for all Britain's attempts to influence US policy in recent years, "we typically ignore them and take no notice -- it's a sad business".
It's not just "recent years". It's the story of US/UK relations since WWII.
And for this the UK will go on snubbing Europe?
Politically it makes no sense at all. You can understand Thatcher and Reagan cosying up, because they were opportunists of a feather. But ten years ago the idea that Blair would ever have hitched his star to Bush's rickety wagon would have seemed ridiculous to most people.
We could use some clear-eyed realists in govt, not dewy-eyed romantics forever blind to the other's ills.
I find their pro-US syconphancy sickening. Not because I dislike the US : I dont. But because we are a european nation and this mooning across the atlantic makes us look pathetic. keep to the Fen Causeway
But I don't really know. Anyway, as a spanish citizen, you can vote in spain and I won't be able to even when I move there. I'm not surprised it works the other way too. keep to the Fen Causeway
These countries give you voting rights after a set period: Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland Ireland Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Slovenia Sweden
Local and regional you get to vote after living a certain time in Sweden, but for the national parliament citizenship is required. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
