tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post2506930880705538553..comments2024-03-02T10:38:04.108+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Memberships and relationshipsJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-13783338908725791332011-12-12T22:11:32.041+00:002011-12-12T22:11:32.041+00:00The British / English / civil service / political ...The British / English / civil service / political establishment / media / attitude to 'Europe' and to 'Europeans' is summed up by the use of those terms.Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-83882029833937359332011-12-12T14:48:39.161+00:002011-12-12T14:48:39.161+00:00Forgive for mocking the previous comment who lifte...Forgive for mocking the previous comment who lifted the 'slow car crash' slogan from UKIP. Surely if think the car is about to crash, you do not position yourself on the bonnet. <br /><br />I too have been on a business delegation to an EU institution in Brussels and during the charity auction in the Flying Geese (pub) my Irish and Scottish friend joined our little plan and set off a bidding war for golf clubs. The French soon clocked on to what we were up to, and joined in. The EU commissioner, the host at the time, jumped in to impress the audience with his prowess, putting in some rather bizarre bids. It got ridiculous......this might be a good opportunity to let Neil Kinnock know, we left the €1000 golf club HE paid for on the bus, as Ryan Air wanted to charge for luggage. All in a good cause.<br /><br />The comments John has made about the culture of the 'British' attitude to Europe is spot on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-64807032898959293802011-12-12T10:19:15.546+00:002011-12-12T10:19:15.546+00:00Plaid AMs and members need to be careful of pockin...Plaid AMs and members need to be careful of pocking fun at Carmeron and the Tories. Firstly, I don't believe it's all down to 'little englander mentality' or xenophobia. There's a very valid argument for not being in the Euro or EU and having the people who told us to join the Euro a few years ago now telling us we're 'on the outside' and 'need to be inside' etc is not credible. A lot of people/states taking the wrong decision doesn't make it a right decision. <br /><br />We're in danger of using the same language we throw at Cameron about being 'on the outside' with 'no influence' etc etc as people have used against Plaid for decades.<br /><br />Sometimes it's right being on the outside.<br /><br />The Euro is a slow car-crash. This is a sticking tape. I don't want my tax policy decided in London nor Berlin and certainly not Paris with it's awful arrogant record towards small nations and languages. <br /><br />Those 'swivel-eyed' Tories who stood behind Redwood in 1995 - they're were right and they won. They put their country and their principles before their party. Something no Labour MP or AM has done nor Plaid for that matter. If only Plaid MPs and AMs had shown such guts and passion to stand up for the Welsh language during the Simon Glyn affair or for arguing for Welsh independence in the last 20 years we won't be now with a useless Labour government in Cardiff.<br /><br />Plaid need to be careful not to mock nor judge too quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com