tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post7713517558240364888..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Public opinion being led astrayWitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-42444274249393221882011-12-12T14:40:05.224-08:002011-12-12T14:40:05.224-08:00c & MW: Cameron may have got the headlines tod...c & MW: Cameron may have got the headlines today, however I believe in the weeks ahead they are going to turn and bite his behind. We will be subject to a 'caucus' voting procedure and we will be made to pay. You only have to read Olli Rehn's comments to which I link today in a post to see that.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-41515391674973798572011-12-10T08:25:49.193-08:002011-12-10T08:25:49.193-08:00Mark,
I don't believe there was anything to s...Mark,<br /><br />I don't believe there was anything to sign. There can't have been a treaty to sign. He rejected the approach of having a full 27 EU approach to the Eurozone problems. <br /><br />Now, a full EU approach would necessarily have been more cumbersome and time consuming than a Eurozone only approach, and the Euro doesn't have time.<br /><br />It's hard to see that the Eurozone has done anything or can do anything to save the Euro, and I don't really see how the UK's position is different as a result of what Cameron has done, or not done. Certainly, it isn't clear how we are closer to safeguarding The City from EU regulation or repatriating anything.<br /><br />I'm inclined to go with WfW's view that what's motivated Cameron in this is Cameron being called PM for as long as possible. On the face of it he's done quite well in terms of personal popularity, but that might start to turn sour if he can't follow up. My view is that he doesn't want to follow up.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-87507241721992878042011-12-10T08:06:56.719-08:002011-12-10T08:06:56.719-08:00I'm not sure what to think.
What has taken me...I'm not sure what to think.<br /><br />What has taken me by surprise was <br /><br />a) That Cam did not do a big British Bulldog huffing and puffing before hand and then refuse to sign, he just turned up and politely refused to sign, which is his perfectly good right as PM. Quite why he refused to sign and what impact it might have, for better and for worse and if any is unknown.<br /><br />b) that the simple fact he refused to sign is seen as such a cataclysmic event. Now, perhaps it isn't, and the whole thing is just a smokescreen to make Cam look more EU-sceptic than he really is, or perhaps it is quite a significant event - I'm not sure I can remember any other British PM not simply caving in and signing up to anything going.<br /><br />So I'll reserve judgment until the actual facts are clearer. I don't like Cam at all, but I dislike him a lot less today than i did two days ago.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-30618961236714960742011-12-10T07:24:43.215-08:002011-12-10T07:24:43.215-08:00Most of the commentary in the papers is near hyste...Most of the commentary in the papers is near hysterical.<br /><br />The Express is declaring "BRITAIN CLOSE TO EU EXIT".<br /><br />There's very little comment on what this has actually changed, rather than what they would like to think it had changed, to cause such excitement.<br /><br />We are not much closer to exit than at any time since we joined. There's quite a lot of ground to cover between here and there.<br /><br />If anything, I see this 'coup' as a basis for declaring that the policy of being "In Europe but not run by Europe" is working, and business as usual.cosmicnoreply@blogger.com