An affront to democracy and a waste of our money

[sir_dave]

The Eu has found only 36% of Britons think our country has benefitted from being in the EU, so they have set up a website to tell us what they are doing for us. This allows 'enquiries', so I have sent mine. If you agree with this feel free to send the same yourself. Here's the content and here is how:When Britain entered the EU, we were denied a

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[clarienne]

Good to see you back on lj :)

[sir_dave]

Well, only just. I ought to let people know they can get the book signed direct from me and whatever, and if I get a calendar done it's only fair to let people know, but I want to keep focused on being creative, not blogging.

[juliet_winters]

I didn't have a good feeling about the EU when it came about. I will be very curious to see how this resolves itself. If the idea is supposed to combat nationalism on a small scale, I think they have failed. No one likes the perception of a totalitarian regime--except the ones in charge. Yes, I know that's an oversimplification, but that's how it will strike many people.

[sir_dave]

The EU is an attempt to reverse the Tower of Babel, and therefore in serious trouble by definition

[sir_dave]

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[sir_dave]

Portugal to be nextThis article suggests Portugal will need bailing out no later than the first quarter of 2011. If Spain follows, the EU's capacity to bail out any further countries will be exhausted. In theory the chain would go