"Blair will get job as EU President" writes Telegraph Brussels correspondent

mkpdavies · 27-01-2008, 01:44 PM

I can't see this going down with a lot of continentals eithers. Still, what has public opinion ever mattered to the scumbags. We all knew this was coming ages ago.

Jools · 27-01-2008, 09:37 PM

I'd be amazed if Blair becomes president of the EU. He doesn't have enough support in other EU states.

Britain not being a member of the eurozone, the Schengen area, has opted out of the EU Convention on Human Rights, and being to close to the US will not help his cause. He also upset proceedings by promising a referendum of the Constitution. There are far more respected candidates for the job.

And neither will his recent religious conversion help with the EU being secular, as some people have suggested.

Westcountryman · 27-01-2008, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jools

has opted out of the EU Convention on Human Rights

I'll assume you mean the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, since the UK has signed up to the European (not EU) Convention on Human Rights which came into UK law through the Human Rights Act 1998 (which came into force in 2000).

Jools · 27-01-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist

I'll assume you mean the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, since the UK has signed up to the European (not EU) Convention on Human Rights which came into UK law through the Human Rights Act 1998 (which came into force in 2000).

Yep. I did.

Roland · 27-01-2008, 10:12 PM

Brown will wish he kept his veto's.

YouTube - Gordon's EU Nightmare

mkpdavies · 28-01-2008, 09:38 AM

Ha ha, very funny. Notice the way ALL sides think it is amusing. They know the real reason why it is funny though.

They are laughing at us, the idiots who keep beliving this puppet show is real.

Britannist · 28-01-2008, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jools

I'd be amazed if Blair becomes president of the EU. He doesn't have enough support in other EU states.

He has pleased a number of continental european political leaders by backing previous EU Treaties when in power (delivering more UK sovereignty to the EU without any referendums in the UK) and he gave the EU a slice of the UK annual rebate from the EU in December 2005.

I would have thought that he was very much the sort of person they were looking for to fill the post of EU 'President'. From their point of view, his 'work record' and CV look good.

Britannist · 28-01-2008, 11:10 AM

Blair's new appointment announced

Jools · 29-01-2008, 07:12 PM

Still, the UK's failure to join the euro has got to be an enormous stumbling block to any ambitions he might hold to become EU president.

g hall · 30-01-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jools

Still, the UK's failure to join the euro has got to be an enormous stumbling block to any ambitions he might hold to become EU president.

Tomorrows another day and with Gordon the Moron and Darling Ally there be prepared for a sudden move especially as the pound is getting weaker against the euro (hack spit)

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27-01-2008, 09:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jools Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 177	I'd be amazed if Blair becomes president of the EU. He doesn't have enough support in other EU states. Britain not being a member of the eurozone, the Schengen area, has opted out of the EU Convention on Human Rights, and being to close to the US will not help his cause. He also upset proceedings by promising a referendum of the Constitution. There are far more respected candidates for the job. And neither will his recent religious conversion help with the EU being secular, as some people have suggested.

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Jools Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 177	Still, the UK's failure to join the euro has got to be an enormous stumbling block to any ambitions he might hold to become EU president.