tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post694844661459014674..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: Monies for Mantova and the North to be Released After Allhatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-37848185068404173812012-11-15T14:02:50.132+00:002012-11-15T14:02:50.132+00:00The fuss was about denying our European cultural h...The fuss was about denying our European cultural heritage and the claims upon all Europeans that heritage retains. The UK is fortunate in being relatively unexposed to natural disasters but it were to suffer Italy would come to help, and not allow bitterness over the EU to divide us. One of the worst effects of the EU (as Raedwald often notes) is a failure of European solidarity because it's feared this will be mistaken for EU-style solidarity.<br /><br />We must resist being driven apart and having our natural European instincts and interest channelled through an unacceptable political expression of Europe.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-86721479120995822702012-11-15T08:43:24.760+00:002012-11-15T08:43:24.760+00:00670 million euros?
Is that what all the fuss was ...670 million euros?<br /><br />Is that what all the fuss was about?<br /><br />Mere chump change, not even a rounding error in either Britain's or Italy's budgets. Don't try to convince me that Monti couldn't have found that down the back of some sofa somewhere.<br /><br />This was symbolic, I take it; and when I hear that the famous rebate is part of it, then I am certain.<br /><br />Nothing is what it appears to be, is it. Certainly not where the EU's concerned.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.com