"What do I care? I'm leaving!"Clearly this isn't something that you would actually hear Tony Blair saying but I can't quite shake the feeling that this is what he is thinking.
He has set up a list of four paper tigers that he claims are red lines in his EU constitution negotiations. Guarding these will keep us all safe and we needn't worry our little heads about having a say in the whole process.
Those four "red line issues" are:
1. The French won't be allowed to paint our telephone boxes blue.
2. We won't be made to drive on the left.
3. We won't have to gesticulate like the Italians when we speak.
4. The Queen will remain our head of state.
OK, these might not be the exact list but the real ones are almost as meaningless. Blair desperately wants to get us fully into the EU club, it will be his legacy. Brown seems not to have the guts to stop him.
We must, must, must make sure that we get a say, in a referendum, before any more of our sovereignty and legislative power is handed over.
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I think Brown is "sounder" than you give him credit for: after all he kept us out of the Euro against Tony's will. Tony could have got us in easily in the after glow of 97.
Brown has also promised to review whether a referendum is needed.
I totally agree with you.
Off the subject we have tagged you in the following post:
http://theregalis.blogspot.com/2007/06/brown-meme.html
Your crass generalisations betray your lack of knowledge and empathy.
No wonder you associate with the conservatives, they are the only place where bigots can safely congregate in public.
The incoherence of your prejudice will be your downfall, as it is no substitute for coherent philosophy.
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