Across this great continent of ours a slight sense of desperation hangs over the European elections: the real world isn't paying attention. In the Czech city of Plzen campaigners hand out spices that go with feathered game on behalf of a candidate whose name translates as... Mr Game. Those who stop to listen get a cook book with recipes from the 27 EU countries and a picture of the MEP in a chef's hat. In France, at one rally in a very plush auditorium, the audience are all but outnumbered by the candidates, who answer questions with the eager enthusiasm of an estate agent flogging a haunted house that's perched on the edge of a cliff.
Across this great continent of ours a slight sense of desperation hangs over the European elections: the real world isn't paying attention.
In the Czech city of Plzen campaigners hand out spices that go with feathered game on behalf of a candidate whose name translates as... Mr Game. Those who stop to listen get a cook book with recipes from the 27 EU countries and a picture of the MEP in a chef's hat.
In France, at one rally in a very plush auditorium, the audience are all but outnumbered by the candidates, who answer questions with the eager enthusiasm of an estate agent flogging a haunted house that's perched on the edge of a cliff.
And which media, which is populated by people with the same kind of populist cynicism you display on this topic (and you know this is the one thing I disagree with you on most here on ET), will show the public otherwise? In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Which is fine. When there's a new crop of unpleasant and unwelcome Euro-sceptic MEPs, perhaps Wallstrom and the rest will pause to wonder why their message isn't getting out to the real world.
The only bit of "Europe" that's discredited by this is the regulatory bit, not the deregulatory bit, as one requires politicla capital and support, and the other can take place by stealth in the current toxic environment, protected by "populism" In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Is not a definition of madness around doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. They need a new narrative, a different approach. And if they can't see that, then they should be fired. keep to the Fen Causeway
