Whatever your view of the European Union - I think its not democratic enough and needs reforming - you have to recognise that David Camerons position is untenable. He sounds like the manager of a football team saying to the league Look, the offside rule is really not in the best interests of our club, its stopping our forwards from scoring goals. So were going to ignore it. That okay? The Tories want all the benefits of membership without any of the responsibilities. If theyre not careful, this insular attitude is going to leave England isolated. Figures released today show a majority of voters in Scotland favour staying in the EU. Should a future Tory led government win a referendum to leave the Union, then the case for Scottish independence will become even stronger. snp.org/media-centre/news/2014/oct/scotland-rejects-euro-hostile-westminster-agenda Sometime soon, the Queen will be succeeded by King Charles III and I feel sure that once his face starts appearing on bank notes in Australia, the republican cause will be re-ignited there and elsewhere within the Commonwealth. With the United Kingdom breaking apart, the British Commonwealth consigned to history and our role in Europe reduced to complaining from the side-lines, England will be left to play out its on-going identity crisis all on its own.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:40:15 +0000
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