It would feel a bit like an 8 year old adopting a grandfather.
Thats a delightfully parochial attitude. Still, if you wish to push the analogy further, we are the toothless, decrepit and outdated one, with the other pulsing with youth and potential - but in dire need of a guiding hand.
I'm not sure about being a lobbyist on this issue. Ultimately, things like the invasion of privacy are not what concerns me. My complaint is at the extra bureaucracy and expense and I am not convinced that it will deliver what it is intended to.
Hmm. I am not swayed by your argument. You list all the things that Cameron hasn't done - but then neither has he ever been in a position to do either do them or not. Currently, all he is is promises
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Capitalism is a fundamentally broken system, unfortunately so is socialism. Of the two however socialism tends to be less broken for more people
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It does seem that you and I are in roughly the same space.
Taxation isn't evil, but neither is business - which appears to be the divide in some left/right debates. Unfortunately, our UK politics appears to take its template from the US rather than Europe, but then our populations are taking their lead from theirs too.
When recently in Brussels, I very much enjoyed the atmosphere and there were times when things were actually really laid back. I'm sure its not true all the time or for everyone, but the quality of life appears to be different as a consequence.
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Thats a delightfully parochial attitude. Still, if you wish to push the analogy further, we are the toothless, decrepit and outdated one, with the other pulsing with youth and potential - but in dire need of a guiding hand.
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History is quite explicit on this point.
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Taxation isn't evil, but neither is business - which appears to be the divide in some left/right debates. Unfortunately, our UK politics appears to take its template from the US rather than Europe, but then our populations are taking their lead from theirs too.
When recently in Brussels, I very much enjoyed the atmosphere and there were times when things were actually really laid back. I'm sure its not true all the time or for everyone, but the quality of life appears to be different as a consequence.
So, yeah, I'm with you.
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