Posted on 07/29/2012 9:36:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The UK government is trapped between eurosceptics and anti-Europeans and is in danger of being ignored, dismissed and then forgotten by other member states, former Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.
“The government in the UK is doing two things. It is operating in the short-term, not the long-term interest; and secondly, it is responding to political pressures within the Conservative party, not the national interest,” Mandelson told EurActiv. …
He said Britain was “cutting off its nose to spite its face”, and added that its alliance with the euroskeptic Czech Republic was “a relationship which is going nowhere”, and “is no more beneficial for Czech interests as it is for Britain’s.” …
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It's simple, but it expresses my thought clearly.
E. U. = quite sinkin up the place...
It's simple, but it expresses my thought clearly.
E. U. = quit sinkin up the place...
Meanwhile, in John Bull’s Other Island, those that continue to yammer “Tiocfaidh Ár Lá” don’t bother to research the fact that Éamon de Valera (the great alleged “patriot” born Jorge de Valero) signed away The Republic’s sovereignty to the EU via the third amendment to its constitution—in 1972.
Sorry, you lost me on that one.
Sorry, you lost me on that one. I didn’t understand the reference.
If Mandelson (or Mandy, as he is known to his cross-dressing friends) isn’t happy, we must be doing something right!
This is easy to correct! Become a vibrant economy again. Discard socialism.
It’s the name of a play by George Bernard Shaw. “John Bull” is a poetic personification of Britain (their version of Uncle Sam); therefore, the “other island” is to the west.
It was “Mandy” types that forced Thatcher out of office, especially over her opposition to the EU.
Okay, thank you. I appreciate it.
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