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:LOL: get real

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They all made promises they probably won't keep, it's called election campaigning. For me actually the biggest whoppers came from Brown and whatever nonsense you keep spouting about Thatcherism we're in for public services cuts of at very least a similar scale to her time thanks to honest Brown urinating away our money.

Nothing else shows up his economic 'experience' more than the levels of cuts that are required to the public sector he enlarged to make it affordable.

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Yes but we know what you're like Arthur, so the obvious best action for the nation is to vote Tory :D

How?

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What that article fails to point out, is that what Nick Clegg said last night does in fact fit with what the Lib Dem Manifesto openly says, because although the Manifesto does state:

http://network.libdems.org.uk/manife...festo_2010.pdf

It then goes on to say:

... immediately followed by:

Both of which were pointed out by Nick Clegg, after David Cameron only mentioned the "in Britain's interest" part.

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The problem with joining the euro when economic conditions are right, is that conditions change and become wrong, by then it is way too late.

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Do elaborate please on why a Euro-Sceptic such as myself is 'nasty' and 'insular'. I'm unsure what's nasty or insular about wanting free trade, while retaining sovereignty in terms of laws of the land, financial independence and border controls.

Presumably you consider Norway 'nasty' and 'insular' also given they are part of the EEA (where we should maybe be though I'd prefer the bilateral agreements the Swiss have) but not the EU?

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Can anyone find a link to the German newspaper in question? Can't find it on Google but then I am not sure what to search under.

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Nasty is probably the wrong word, but I consider the British in general relatively insular. Which perhaps is not that surprising seeing they are Island people ;)

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Best I can find:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/elections/n...1272472225700A

Always nice to read what he actually said and in context:

He was talking in reference to being asking how many Tories were still pro-European. He then gave the above quote (after mentioning Ken Clark). So he didn't call British people nasty and insular. In fact he didn't even suggest all Tories were but rather the Tories who attempted, in Clegg's view, to sideline the pro-european members of their party.

So once again it's a quote taken out of context to smear Clegg. Although to be fair Hannan is not exactly in the Tory Mainstream.

I suggest people do consider the source before believing something otherwise I might as well just spend the remaining week posting links from the Daily Mirror.

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I'm looking at German language articles but can't find much so far.

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Given previous and indeed current experience is this surprising?

If we were not so insular we'd be getting tapped for potentially 20bn Euros to bail out Greece.

Sorry but I don't think we're insular, I do however think we've every right to be distressed at how power has been devolved away from our own elected government to one that makes a mockery of democracy in Brussels. If we were not so 'insular' we'd I speculate a similar level of control over our own affairs directly to US states. As it is we're merely slightly better off, though this is being worked on.

We are not France or Germany or the Netherlands, we are British. We have a totally different economy to the rest of Europe which is not compatible with the same management as those states and a totally different people.

If desiring sovereignty, self-determination and individualism rather than being just another one of the United States of Europe having pointless bureaucratic piece of excremental legalese covered paper after pointless bureaucratic piece of excremental legalese covered paper flowing from Brussels to keep the overpaid, expensive, grossly inefficient, self-interested and big state obsessed bureaucrats there in jobs makes me insular then sign me up.

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See above ;)

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Ig, it was a semi-humorous comment about general traits of the Brits compared to the rest of Europe. There's no need to get worked up.

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We need to regain our Empire. Then we can introduce a common currency. THE POUND!!! Whahaha! UK! UK! UK! UK! UK!

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Ah cheers. Nast thing, this context...