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Originally Posted by susie123
Well he's been around a while, heard him speak as a candidate in our local constituency in the 1997 election. Been carrying my sick bag around ever since just in case he turns up again.
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But isn't a voice such as his needed in a democracy ... pour l'encourager les autres? And it seems as if les autres need a little incentive to respond to that large constituency in Britain (How large is it? 100% - 95% = ?) ... well at least the five percent of voters who do give "a toss" about membership in the EU.
I think an advocatus diaboli should be a compulsory addition to all democracies. Someone should argue against the cannonization of the German vision of a United States of Europe (under Prussian leadership, of course).
Let's face it, Labour and the Conservatives are alarmingly similar ... just like the Liberals and the Conservatives over here. All they seem to argue about are the details. And both parties seem commited to Europe
There seem to be occasional rumblings from the tory backbenchers; but this is probably flatulence caused by over indulging at the trough.
Sorry about the French ... it's second nature over here
And the phrase is common enough. And it has probably passed into English usage. After all, it was the execution of an English Admiral which gave rise to it
