 12 Chapter 5, PPI-EU)?

Haven't we been here twice before in the last 100 years? And didn't it all end in tears on both those occasions?

Resources:
Ten Minutes to Midnight
Available from www.credence.org

Blair Would Find it Impossible
to Win Referendum
by Anthony King
professor of government at Essex University

Whatever verdict Gordon Brown delivers on the euro in June, YouGov's latest survey for The Daily Telegraph makes it clear that most Britons' view of the European Union remains tepid and that for the foreseeable future the Government would find it virtually impossible to win a referendum on the single currency.

A striking finding is that opinion on a range of European issues has scarcely changed since Labour came to power six years ago. The Blair Government is far more pro- European than its Tory predecessor but has demonstrably failed to bring public opinion around to its point of view.

Roughly a third of people regard EU membership as "a good thing". Nearly as many regard it as "a bad thing". There has been no long-term trend in attitudes towards the EU since Briton joined the Common Market in 1973. Fluctuations occur randomly in response to specific events.

Looking to the future, the proportions seeking "a fully integrated Europe" or "complete withdrawal from the EU" have remained quite stable over the past few years. Only small minorities want either. That said, the proportion in favour of "a less integrated Europe with the EU amounting to little more than a free trade area" has, as the figures show, increased substantially from 21 per cent in 2000 to 30 per cent now. In other words the only discernable shift of opinion has been in the direction opposite to that preferred by ministers.

There is little enthusiasm for a European constitution. YouGov reminded respondents that a constitution is being drafted that would set out the powers of the EU and national governments and be binding on all EU member states, including Britain.

YouGov then asked whether people would be in favour or opposed to the adoption of such a constitution. Only a tiny minority, 15 per cent, said they would be in favour. More than double that proportion, 39 per cent, said they would be against. A further 39 per cent said "it would depend on the terms".

YouGov elicited the opinions of 2,390 adults across Britain on-line between April 22 and 24.
The Daily Telegraph, 28th April 2003

egional Battle Begins

SIR- The Governments plans for devolution for England consists of splitting this country into nine regions, each with its own regional assembly.

The Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent next week. This will set in motion procedures for referendums to be held throughout England for elected regional assemblies.

Following the so-called "sounding exercise" carried out by the Deputy Prime Minister's office, we can expect the North-East, North-West and Yorkshire and the Humber to be among those anxious to hold a referendum for elected regional assemblies. This could take place as early as this autumn.

Should this take place, the voters concerned should be aware that an elected regional assembly means the abolition of county and district councils, to be replaced by new unitary authorities under the elected regional assembly.

Bearing in mind the staggering recent rise in some people's council tax, can they imagine the colossal upheaval in their local government offices, to say nothing of the massive cost in establishing both elected regional assemblies and new unitary authorities with which, no doubt, the local taxpayer will be saddled?
Letter from Katie Davies to the Editor, The Daily Telegraph 2nd May, 2003

PHILLIP DAY'S COMMENT: Katie Davies' letter highlights the angst being caused by the EU's regionalisation policy, whereby the UK is being broken up into 12 EU regions, each locally governed, but centrally controlled from Brussels. The Scottish and Welsh devolution motions were a beard for this same regionalisation policy being implemented. This system is intended to marginalise national government, all the while the millions generated from the Council Tax goes towards promoting this new integration ideal. Darn smart thing to do, isn't it? Increase people's Council Tax by, in some cases, 13% overnight, and then use part of that money to brainwash the British into thinking the EU is doing them a favour by governing them.

Regionalisation is an effective way to destroy the concept of a nation with national boundaries. The EU has been very active for years in forging links at the local government level throughout the UK to bring this about. One method Brussels has used to get co-operation from local councils has been the promise of funds for development projects in their local communities. There's nothing like EU cash (which British taxpayers provided in the first place) to build useful things in the community to enhance a local or even a European politician's popularity with their public. Another forerunner program implemented to soften up the British to the idea of accepting closer ties with their Continental neighbours is the town and village twinning scheme.

I think the British people need to wake up… and rapidly. All they have to look forward to under the EU, especially its socialist regionalisation policy (which, incidentally, Westminster appears determined not to stop), is crippling taxation, endless and corrupt bureaucracy, and local council dignitaries lording it around on padded expense accounts and immunity from prosecution.

Can't wait.

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Ten Minutes to Midnight
Available from www.credence.org

Bayer Agrees to Pay U.S.
$257 Million in Drug Fraud

In the largest Medicaid fraud settlement, Bayer agreed yesterday to pay the government $257 million and pleaded guilty to a criminal charge after engaging in what federal prosecutors said was a scheme to overcharge for the antibiotic Cipro. According to documents turned over to the government by a whistle-blower, Bayer was coached in the scheme by a purchasing manager from Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest health care organizations. The fraud involved selling Cipro to Kaiser at prices lower than the company was charging Medicaid, in violation of a federal law that requires drug makers to give the Medicaid program the lowest price charged to any customer. To cover up the fraud, the Cipro bottles sold to Kaiser were relabled with Kaiser's name and given a different drug identification number.
New York Times, 17th April 2003

More at http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/business/17DRUG.html?tntemail1

CTM COMMENT: We are shocked and confused that this is happening in the pharmaceutical industry. We thought they put our health before their profits. We had no idea that business ethics could stoop so low.

'The Coming Cancer Cure'

With Dr Francisco Contreras from the Oasis of Hope hospital in Mexico.

A world expert in alternatives for cancer treatment Dr Contreras has treated over 100,000 cancer patients. He is the author of "The Hope of Living Cancer Free" and "The Coming Cancer Cure".

The Campaign for Truth is pleased to announce that Dr Francisco Contreras is visiting the UK from 14th May 2003 and he will be launching his new book, "The Coming Cancer Cure".

Francisco Contreras has had an unrivalled experience of treating over 100,000 cancer patients with a unique collection of alternative treatments.

The Oasis of Hope Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, where Dr Contreras is based, is a pioneering, state of the art establishment with a full complement of fully qualified doctors and nurses.

This lecture tour is an opportunity for the public and the medical profession to understand first-hand the value of non-toxic therapies in this most dreaded of diseases.

Many Outpatients Experience Drug-Related Injuries

While adverse drug events, or injuries caused by drugs, are known to occur among hospitalised patients, such incidents are also common among outpatients, researchers reported this week. In a study of over 600 adult outpatients, investigators found that one out of every four experienced a detrimental health effect from a drug. What's more, nearly 40 percent of these events could have been prevented or greatly reduced in severity or duration.

Few studies have been conducted about drug-related injuries occurring outside the hospital, despite the fact that most people receive prescriptions for drugs to take at home, the researchers note.

In a previous study of hospitalised patients, researchers found that 6.5 percent of patients experienced a drug-related injury - 28 percent of which were preventable. Another study estimated that more than 1 million people were hospitalised in 1994 due to drug-related injuries.

Among outpatients, annual estimates of the proportion affected by drug-related injury have ranged from as low as five percent to as high as 35 percent.

In the current study, a team of Massachusetts researchers surveyed and reviewed the medical records of 661 people who visited two hospital-based and two community-based centres between September 1999 and March 2000. Prescriptions were computerized at one hospital centres and one community centre and handwritten at the other two centres.

"Our goal was to understand how these events might best be prevented, focusing on systems rather than individuals," study author Dr. Tejal Gandhi of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston told Reuters Health. Altogether, 25 percent experienced a drug-related injury, 11 percent of which were preventable, Gandhi and colleagues report in Wednesday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Thirteen percent of the injuries were serious, including cases of gastrointestinal bleeding and a slowed heart beat. Two of the serious events were preventable, including the case of an elderly patient who was prescribed an antibiotic to which he or she was known to be allergic.

In fact, 35 percent of the preventable injuries could have been avoided if all of the centres used advanced systems of computerized medication ordering. Such systems perform error-reducing functions including checking the dose of each drug, the report indicates. "Our systems of outpatient prescribing could be substantially improved," Gandhi said. Twenty-eight percent of the problems were ameliorable, meaning that they could have been substantially reduced in severity or duration if different actions had been taken, the report indicates. The majority (63 percent) of these injuries occurred when doctors did not respond to medication-related symptoms, but in 37 percent of cases patient were faulted for not telling their doctor about their symptoms.

"We were surprised by how high the rates were, as compared to the inpatient studies," Gandhi said. "We think this is because we spoke with patients directly rather than relying on the medical chart or administrative data." Depression and high blood pressure drugs, such as serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and beta-blockers, respectively, were often involved in the adverse drug events. Among inpatients, however, sedatives and antibiotics tend to be the drugs most commonly implicated in drug-related injuries, the report indicates. The medications themselves were not to blame for drug-related injury, the researchers note. Rather, patients who were prescribed more medications were more likely to experience an adverse drug event. To reduce the high rates of drug-related injury, Gandhi calls for "strategies' to improve patient-doctor communication, education about side effects, and implementing computerized prescribing."

"Patients should be knowledgeable about their medications, make sure their doctors know all of the medications they are taking, and patients should understand side effects," Gandhi said. Also, the researcher added, "if patients are having problems with their medications, they should know how to contact their physician or doctor's office to report the problem."
Charnicia E. Huggins, Reuters Health, Friday, 18th April 2003
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine 2003;348:1556-1564

CTM COMMENT: Patients should also be knowledgeable of the fact that dependency upon the doctor, his wares and his advice is one of the biggest causes of injury and death today. And what exactly is meant by the following: "The medications themselves were not to blame for drug-related injury, the researchers note. Rather, patients who were prescribed more medications were more likely to experience an adverse drug event."? We appear to have a new line in medical double-meaning. "It wasn't the drugs, Your Honour. It was the drugs." Our previous eclub bulletin highlighted the outcome of a doctors' strike in Israel. The death rate dropped to such an extent that local embalmers began pressing the government to give in to the doctors' pay demands. The embalmers needed their clients back. No double meaning there. Doctors can be very dangerous. Argue that if you can.

Donald Factor's Amazing Experience with Cancer
By Lucy Mayhew

"I was told I only had six months to live. But 17 years later I am still alive and kicking thanks to vitamins, cyanide and (ouch!) coffee enemas."

When 68-year-old Don Factor, son of cosmetic tycoon Max Factor, discovered he had one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, he decided to pursue unorthodox methods to beat it - despite being told that he would probably not see out the end of the year. Don, a writer and artist, is married to Anna, a painter, and they live in Notting Hill, West London. Here, he tells Lucy Mayhew of his battle with the disease.

There are survival studies in cancer- at Stage One there's hope; at Stage Two, there is an outside chance of remission. When extensive cancer was detected in my lung, liver and spine in 1986, I was at stage Four, where survival rates are almost zero.

My only warnings were lower back pain - which I put down to sitting at the computer for too long- and a kind of chronic dyspepsia, or constantly feeling yucky.

My wife, Anna, persuaded me to go to our GP in the Cotswolds where we then lived, even though I thought I just had a tummy bug. He recommended that I saw a Harley Street specialist in London immediately.

He said Sir John Batten was top in his field but I didn't ask what field that was. My mind had silently erased the dreaded 'C' word -cancer- but I didn't want to put it into words.

I went to see Sir John a couple of days later. He put me through some invasive and extremely nasty tests. I had a colonoscopy, an examination of my small intestine and worst of all, a liver biopsy-removing a sample of tissue by syringe-which was more like being hit in the belly by a mortar shell. Afterwards I was warned not to move much or walk in 24 hours for fear of bleeding.

Three days later Sir John called me. He apologised about having to tell me the results over the phone - actually all he did was apologise. Over and over, he kept saying: 'I'm terribly sorry'.

Then he revealed that I had a small cell carcinoma of the lung- with secondary tumours on my liver. I was told 'We could give you chemotherapy, giving a 50:50 chance of buying you six months.'

I realised that I wasn't being given any options to live.

I felt as though a huge hole had opened and I was tumbling down into it. I was only 51 and this was panic time. But it was a case of getting through tears and shock, and then acknowledging that something must be done. I smoked my last ever Marlboro cigarette. Before the diagnosis I had smoked 40 a day, so in a way I was getting my come-uppance. But I knew I would not accept this death sentence.

Anna and I had been interested in alternative health for years but I always felt they worked best used alongside orthodox treatments. We had once attended an impressive lecture by Dr Ernesto Contreras, the founder of the Oasis of Hope, a Mexican clinic that practised an alternative regime called Metabolic Therapy. Ernesto had worked as a pathologist at Boston General Hospital, Massachusetts. This was in the early fifties, when they were doing the first studies using chemotherapy on children with leukaemia. The chemotherapy agent was derived from mustard gas and the doctors couldn't tell whether the children were dying from leukaemia or the treatment.

Ernesto became so disillusioned he returned to Mexico to dedicate his life to investigating less brutal treatments, leading to the development of his Metabolic Therapy. His theory is to build the patient up - make them as healthy as possible so they can fight tumour growth with their own immune system.

The treatment included an intravenous drip of vitamins, with massive doses of vitamin C, minerals and other compounds, daily injections of a substance called laetrile (vitamin B17) and pancreatic enzymes - plus coffee enemas for, thankfully, only the first five days to detoxify the body. Coffee enemas help to stimulate the flow of bile from the liver, which prompts the body to de-toxify.

Just a week after my diagnosis, we flew to the clinic in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico. By the time I arrived, another tumour had emerged in the vertebrae that links to the sciatic nerves which run from the spine to the little toe. This caused excruciating pain.

Although the cost of the Metabolic Therapy was about $20,000 (about £12.750), it was considerably less than private orthodox treatment in the U.S or the U.K. Dr Ernesto Contreras was to be my physician. He looked at my medical records and ordered some more tests.

There were 20 or 30 patients being treated and he explained that success rates were about 30 per cent - all for people who had previously been labelled untreatable or terminal.

An important feature of the treatment at the Oasis of Hope is that you bring along a companion. Anna's encouragement was vital, especially at the start when I was in so much pain and was losing a lot of weight. I was hospitalised for just under four weeks.

There has been substantial controversy around the intravenous and oral use of laetrile - a compound found in apricot kernels. Laetrile (vitamin B17) contains a cyanide compound. People panic when they hear that, thinking of poison. But research shows that the cyanide compound is unlocked only when it comes into contact with an enzyme occurring in abnormal amounts at cancer cell sites, destroying them. But there is still a dearth of controlled clinical studies, primarily because it is an unpatentable substance - meaning no one is prepared to foot the bill for research.

Of course B17 alone is not a magic formula, it's a valuable component of a wide-ranging therapy. For years it was dismissed as a hocus-pocus formula, but I believe it's beginning to gain recognition under the name amygdalin.

My surgeon, Dr Francisco Contreras, Ernesto's son, performed one operation on me to insert a catheter, which would feed the compounds and chemotherapy directly into my liver.

I was so ill, the doctors decided to give me chemotherapy on my liver, plus a week of radiation on my spine. Conventional medicine is used at the clinic, but always as part of a larger context.

Initially, I lived with constant pain and was incredibly bloated. Apparently, they had never treated anyone who was so riddled with cancer. But I had a defiant spirit, and they later told Anna and me that if it hadn't been for that enthusiasm they would have sent me home immediately.

However, sometimes I did feel ready to give up. Luckily, I was visited by a psychologist who had worked with the terminally ill. He said I needn't feel guilty for having dark thoughts. So I accepted them as a natural feature of healing.

I also made peace with my 16-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son from my first marriage, who I used to visit only once or twice a year. I told them I loved them and said if they had any hard feelings about me having left home, they needed to talk about them, because if I died the feelings would be much harder to deal with.

Having done that I felt magically better. I even asked the doctor to run a test on me that evening because I felt I had gone into remission - that was after just one week. I was asked to wait another week when tests did show that the tumours were shrinking.

My father lent me his apartment in Palm Springs, and for a further three months, I drove back to Mexico for my monthly chemotherapy. They said I could go back to Britain if I could find an oncologist willing to use their compounds and procedures. I took a mass of bottles back to Cheltenham General Hospital where they continued my treatment.

After about four sessions, a scan showed no sign of active growth, just scar tissue in my liver. Three years later, at a check-up in Mexico, the doctor said: As a rule, we don't say cured. But in your case it seems pointless to keep writing "in remission".

Ninety-nine per cent of cancer sufferers in my condition do not recover. Yet not a single doctor here showed any curiosity as to why I survived. There seems to be a cynicism about Ernesto's programme. Metabolic Therapy is seen as a fringe treatment and most medical people don't like to discuss regimes that deviate from accepted medical practices for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

Establishment oncologists say: 'If we can't fix it, nobody can.' I'm living proof that somebody can.

WHAT CANCER RESEARCH UK SAYS
Spokeswoman Sarah Turner: "We don't sanction the use of alternative therapies such as Metabolic Therapy in the place of conventional treatment. We are concerned patients don't receive false hope. There is not much scientific medical evidence behind Metabolic Therapy to back it up. Though laetrile will kill cancer cells in a lab setting, there is a huge difference between what occurs in the lab and what occurs in human patients."
Daily Mail, 15th April 2003

PHILLIP DAY'S COMMENT: In my book, Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth, I cover Donald Factor's story and also provide the proof Sarah Turner has trouble finding about the effectiveness of Metabolic Therapy for cancer. CTM applauds Lucy Mayhew for her dogged determination to see this article published. Please email her at lupats@hotmail.com to congratulate her on getting this story through. Isn't it also interesting that Cancer Research UK has always denied Laetrile has any therapeutic effect on cancers, and yet now is saying that it kills cancer 'in a lab setting'. Well, Sarah? Which is it? Does it, or doesn't it?

This charity, by the way, has passed huge amounts of public money to the drug industry to continue developing toxic and deadly treatments for cancer that not only don't work, but can actually cause cancer and torture the patient in the process. These people willingly ignore or defame the studies that have been done with nutrition for cancer for one simple reason: food supplements and a decent diet don't make Porsche payments, and who would pay their insulting salaries?

RESOURCES FOR CANCER:
Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth
B17 Metabolic Therapy - a technical manual
Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century
Available through www.credence.org

More Excellent Talks

For anyone wanting to find out more about the European Union debate and become involved, do not miss an opportunity to listen to Nigel Farage, UK Independence Party Member of the European Parliament, and a passionate, articulate advocate for Britain's independence and her continued prosperity. No one knows the workings of the EU and their dangers to the free world more than Nigel, currently on tour throughout the UK, educating citizens on the issues involved.

Here is his schedule, which also includes other excellent speakers.

Tuesday 29th April - ABERGAVENNY, Wales
The Angel Hotel,
Abergavenny, Wales
Commencing 7.30pm
Speakers: -
Nigel Farage MEP, UK Independence Party and Vice President, EDD Group of the European Parliament;
David J Rowlands, Candidate for Torfaen, Welsh Assembly Election;
Neal Reynolds, Candidate for Newport East, Welsh Assembly Election
Contact 01633 877222 (UKIP Welsh Office) for further information

Wednesday 30th April - KINGSTONE, Surrey
The Tiffins Girl School,
Richmond Road, Kingston
Commencing 7.30pm
Democracy Movement Debate on the EU Constitution
Speakers: -
For: Vincent Cable, Liberal Democrat MP
Against: Nigel Farage MEP, UK Independence Party and Vice President, EDD Group of the European Parliament

MAY

Thursday 22nd May - NEW MILTON
Memorial Hall, Whitefield Road, New Milton
Commencing 7.30pm
Speakers:-
Nigel Farage MEP, UK Independence Party and Vice President, EDD Group of the European Parliament;
Lindsay Jenkins, Author of 'Britain Held Hostage' and 'Last Days of Britain';
Robin Page, English Peasant

Thursday 29th May - WINCHESTER, Hants
St John's House (opposite King Alfred's statue),
Winchester
Commencing 7.30pm
Speakers: -
Nigel Farage MEP, UK Independence Party and Vice President, EDD Group of the European Parliament;
Lindsay Jenkins, Author of 'Britain Held Hostage' and 'Last Days of Britain'

The Medical School Curriculae You Don't Get To Hear About!

"Besides medical school, there is probably no other four-year experience - unless it be four year's service in a war - that can so change the cognitive content of one's mind and the nature of one's relationships with others." F.D. Moorse, Harvard Medical School

Introducing a shocking, online book by Michael Greger MD, Heart Failure - Diary of a Third Year Medical Student A personal account of medical university.

"I just graduated with honours from Tufts University School of Medicine, the class of 1999. I don't feel honourable, though. I have become disillusioned - disgusted even - by medical training and medicine as a whole. I want to help others dispel their illusions as well. Medical school is four years long. The first two years are basic science lectures, more like an extension of college. The last two years, however, third year and fourth year, involve rotations through hospitals." "One of the few statements with which most physicians would agree," one doctor writes, "is that the third year, the year on the wards, is the critical year in medical education." Another contends "in no year of their adult lives, do students change so much as during the third year of medical school."

This is my story of third year, the worst year of my life. For many students, who - like me - have had no prior clinical experience, third year is the first real contact with medicine, the first taste of what doctors really do, what doctors are really like. I saw medicine as a humanistic career of intimacy - helping people, sharing, caring for people. But what I found was a profession that didn't even seem to care about people. No one around me seemed to question what was happening to them, to the patients, to all of us."

More at http://upalumni.org/medschool/preface.html

Full book at http://upalumni.org/medschool/

CTM COMMENT: The pages in this book give good insight into the transformation that takes place in the pre-med mind. Patients metamorphose into machines, without feeling, that need mechanical attention only. Soul and spirit are separated from the physical. The doctor is then able to diagnose, categorise and surmise without feeling. This keeps him sane. Or does it? Dr Greger asks for a $20.00 donation. We think he deserves it. Please support him in his stance to tell another side.

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Children to be Given a Mars a Day to Aid Recovery

Children should be given crisps and Mars bars to eat in hospital to encourage them to enjoy their meals, the Government's adviser on children said yesterday.

Al Aynsley-Green, the Clinical Director for Children, said that attempting to impose a healthy diet on a sick child could be counter-productive.

He was publicising new national standards for children's hospital services, part of the UK Government's National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, which recommend that children in hospital be allowed to snack on their favourite foods 'around the clock'.

A proposed NHS children's snack box would contain a packet of crisps, a Mars bar, chocolate milk, processed cheese, yoghurt and a banana.

Noting that the nutritional value of food not eaten was nil, Professor Aynsley-Green, who is also director of clinical research and development at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, said there was no point in offering a sick child guacamole because they would probably refuse to eat it. "I make no apology for including Mars bars and crisps, because it's what children like, while encouraging them to healthy eating at the same time," he said.

Sarah Schenker, a dietician at the British Nutrition Foundation, said that although Professor Aynsley-Green's advice appeared to contravene conventional ideas on children's diets, it made perfect sense. "With sick children you have to prioritise and if the priority is a high-energy diet, you will find it very difficult to achieve that just by giving them endless oranges and apples," she said.

"Some children in hospital have no desire to eat and if someone gives them a Mars bar or goes out and gets them a McDonald's, that's great."

The child-friendly approach is reflected throughout the rest of the standards, which aim to ensure that the care offered to children properly reflects the needs of each age group.

The standards recommend separate facilities for young children and adolescents, better child and adolescent mental health services, better education support in hospitals so that children do not fall behind in their schooling and specialist training for staff dealing with children.
The Times, Friday 11th April 2003

CTM COMMENT: This seems to be the month for dangerous incompetence, purposeful ignorance and a bovine adherence to the orthodox party line. If you present a child with a Mars bar, a packet of crisps and an industrialised dairy snack in one bowl and a banana, tangerine and broccoli in the other, what bowl is that kid going to reach out for? You guessed it. The one that will do him the most harm. Shame on these doctors. Do we really need to comment further on the above? The public will see this for the idiocy it is.

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Mercury in Jabs 'May Contribute to Autism'

Mercury in some vaccines given to babies may be a contributory cause of autism and heart disease, new research claims.

The study by researchers in the United States found children who received vaccines containing a preservative called thimerosal, whish is almost 50 per cent mercury, were more than twice as likely to develop autism than children who did not.

Mercury, which is known to be neurotoxic, is being phased out of vaccines in America and Europe after scientists in the United States found the amount in vaccines exceeded federal safety limits.

The new study supports unpublished research carried out by the American Centres for Disease Control (CDC) in 2000. This showed an increased relative risk of autism of 2.48 for children who have received 75 micrograms of mercury, the amount in the British schedule.

The incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders and heart disease following the administration of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertusis (DTP) vaccines containing mercury compared with non mercury vaccines was based on nationwide data in the United States.

The researchers claim they have produced 'the first epidemiological evidence showing a direct association between thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders'.

The preservative, which is called thiomersal in Britain, is used in some vaccines to prevent bacterial infection. Mercury is not present in the triple measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).

In the United States there has been an increase in the number of vaccines containing mercury given to children since the 1980s. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit disorder.

Several researchers have claimed the rise in autism is linked to mercury-containing vaccines.

The researchers suggest only a small proportion of susceptible children are at risk and that a combination of factors may be involved including a possible genetic predisposition. They also support the controversial theory that the triple MMR jab may be the final trigger for autism.

The mercury hypothesis is that a small sub-set of children have difficulty excreting mercury from the body.

An accumulation of mercury can in itself cause brain damage and also lower the immune system so that the body cannot cope with the live viruses in the MMR.

The new research by Dr Mark Geier, a physician with a PhD in genetics, and David Geier, a graduate student at the National Institutes of Health, who are both consultants in genetics based in Bethesada, Maryland, has been published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

In Britain, where there has also been a large increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism, the only mercury-containing vaccine given routinely to all children is the DTP vaccine. Some susceptible babies also receive flu jabs and a Heptatitis B vaccine that also contain mercury.

In Britain in 1990, the age at which the DTP is given was lowered from 3, 6 and 9 months to 2, 3 and 4 months and Dr Geier believes this could be significant as a smaller baby's immune system and brain are still developing and less able to cope with the toxic effects of mercury.

He said: "It is my opinion that our findings are definitely applicable in the UK."

Britain still uses the mercury-containing DTP because the Department of Health says it is more effective. Vaccine manufacturers are developing a new DTP and flu jabs without mercury.

The UK Committee on the Safety of Medicines said recent studies "showed no evidence of adverse developmental effects caused by thiomersal in vaccines according to the routine UK immunisation schedule. The balance of benefits and risks of thiomersal-containing vaccines therefore remains over-whelmingly positive."
The UK Daily Telegraph, Monday 7th April 2003

CTM COMMENT: As usual, another generally toothless account of the vaccination industry, struggling to contain the bad news that mercury is poisonous to the system. The suggestion that, "a small sub-set of children have difficulty excreting mercury from the body," is just another example of our generally spineless media trying to 'balance' the article. Mercury is dangerous, full-stop. Mercury squirted directly into the bloodstream of a three-month old, is dangerous, full-stop. Get some teeth, you national health journalists, and begin to restore some pride in the process.

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The Montel Williams Show
Covers Psychiatric Child Abuse
By Citizen's Commission on Human Rights

On Tuesday 15th April, leading US talk show host Montel Williams exposed the truth about the psychiatric drugging of kids. The show was called "A Parent's Right to Choose."

The show exposed such things as:

Seven out of the last 12 school shooters that we know of were under the influence of psychiatric drugs known to cause violent and suicidal behaviour.

Over 1.5 million kids are currently on antidepressants, and over 6 million children are on cocaine-like stimulant drugs - despite the fact that there is no scientific proof of ADHD or any of the so-called child mental disorders.

Parents are losing their right to choose. Schools can threaten parents with Child Protective Services and parents can actually be charged with medical or educational neglect if they refuse to drug their kids.

After being coerced or threatened, parents have had their children die from the very drugs forced upon them by school personnel.

In the last two years, 4 states have had to pass laws to prevent schools coercing parents into drugging their children.

In 2003, 15 more states introduced similar laws.

While 50 billion dollars a year are spent on the War on Drugs, and kids are told that drugs are not a solution to life's problems, kids are literally lining up in schools to get their daily dose of kiddy cocaine.

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Not So Much A Naked Ape,
as a Knackered Ape

How sharp is your mind? How balanced is your mood? How consistent are your energy levels? How happy are you? And what, if anything, does all this have to do with what you eat? Patrick Holford thinks he has the answers.

Last year at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition we surveyed 22,000 UK citizens. Most were urban dwellers aged between 20 and 30. We found that:

76 per cent of people are often tired
58 per cent suffer from mood swings
52 per cent feel apathetic and unmotivated
50 per cent suffer from anxiety
47 per cent have difficulty sleeping
43 per cent have poor memories or struggle to concentrate
42 per cent suffer from depression.

Welcome to the 21st century. Despite immense improvements in standards of living modern man is not so much a naked ape, but a knackered ape. According to Patrick Holford though, all is not lost. Nutrition is the key!

More at http://www.theecologist.org/article.html?article=379

Resources: For a full explanation on changing your nutrition for spectacular results in mood, energy and efficiency, obtain a copy of Phillip Day's Health Wars. Available at www.credence.org

Warning: Soya May Be Making Men Infertile
By James Chapman, Science Correspondent

The increasing amount of soya being eaten in Britain could be putting the fertility of a generation of men at risk, according to an alarming new study.

Researchers believe that pregnant or breast-feeding women who eat soya and soya-based products, such as tofu, could be endangering their babies because these foods contain chemicals that mimic the female hormone, oestrogen. Experts fear that exposure in the womb, or through breast milk, could lead to reproductive abnormalities in boys. They are also concerned about the possible impact of soya-based infant foods.

The scientists, based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, tested the effects of genistein - the key chemical found in soya beans - on pregnant rats. Alarmingly, they found that their male offspring developed abnormal reproductive organs and experienced sexual dysfunction as adults.

The researchers are calling for more research to be carried out urgently to see if the increasingly popular soya and soya-based foods affect human reproductive development in the same way. The warning is supported by the Scientific Advisory Committee On Nutrition, which advises the British Government. It said last month there is "clear evidence" that soya-based formula milk could damage children's sexual development and fertility as adults. Large amounts of genistein are found in some baby formula milks and supplements taken by women, as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy.

The average sperm count of a European male has dropped by a quarter over the past 25 years and about 27,000 British couples seek treatment for infertility problems each year, an increase of 55 per cent in five years. As many as one in six couples is thought to have problems conceiving.

In the new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal Of Urology, pregnant female rats were randomly assigned a genistein-free diet or one containing the chemical. Male offspring were exposed to genistein indirectly through maternal consumption during pregnancy and after birth through breast milk. When the offspring who were exposed to genistein matured, researchers found the males had smaller testes and a larger prostate gland and lower testosterone levels compared to unexposed rats. Although their sperm counts were normal, exposed adult males had lower testosterone levels and were also less likely to mate successfully.

"The effects of genistein continued long after the rats were exposed", said Dr Amy Wisniewski, who led the research at the Johns Hopkins Childrens Centre. "This leads us to believe that exposure to this plant-derived oestrogen during reproductive development can have long-term detrimental effects in males".

Dr Sabra Klein, another member of the research team, added: "Genistein may act as an oestrogen or an anti-androgen, blocking the function of endogenous androgens - the sex hormones necessary for males to develop a normal reproductive system".

"Ultimately, it appears this leads to the reproductive abnormalities and sexual dysfunction we saw in the exposed rats. However, additional research is needed to determine if this is the case".

Whether the long-term effects of genistein on reproductive development are caused by exposure during gestation, lactation or both also requires further investigation, the scientists said.
Daily Mail Tuesday, April 15th 2003

Phillip Day Receives Human Rights Award

The evening of Friday 11th April was a special night for Phillip Day, one of two people honoured by the 34th Annual Citizens Commission on Human Rights Awards for their work in exposing the excesses of psychiatry and the drugging of children for bogus psychiatric disorders.

The awards gala, which saw a gathering of 300 to honour Phillip Day and Peter Bennett, included foreign dignitaries, diplomats and other luminaries at the Commission's headquarters in East Grinstead, Sussex, UK. Presentations by members of the Commission were also made on the progress achieved to date in educating the public on the abuses of the mental health system.

In 2002, Phillip Day's book The Mind Game was released by Credence Publications, which summarised research on the deadly excesses of psychiatry and other mental health practices, including how society itself has been affected over the past 100 years by these dangerous 'sciences of the mind'.

Resources: The Mind Game
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