tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post2721892735312493219..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Why do I even bother?Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-13417418896415163272012-10-26T17:00:22.594+01:002012-10-26T17:00:22.594+01:00From quite early in our membership of the EEC I re...From quite early in our membership of the EEC I remember public figures exhorting us to love "Europe" more and really believe in it. Otherwise we would not get the advantages enjoyed by all the other countries who were rapturously enthusiastic - and doing so much better than us.<br /><br />It struck me then and strikes me now that the plot is rather like the part in Peter Pan where Tinkerbelle is dying and the audience is exhorted to repeat (with feeling) "We DO believe in fairies" and Tinkerbelle, of course, recovers.Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-19413754310691045142012-10-26T14:16:35.161+01:002012-10-26T14:16:35.161+01:00A hard job but someone has to do it. :-)A hard job but someone has to do it. :-)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-48556490275778806552012-10-26T08:46:26.330+01:002012-10-26T08:46:26.330+01:00It is a rule that when anyone mentions subsidiarit...It is a rule that when anyone mentions subsidiarity somebody must post a link to this video, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4txw4_lipdub-europe-united-par-les-jeunes_music. I guess it just had to be me. Paul Coombeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143484729379464693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-48977731052492277192012-10-25T22:22:10.538+01:002012-10-25T22:22:10.538+01:00Fine words, as has been noted often, butter no par...Fine words, as has been noted often, butter no parsnips. The real shame - “shame”, very definitely, being the <em>mot juste</em> - is that the EU can't get their heads around the concept. Or won't. Oh, they talk about it a lot (and talk, and talk...) but somehow it never seems to happen.Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-51308985718660969162012-10-25T21:42:21.762+01:002012-10-25T21:42:21.762+01:00I take it that is an example of your stand-up come...I take it that is an example of your stand-up comedy, Dwayne Pipe. Hmmm. There are possibilities but you really need to sharpen up your act. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-37917436281758355142012-10-25T21:32:43.070+01:002012-10-25T21:32:43.070+01:00Why on earth wouldn't we want to stay in Europ...Why on earth wouldn't we want to stay in Europe? The alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. You really don't want those UKIP types gaining any traction now, do you? A dreadful bunch.<br /><br />BTW - you didn't mention 'subsidiarity' in your blog. A fine word, subsidiarity. A shame UKIP can't get their heads around it mind.Dwayne Pipenoreply@blogger.com