Well maybe he was pissed on his leg to often by the guys after Sir Winston?

Well you dont become Europes leader sitting on an island and saying "No" all the time. Pretty simple isnt it? ;)

He's yet to settle his board and lodgings bill :smug:

At the place where he is right now, he's already done that with Sir Winston. ;)
Most possibly the two took over command up there. :DL

:haha: This is true, I don't think we've ever wanted to be Europes leader though...well...not since the 1400s anyway, we were quite content to claim the rest of the world and then have it rebel in our faces.

Are you trying to say they are the European equivalent of Americas Republicans?

They like saying no alot too, even if it is helpful.

Though I agree with the Brits, the Euro needs to fail. Culturally it will fail. As catastrophic as it is, it would be best.

Then the weak will be able to fall, and the strong can endure, without being drug down.

Unless bailout a la American style bank bailout style is your cup of tea. Socialism disguised as saving capitalism.

LOL....old Winston could probably do with a batman :DL

:haha:
:salute:

Cameron now receives fire from his own party and the conservatives because he "isolates Britain".
Where Cameron got the idea of - as he said - Britain leading the EU and after his profound fail continueing to do so, nobody knows .. ;)

It's not so much his own party I'd wager...most of the Tories were quite pleased by it, the Euroskeptics in particular, but the Lib Dem side of the coalition are less than impressed. A fact which has been underlined by comments by the Tea Boy (Clegg) and his absense from the Commons this afternoon, which gave Labour a nice field of fire on Dave.

Well he has pretty much pi**ed off the "rest" of Europe, and while this is certainly a momentary gain in charming conservatives and EU critics at home, it will influence Britain's international stance - we will see if this is a positive sign and outcome for the british economy. I also doubt England will or wants to be a member of the EU very much longer, and some european countries may be even glad about that. This is bullsh!t, a strong Europe with Britain is the way to go, but since everyone seems to cook his own national soup after 40 years of this union .. and the future of economy and commerce lies in the east (read: Russia, and China) for sure.

They say the Euro was the "price for the german reunification", but i wonder who said that, and why. Imho it was just a political and miltary decision, with Russia not able to pay their military anymore. I also wonder why an Euro is really necessary, apart from simplifying trade and commerce of course.

I read that several British cities have started to end their partnerships with partner cities in France and Germany. So far, four got quoted.

These partnerships once were meant to help forming attitudes preventing wars. Usually I would think that the high mobility today, the international communication, the easiness by which private people can now internationally interact, would cause the fading of meaning of such partnerships, and thus it is only natural to let them run out of forget about them.

But in this case I think it is a symptom of the swing in a widespread British mood. Some politicians in Britain - some! - may slap Cameron'S face, and all European politicians may do as well, and people on the continent for the most may not understand it since we got used to opinion uniformity and obligatory displays of mandatory "solidarity", no matter how foul the comprose smelled.

But it seems to me a very big part of the British citizens support the move away from Europe.

It will serve the British economy well - although the financial sector will take a beating - if the Euro collapses. If the Euro stays, it will hurt the British economy. And in the long run the importance of London may fade - intended by the EU - in favour of continental stockmarkets, namely Frankfurt.

No easy match to play for Britain.

Clegg explains his absence:

Video interview here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16149742

A lot of popular opinion in the UK though, from what I can tell, is actually in favour of Daves actions though, there has been nothing but negativity about the EU for the past twenty years and most Britains seem to be pretty fed up of it. For most problems we are told "We cannot do this because of EU regulations", particularly in the farming and fishing industry. As a result there is not inconsiderable resentment towards the EU in Britain, something which I think that Dave has unwittingly tapped into. It's obvious his stance has nothing to do with the average Joe Public and everything to do with the fat cats in the City, but he can, and will, spin it that he did it for the people not the banks.
The amount of resentment from the EU towards the UK is only going to feed the anti-EU sentiment in the UK and will, in time, most likely result in the UK withdrawing from the EU or at the least withdrawing from a lot of its commitments to the EU.
If conducted correctly, a withdrawal from the EU is feasible within the next ten to fifteen years, however that requires a level of consistency and forward thinking which is unseen in modern politics and thus any British withdrawal from the EU is likely to be a frenzied, damaging affair conducted under a cloud of emotion and angry diplomatic exchanges...it's for this reason I am against it because it would be, as I have already said, like taking a tree out of the ground without bringing the roots, replanting it and expecting it to grow, our roots, our trade is firmly linked within the EU market, there is no question of it, and a sudden withdrawal and the adjustment of tariffs that would follow it (particularly if Berlin and Paris, in a fit of anger, decide to raise tariffs against the UK) would devastate our economy in a period when it really cannot afford to have such damage. We're not the US, we do not have the luxury of being able to keep putting the problem to one side, nor are we Russia, with massive oil reserves to sell...if we get into an economic problem outside of the EU, then we'll have no-one to rescue us.

Then again, by the time we'd get into a problem in the EU then there'd be no-one left to rescue us anyway! :haha:

Heh, his absence was probably a bigger distraction than his presence would have been...no...he was gagged and I think it was pretty easy to see. If he had been there then his backbenchers would have put pressure on him to break from the party line and then Dave would have had to have Prague Springed him. :O: