tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post535889772834745514..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: Pacta Sunt Servandahatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-9653286647306771622011-12-12T17:20:52.999+00:002011-12-12T17:20:52.999+00:00Worstall puts the boot into Hutton as well
http:/...Worstall puts the boot into Hutton as well<br /><br />http://timworstall.com/2011/12/11/willy-gets-it-wrong-again/Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-30146219774772779422011-12-12T09:04:23.832+00:002011-12-12T09:04:23.832+00:00"Has the UK Prime Minister vetoed parts of th..."Has the UK Prime Minister vetoed parts of the Lisbon Treaty signed so gracelessly by his predecessor?" <br /><br />Unfortunately not.<br /><br />Or not yet, anyway. And knowing him, probably he never will.<br /><br />"A Lib-Lab alliance would be much more EU and USA compatible."<br /><br />Probably. But (1) the Libs are finished electorally - their supporters will never forgive them for joining this coalition; (2) If Cameron really does grow a pair and start fighting back against the EU he will sweep the board in England at least, so there won't be any Lib-Lab coalition; and (3) if Scotland breaks away, Labour become a mere phantasm of malice which gnaws itself in the shadows but can never take shape or power again (with apologies to JRRT).<br /><br />Either way, no Lib-Lab coalition seems likely in the foreseeable future.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-49724314563930047812011-12-12T06:19:17.736+00:002011-12-12T06:19:17.736+00:00Hutton is still recovering from realising that his...Hutton is still recovering from realising that his beloved New Labour has turned out to be a crock of shite. I would also add that he is part of the Liberal Elite, who think that their world view is held by all right-thinking people. This however, was a belief laid to rest by the AV Referendum. The self-appointed "Progressive Majority" was going to win the vote easily. The Guardian said so. Toynbee said so - a leading light in said Progressive Majority, as did many others.<br /><br />In the end, only Oxford, Cambridge, Camden, Islington and three other London constituencies voted for AV, giving the lie to the "Progressive Majority myth". It is in fact, the head Guardianistas, the BBC and a few hangers on, and they only talk to each other (and maybe God).<br /><br />Jeff Randall, whilst in this quote describing the BBC, has them down to a T.<br /><br />"It's not a conspiracy. It's visceral. They think they are on the middle ground",<br /><br />Jeff Randall former BBC Business Editor, in The Observer, Jan 15th, 2006.Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-35677150422222987202011-12-11T23:55:57.548+00:002011-12-11T23:55:57.548+00:00"He wasn't seeking all that much,..."..."He wasn't seeking all that much,...": then why reject it?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-57580438646873125872011-12-11T17:45:11.288+00:002011-12-11T17:45:11.288+00:00Yes, D. Looking at that it's quite unnerving t...Yes, D. Looking at that it's quite unnerving the flat rejection of Cameron's position. He wasn't seeking all that much, unattractive though it was. Now he's facing domestic political difficulties, federal UK difficulties, wide unpopularity on the continent and nothing gained.<br /><br />And all over powers already assigned in the Lisbon Treaty.<br /><br />How many governments have fallen in Europe in the last few months? For different reasons and by different means, certainly, but Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy have all had recent replacements. Denmark's changed too but it's neither a large economy nor in the eurozone, so it's not very interesting.<br /><br />As a large economy outside the eurozone the UK was most vulnerable in its popular opposition to EU membership at all facing a europhile political elite spread across all three major parties, two of which were in uneasy coalition.<br /><br />A Lib-Lab alliance would be much more EU and USA compatible.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-70800692711473793862011-12-11T14:21:42.386+00:002011-12-11T14:21:42.386+00:00Here's a detailed view:
http://www.spectator.c...Here's a detailed view:<br />http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/7471178/ten-myths-about-camerons-eu-veto.thtmldeariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-56894129800242526832011-12-11T14:12:50.895+00:002011-12-11T14:12:50.895+00:00I do hope we repudiate our treaty duty to defend B...I do hope we repudiate our treaty duty to defend Belgium.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-20950057405319656902011-12-11T12:52:10.234+00:002011-12-11T12:52:10.234+00:00The last summit had little to do with ending the e...The last summit had little to do with ending the euro crisis apart from making vague promises of taking money from Paul to give to Peter who then returns the money to Paul. All this blame and counter blame, legalistic contortion and speed nonsense is just scapegoat preparation. Cameron has done the decent thing and is now the number one candidate. When the euro collapses as it must to the Brits Cameron will be the hero and to the rest of Europe he will be the villain.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.com