Comments on: Consensus on the Coalition’s UK-EU Relationship at Kingston University 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: subsidence insurance 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/#comment-3280 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:29 +0000 ?p=12550#comment-3280 I think it’s fair to say the coalition needs Europe and Europe needs the UK to fall in line behind Germany and France.

]]> By: Daniel Oxley 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/#comment-3228 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:26:46 +0000 ?p=12550#comment-3228 Geoff,

You are right to remind us of the deceitfulness of Brown, Blair and Cameron. It seems to me that the problem is that our leaders lie so often and so fluently that it is difficult for anyone to keep track of their dishonesty or even remember all their manipulations of the truth.

The pitiful excuse made for the Lisbon Treaty was that it was entirely different from the EU Constitution. Their opinion was not shared by other leading EU figures. Angela Merkel said that the two documents were practically the same and so did the author of the EU Constitution, Valérie Giscard D.Estaigne.

In many ways EU leaders on the continent are a little more honest than the ones in the UK. It is probably due to the fact that they are not under so much pressure to from EU sceptics at home which means that what they say in their own countries is not so wildly different from what they say in Brussels.

Why do we allow the least amongst us to lead us?

]]> By: geoff 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/#comment-3214 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:30:26 +0000 ?p=12550#comment-3214 Mary,

Blair promised a referendum on the Lisbon Constitution & Brown refused to honour the promise – even going so far as to sneak over to sign it when no one was looking.

Anything Cameron promised about a referendum pales into insignificance in comparison.

regards
geoff

]]> By: Daniel Oxley 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/#comment-3210 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:02:23 +0000 ?p=12550#comment-3210 It is difficult to see why Jean Lambert should refer to UKIP as a fringe party. In the EU election it beat her party by miles! What does this make her party? So far on the very edge of the fringe that it can hardly be noticed perhaps. From the perspective of her Green Party UKIP is a mainstream party.

As well as beating the Green Party, UKIP also got more votes than the LibDems, the BNP and the Labour Party.

]]> By: Martin 2010/11/08/consensus-on-the-coalition-and-the-uk-eu-relationship/#comment-3207 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:07:05 +0000 ?p=12550#comment-3207 As a matter of interest, did Jean indicate whether she supported the Lisbon Treaty?

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