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2007-07-24 Britain

Calls for referendum on EU treaty 'absurd' says UK minister

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Britain needs an equivalent saying to "White Man speak with forked tongue."

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-24 00:24|| 2007-07-24 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 If I were American this kind of things would lead me to say "God Bless George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson"

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-07-24 02:49|| 2007-07-24 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 If you were an American JFM, you'd be too worried about amnesty to illegals, to say that.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-24 07:14|| 2007-07-24 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 We have amnesties to illegals and Constitutional systems who try to keep the people as far away of power as possible.

Cf EU Constitution:

"His majesty the King of Belgians, the President of France, ... the Quen of England have nominsted ... Valery Gascard d'Estaing (1)

US Constitution:

"We the people of the United States"

That is the difference.

(1) who would not be elected even as dog catcher

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-07-24 10:19|| 2007-07-24 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The top people nowadays, JFM, are all the same type. The type may have less freedom of action in USA---as of now, but they're all the same.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-24 10:34|| 2007-07-24 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Britain needs an equivalent to Rush Limbaugh.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-24 10:43|| 2007-07-24 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Bottom line is that the British government is abdicating its sovereignity and the only way to stop it is for the English people to take to the streets to force a referendum.

However, it appears that the people are rather sanguine about it.

Posted by DoDo 2007-07-24 12:14|| 2007-07-24 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Can the Queen still dissolve Parliament?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-07-24 12:38|| 2007-07-24 12:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Britain needs an equivalent to Rush Limbaugh.

I nominate Neal Boortz, or Michael Savage. But that's just me speaking as an angry WASP who lives in the States.

Posted by BA 2007-07-24 13:37|| 2007-07-24 13:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Not a bad deal for Belgium, but for the UK?
Sounds like these guys in London who want to cede power to the EU probably have a pretty sweet place promised to them when it finally goes down.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-24 17:12|| 2007-07-24 17:12|| Front Page Top

#11 I think the current revision of the EU treaty has removed that preamble, JFM. But the thoughts behind it still exist.

In any case, I prefer a preamble that can be turned into a popular song.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-07-24 22:45|| 2007-07-24 22:45|| Front Page Top

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