tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post4150280163678902926..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Burying parliamentary scrutiny?OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-31719767396117575672012-02-28T19:07:21.652+00:002012-02-28T19:07:21.652+00:00Fausty is right, in fact it is a standard piece of...Fausty is right, in fact it is a standard piece of trickery they use often.<br /><br />Who can possibly devote proper attention to a document so huge ? Cross-checking, referencing, checking other sources and so on ? Reading once again ? It concerns matters of the very highest importance because the penalty for failure unthinkable. Result : Let’s just rubber stamp it, no other option (except to resign and we’re not going on that flight).<br /><br />This deliberate tactic is utterly wrong, indefensible.<br /><br />Democracy is truly on its very last legs, if not there at the end already. This whole European con game is monstrous, so big it has overwhelmed all of us.<br /><br />How do we stop it ? Will it stop itself mayhap ?Jeremiah Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344139605953558862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-73255651339736310242012-02-27T20:24:25.197+00:002012-02-27T20:24:25.197+00:00Merkel missed a 'Kanzlermehrheit' PM-major...Merkel missed a 'Kanzlermehrheit' PM-majority. Which is rather relevant in Germany as earlier governments appeared to be at their end when that happened.<br /><br />The closer we get to (possible) elections and the closer one of the main stream parties becomes more anti-bail out (or a new populist eg party appears (not that easy as you need >5% of the vote to get into parliament)), the more unlikely these kind of decisions will be taken again. 2/3 of the population is against and they see this as may be the most important political topic at this moment and likely the next years.Riknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-83796100352998688512012-02-27T19:11:52.881+00:002012-02-27T19:11:52.881+00:00Of course Merkozy and the bankers knew that 720 pa...Of course Merkozy and the bankers knew that 720 pages of jargon, legalese and economic gymnastics was an excessive read over a 2-day period. They're counting on it. That's how they operate.<br /><br />If you recall, Amato deliberately made the Lisbon Treaty "unreadable".<br /><br />More worrying, is that the MPs concerned have not learned the old maxim of "when in doubt, say No".<br /><br />I'm reminded of Chicken Little.<br /><br />I'm willing to be that the small print favours the bankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com