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Happy new year Orgahs from your resident xenophobe and nationalist racist with militaristic [edit] populist, [/edit] and autarkic tendencies, it is once again time to delve into the beautiful question; what right does brussels have to bind us with its decisions......

The european court is about to tell us who we are obliged to pay social security money too:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...einstated.html

Wives of terror suspects could have benefits reinstated
The wives and families of suspected terrorists could soon have benefit payments reinstated, following opinions expressed by the European Union's most senior law chief.

By Martin Evans
Published: 8:40AM GMT 15 Jan 2010

Ministers stopped the handouts following the September 11 attacks in America in order to prevent money being channelled towards banned groups.

Current Treasury rules state that social security payments cannot be made available, directly or indirectly, to, or for the benefit of, anyone who is on the UN terrorism sanctions list.

But remarks by the senior advocate of the European Court of Justice, Paulo Mengozzi, could soon mean the Government is forced to reverse that decision and reinstate the payments.

Mr Mengozzi said the decision to halt the payments was unfair on the grounds of human rights.

Europe's highest court is due to consider three test cases, brought by the wives of British based terror suspects later this year, at which Mr Mengozzi's observations are likely to prove crucial.

The court has agreed with eight out of ten of the advocate general's previous rulings.

Any decision by the European court, which is expected to issue a judgement within the next six months, will be binding on courts throughout the EU.

The identities of the families bringing the case are not known, but it is understood they have been linked by security officials to al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.

They have argued that the ban on benefits amounts to a violation of their human right to a family life.

If the Government's ban is overturned the taxpayer will soon be funding benefits – including child benefit, housing assistance and income support – to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds a year.

Matthew Elliot of the TaxPayers' Alliance said: "It is absurd that this unaccountable European Court is trying to dictate to the British Government how we spend our own money. British taxpayers are already sick of bankrolling the lifestyles of people who preach hate against our country and there is no way that they should be able to fund their activities or their families through milking the welfare system.

"Whether you agree with the judgement or not, it is a choice that should be made by our country, not these lawyers, who are answerable to nobody."

Earlier this week the European Court of Human Rights dealt a separate blow to UK anti-terror policy when it ruled that the stopping and searching of suspects without grounds for suspicion was unlawful.

The only important question here; is this the will of the British people?

I suspect it is not, and this is just one more reason to remove ourselves from the jurisdiction of the european court.