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Originally Posted by garinda
For once we are in political agreement.
When the people voted whether to enter the Common Market, it was sold as an economic trade alliance. Not what it has become, a vastly expensive extra tier of government. A United States of Europe, which is not what people voted for.
The present government of course broke their promise about a referendum.
I'm sure if we had a referendum tomorrow, giving us the chance to safeguard our independence and sovereignty, and poltically leave Europe, we'd be out. I'd certainly vote to leave. We did quite well for centuries without any close political alliance with Europe.
In the Margaret McKay autobiography I've just been reading about the local suffering that happened in the mid C19th, when the weavers supported the blockade of cotton fron the southern U.S., in support of the north, and the fight to end slavery.
The British do know the difference between right and wrong, and will suffer hardship to ensure that right is victorious, but conversly they hate being taken for a ride, which none of our present mainstream politicans seem able to understand.
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Excellent post, Gary. Would've given you some karma for it, but I've got to "spread it around" before I can.
I'm sick and fed up of being called a "racist", "xenophobe", "little Englander" and the like because I despise the EU (on reflection, might let the last one go as I'm little and English
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As you say, mainstream politicians don't seem to grasp the situation. This is well illustrated by the reactions of the card-carrying Labour/Tory members on this forum. The Tories - Jaysay and AndrewB - seem to be agreeing that we should leave the EU, or at least have some sort of vague semi-detached membership, which is totally contrary to their official party policy. Meanwhile, the Labour members - Graham, Bernard, Clayton Ender, Shilleagh - maintain a deafening silence on the subject. I wonder why?
