tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post3826964493706553456..comments2024-01-11T17:17:37.361+00:00Comments on The Raft Journal: My favourite Wiki - Supranational European BodiesWoman on a Rafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-60654546248646792052012-11-23T04:02:06.906+00:002012-11-23T04:02:06.906+00:00Thank you for raising the Swiss example. I've...Thank you for raising the Swiss example. I've never understood why we in the UK do not look at that option more closely.farm land as an investmenthttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/agricultural-farmland/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-67558609520916193682012-11-04T20:19:43.213+00:002012-11-04T20:19:43.213+00:00Well said Paul.Well said Paul.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-78963440440026710532012-11-01T22:26:21.911+00:002012-11-01T22:26:21.911+00:00As for the Euler diagram - I want to be in the bit...As for the Euler diagram - I want to be in the bit with Switzerland, at the minimum. If we can get away without being a part of any European 'club', all the better.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-85087011227575980232012-11-01T22:24:25.153+00:002012-11-01T22:24:25.153+00:00Switzerland is also in Schengen, which has sparked...Switzerland is also in Schengen, which has sparked an awful lot of acrimony from the SVP supporting Swiss. The SVP campaigned against Schengen (see their mad posters) and want to remove Switzerland from Schengen at the nearest opportunity.<br /><br />I like the idea of Switzerland, but I suspect that the devil is indeed in the details. We clearly can't be like Switzerland, not even if we wanted to. And Switzerland is a lot more dependent on its neighbours than I think people would recognise.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-87826976977223229092012-10-11T22:55:33.572+01:002012-10-11T22:55:33.572+01:00I think that Britain was previously a member of EF...I think that Britain was previously a member of EFTA and that that membership was subsumed into our EEC membership. I imagine that it would be relatively simple to revert to our <i>status quo ante</i>.The Meissen Bisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-77285772225853636822012-10-04T06:09:19.941+01:002012-10-04T06:09:19.941+01:00We were betrayed by a Tory (Heath) over joining th...We were betrayed by a Tory (Heath) over joining the Common Market.<br />Whilst Quisling Cameron merely wishes to continue this with his slippery words for petty party electoral and personal gain.<br /><br />As for the professional pols over at nu-improved Labor; their eyes have been blinded by the wealth of goodies to be had aboard the EU gravy train. They think now only of self and not country.<br /><br />I fear my vote has already been alotted before the tom foolery of a general election hits us.Barnacle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257546424880537005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-17277109965870025612012-09-30T08:24:25.103+01:002012-09-30T08:24:25.103+01:00Agree, Richard. BTW, the clickable version is fro...Agree, Richard. BTW, the clickable version is from the link.<br /><br />That just about summs it up, Banned. I don't know if you've had the joy of being lectured by a Conservative europhile recently, but I came perilously close being exceptionally rude. <br /><br />I just can't stand the way they seem to think I'm going to believe their rubbish when I can point to case, ruling and paragraph which shows that EU law takes supremacy over UK law and always has since the court was first asked that question in the early 60s.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-65345945065968105382012-09-30T05:41:41.039+01:002012-09-30T05:41:41.039+01:00Being asked to reafirm our subjugation to Brussels...Being asked to reafirm our subjugation to Brussels was not the referendum we had in mind Mr. Cameron.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068105406305319114.post-26245810106167204942012-09-29T20:22:21.477+01:002012-09-29T20:22:21.477+01:00Thanks for this post, and a very useful graphic. ...Thanks for this post, and a very useful graphic. I note that, while Dave's mouthpieces are talking about a major decision on the EU, the actual words he used were about redefining the *relationship* with the EU. That is an infinitely malleable phrase. If a 'cast-iron' promise of a referendum can be argued away, this will be easy for him.<br /><br />This is election positioning, pure and simple. He is terrified of UKIP, and he ahs good reason to be.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.com