Hmmm. Not sure we know the full story on this as yet//...
There was no treaty on the table to veto. So what, exactly, did he veto?//...
Methinks he may have been set up as a patsy//...
Sadly, I don't think Dave understands how the EU works.
That's more like it.
I think the Prime Minister, assisted by the Dangerous Dems, (accompanied by their running dogs) attended this gathering expecting to carry some weight - especially with Germany. Sadly they should have known that we were, as a nation, always likely to founder up on the rocks of Europe; the question (for anyone having a modicum of commonsense and strategic awareness) was always one of when and not if.
I would imagine that the Europe, as envisaged by those at the top table, is one of conformity and obedience – to have it any other way (as has been evident up to the moment) always risked the venture failing at the first hurdle. For an experiment like this to succeed, the disparate nations within the association must be bound by common rules and like policy so that strategic decisions are taken on the basis of one mind.
Britain, and her traditional reluctance to wholeheartedly throw her lot into this venture over the years, was always considered to be the thorn in the paw of ‘Brussels’ and, as such, always destined to exist on the outside looking in as there is no room for question or dissent within the ‘club’
So, as far as I can see, all this determination and baring of teats (if we believe the PM and MSM) or bluster (if we look at it from a realistic perspective) may well back fire on those who have accidentally dipped their toes into the uncharted waters that wait outside the safety of the harbour provided by the EU: One has to have the strength of will, the capability of command, and the expertise – all assisted by the intention to get down to practical politics within a country (this one for starters) - to survive on one’s own in a world where becoming part of a larger group seems to be the option of choice for many.
Sadly, I don’t think many in our administration possess that strength – I’ll go further and say that the infrastructure as it now exists within our country (local government, social services, system of justice, commercial concerns and so on) has been bled dry from the wounds inflicted by ‘Brussels’ to the point of where any remaining casualties within any such group attempted to formulate policy generated at home or stand up to be counted as those to whom we look towards to actually ‘run’ the country (with all the difficulty and self-sacrifice it requires) would fail, as those essential qualities no longer exist in the form needed to go forward from this impasse.
I think ‘we’ blundered into this without a plan ‘B’ and now that the trap has been sprung – set up by those in the ‘Union’/Germany who never had regard for this country – many in our own mongrel administration have voided their bowels at the thought of being cut loose from the safety of the ‘club’ and a political life dictated by oppression, double-dealing, bribery, financial reward and the obfuscation of high political dialogue.
We have, in my view, been done up like kippers if we expected to carry on through this present crisis by dictating terms while holding onto the half-assed attitude to ‘Brussels’ that we evidently do – in the light of that, will we have the brains and brawn to survive on the outside?
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