Lies, Damn Lies, And EU Immigration OptOuts

August 12, 2011 at 8:35 am

We’ve been fed the line over and over again that this is simply impossible under EU rules. The European Union executive gave debt-stricken Spain the green light on Thursday to restrict Romanian workers from seeking employment on its territory, citing the need to protect its labour market. Spain will be […]

Taxing Witches

March 3, 2011 at 1:01 am

Romanian MPs have almost bested Labour in the eternal government effort trying to screw money from obscure parts of society. From the ever peculiar Austrian Times we learn that Romanian MPs have backed off on an attempt to make witches pay tax….after they threatened to curse anyone who supported the […]

Non-Jobs

February 19, 2011 at 5:50 pm

We think the it’s bad in the UK. Eyes roll when a Community Equality Outreach Team Support Officer (Policy Division) feels the need to tick boxes before you can change a lightbulb. But from the Romanian Times we learn that things can be just as bad overseas… Cash-strapped road bosses […]

Romanians Would Vote Ceausescu Again

August 2, 2010 at 3:15 am

In news to surely hearten Gordon Brown, it seems that any moronic leader with a tenuous grasp on reality, a pill problem and the economic skill of a dead spaniel can be rehabilitated after they are combined to the dustbin of history. Apparently 84% of Romanians no longer support the […]

Romania: UK Immigration Rules Are Unfair

November 5, 2009 at 10:11 pm

We all know the joke: an immigrant makes it in to the UK and finds a magic lamp. As is the tradition with these things, a quick buffing gets him three wishes. He wishes for a million pounds, and behold, it is there for him. He wishes for perfect health, […]

Political Reform – A Plan?

September 24, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Whilst in the United Kingdom constitutional vandalism seems to take the part of whatever destruction-du-jour a random and obscure Labour politician decides to inflict on us for short-term political gain, it seems that the Romanians have a slightly clearer view. President Traian Basescu called today (Thursday) for a referendum on introduction […]