the EU as a body is an illusion

shhh! you don't want to give the whole game away, do you?

in fact you could sum up our due diligence here as a grassroots effort to make it a reality.

starting with protesting the possible appointment of self-anointed delusional warmongering 'grinning idiots' as spokesmen and leaders.

if only there were leaders with t.b.'s gift of the gab that actually stood for human values over economic-military ones...i guess till we find someone to rally for, we'll have to rally against.

at least we're rallying, lol!

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.

Part of the problem is that we already do know how well the Union stands up to errant idiots like Bliar. We know, because we saw it for the next best thing to a decade while he was in office as PM of the UK. We do not want a repeat performance.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

Frank Schnittger:

And how is that different from any other British PM since WW2?

Well Wilson did manage to avoid comitting British troops to Vietnam.
The fact that other British leaders have also been of an Atlanticist bent does not man that Blair gets a free ride due to the comparison with other people from British history. In fact the main Pro reason I can see is that it might to some extent put a lever into the gap between the US and UK and force Britain slightly towards Europe. (It might also increase the media coverage of the institutions of the EU and so help knock down some of the scare stories put about by the right wing press).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.