The Bush effect
It's started already!
Robin Cook, on Sky News has made the case for the EU providing a balance against the US now they seem to be going down a unilateral route. I can see this becoming more and more of battle cry from the Europhile camp.
It is a ridiculous argument, as they are on one hand saying all this power in one nations hands is bad, while at the same time trying to create an artificial nation with a dispropotionate amount of power itself! Surely this will only end in tears! The fact thet the EU is going to be a badly cobbled together sham, with little democracy and no real accountabilty is a very dangerous thing. Could we have war between the US and EU in our lifetime? I pray we do not!
We are caught right in the midddle of it with our strong links to the US and our locality forced links with Europe. At some point we are going to be made to choose sides, and I know which side Blair will want it to be!
We have to make sure we are a free independent nation, so that we can choose which route we take. I would hope Britain could refuse to get involved in a power struggle between the EU and the US, as I don't think there can be a winner.
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