At 19:23 02/02/2009, Mark Spahn wrote: >==QUOTE== >The peoples of Europe have finally discovered >what they signed up to. I do mean "peoples" >(plural) because however much political elites >may deceive themselves, the populations of the >member states of the EU are culturally, >historically and economically separate and >distinct. And a significant proportion of them are getting very, very angry. >... it is now illegal – illegal – for the >government of an EU country to put the needs and >concerns of its own population first. >... >But the response from the EU political class is >the same to all of these varied manifestations >of resistance. Those who protest are being >smeared with accusations of foolhardy >protectionism or racist nationalism when they >are not (not yet, anyway) guilty of either. It >is not purblind nationalism, let alone racism, >to resent the importation of cheap labour en masse >... >The protesters are simply demanding what they >thought – what all free people have been taught >to think since the 18th-century enlightenment – >was their birthright. That is to say, for the >basic principle of modern democracy: the >understanding between the state and its people >that the proper function of a government is to >represent the interests of those who elected it. >==UNQUOTE== > >Source: ><http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/4424125/Wildcat-oil-strikes-Europeans-are-finally-waking-up-to-the-demise-of-democracy.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/4424125/Wildcat-oil-strikes-Europeans-are-finally-waking-up-to-the-demise-of-democracy.html
Reconsidered?? You'll find that this writer and this newspaper have a long history of opposition to the EU and advocacy for UK withdrawal. Both attitudes are ever more marginal. john g --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
