tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post4835698688546720542..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: The EU's walls of Jericho moment?OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-48887733502306289092011-04-26T16:37:28.426+01:002011-04-26T16:37:28.426+01:00The sooner this cesspit of corruption collapses an...The sooner this cesspit of corruption collapses and non elected idiots have to find a real job, the better off we shall all be. Let the French pay for their inefficient agricultural policies and may the Germans finally wake up and say "enough is enough, we are not paying for the rest of Europe any longer".David Wilfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-52988152677957733672011-04-22T11:22:08.162+01:002011-04-22T11:22:08.162+01:00“As much as taxpayers in rich countries don't ...“As much as taxpayers in rich countries don't like to pay for other governments' mistakes, voters in poor countries also don't like being told what to do by people they never elected and can't vote out of office." --- That applies to the UK as well as anyone else. A referendum to stay in this corrupt, inept, dictatorship is long overdue here. If the result was "Yes" -- fair enough but we all know that is very unlikely, don't we?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883060041273263629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-91750440356989405702011-04-19T16:55:27.461+01:002011-04-19T16:55:27.461+01:00I do not understand why OE refer to new parties as...I do not understand why OE refer to new parties as "populist" as that implies they construct policies solely to attract support. However most of them have been around for some time with strong elements of their current policies all that time. <br /><br />You could not seriously suggest, for example, that UKIP adopted anti-EU policies just to get votes from the 50 per cent of more who want a different relationship Wight our neighbours. UKIP have always had that policy. <br /><br />I am also confused by references to anyi immigration policies being "murky". Why even the PM now seems to admit there is a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-51736400452426180182011-04-19T09:15:41.329+01:002011-04-19T09:15:41.329+01:00The rubbishing of the True Finns has already start...The rubbishing of the True Finns has already started, with people comparing them to the BNP etc. Hopefully this will encourage the UKIP to step their assault, and start courting those Eurosceptics in Parliament to maybe have the guts to go with their principles rather than just protect their job and income. A half way measure to reassure those dithering is to allow them to take the Tory whip or Labour whip for non European votes.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132057803097163797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-850748662103212292011-04-19T06:34:00.281+01:002011-04-19T06:34:00.281+01:00True Finns, Wall of Jericho, and Euro Freegold
Po...True Finns, Wall of Jericho, and Euro Freegold<br /><br />Posted by Ivo Cerckel on April 19th, 2011<br />http://bphouse.com/honest_money/2011/04/19/true-finns-wall-of-jericho-and-euro-freegold/<br />SNIP<br />This is my attempt at answering the question posed here:<br /><br />The EU's walls of Jericho moment?<br />Open Europe blog team<br />On Monday, April 18, 2011<br />At 4:28 PM<br />http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/eus-walls-of-jericho-moment.html<br />UNSNIPIvo Cerckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872010074153913109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-49977473705023475142011-04-19T01:55:56.186+01:002011-04-19T01:55:56.186+01:00Furthermore, it is ironic that those who express t...Furthermore, it is ironic that those who express their disdain towards "nationalists" are the very same people who are obsessed with pushing a flag, an anthem, and an identity (with grotesque examples of vanity such as the "House of European History") with an entirely 19th-century mentality, who consider that blindly supporting certain institutions makes you a "good European" and that criticizing them makes you a "bad European", and who are hell-bent on building an identity worthy of the craziest nation-building efforts of bygone eras. The Euro-federalists are every bit as nationalistic as the nationalists they decry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com