BBC Story.

I believe I posted this before...


Gordon Brown waits in the wings
Standing by Tony, dreaming of things
Not far away
Waits for the day
Never a frown with Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown taxes again
Spending down, business in partnership
Drift to the right
No need to fight
Never a frown with Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown lives in the past
Every budget just like the last
Far distant lands
May make demands
Never a frown from Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown stands in the wings
Through all the ages dreaming of things
Not far away
Waits for the day
Never a frown with Gordon Brown

Never a frown
With Gordon Brown
Never a frown
With Gordon Brown


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:yay:


Blair has ruined this country, going to war with the US despite such a fierce backlash from the people.

Just don't tell Carb I disapprove of Government and want the good ol' Monarchy reinstalled, he has links... :hide:

*throws out the bath water*

Hey... anyone seen the baby?

You're not supposed to throw it away! You could water the grass with it and save energy!

Baby? Daemon had a baby??!!??

I am very happy that Blair has stepped down earlier than he said he would.

He's made atrocious foreign policy decisions. Domestically Great Britain is now the nation on the planet with the greatest ratio of surveillance cameras per capita. Came up with the ASBO. Legalised arrest without trial for up to one month. He wanted it up to 3 months. Prohibited politically incorrect ads for consumption goods. Lastly he constantly invoked an islamophobic and racist discourse toward GB's visible minorities.

On the light side, his economic policy was nothing short of genius although that's Gordon Brown's doing, which is one of the reasons, why I think Gordon Brown, should he be elected, would be a much better Prime Minister than Tony Blair.

I'm a Libdem, although it's sad to see the state they are in today as far as public opinion and intellectual thrust they can muster. Long gone are the days of Keynes and Beveridge. Despite the fact that of all the parties in the world, the current Libdem party of the UK probably proposes the political program that most closely resembles my personal views.

I certainly wish more of the British would share the Libdems view of Europe.

But we don't want to be part of Europe, we want to be our own country.


(Damn EU, taking our money and giving it to French peasant farmers... :garpa: What? We can only produce so much milk and if we go past thet meagre rate then we lose money?)

Who's this "we", Omni? You certainly don't speak for me.


I think most people in the UK (myself included) have very little idea of what goes on in Europe. Our media bias is all towards London and Washington.

As an illustration, check out the organisation of the BBC news site. To reach European news, you have to go to "World", then select "Europe". There is no EU section at all.

I believe we should stop carping on the sidelines and get more fully involved in Europe. Yes there are many aspects where things could be improved, the CAP being high on that list. But sitting at home saying "I don't want to play with you" is not going to change the rules of the game.

The CAP is an outrage. No question about that.

However in the context of globalisation with markets opening up everywhere, increased labour mobility and a decrease in trade barriers, international economic activity requires international political organisms (preferably federalist bodies) to govern and regulate it. Nationalism, even if only economic nationalism, doesn't really make much sense anymore. It also goes against what the EU and it's founders stood for. Including Churchill, Monnet, Schuman, etc. Never in history have so many nationstates (European or elsewhere) given up part of their national sovereignty in exchange for peace and economic prosperity.

The UK will eventually get the message though. The current inflation rates of the Pound, in comparison to the Euro are somewhat indicative of the future that lies ahead.