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Old 30-04-2010, 20:48   #229
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 4

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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
Daniel Hannan is rabidly anti Europe. When I was a local councillor I got regular illiterate e-mail rants from him (had to block them in the end). I suspect it is only because he wants to continue to have Tory party backing that he hasn't joined UKIP.
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

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Originally Posted by Lib Dem Manifesto
We believe that it is in Britain’s long-term interest to be part of the euro.
It then goes on to say:

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Originally Posted by Lib Dem Manifesto
But Britain should only join when the economic conditions are right, and in the present economic situation, they are not.
... immediately followed by:

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Originally Posted by Lib Dem Manifesto
Britain should join the euro only if that decision were supported by the people of Britain in a referendum.
Both of which were pointed out by Nick Clegg, after David Cameron only mentioned the "in Britain's interest" part.
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