tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post8391166470292556391..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : "We have been most secure when we kept out of Europe"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-39346760444414948742014-12-25T11:26:54.093+02:002014-12-25T11:26:54.093+02:00I don't think people feared Louis XIV and Napo...I don't think people feared Louis XIV and Napoleon would have invaded England but been able to cut off her trade. A lot of people died in wars against France - what good came of them?Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-565754675043794012014-12-22T16:50:29.742+02:002014-12-22T16:50:29.742+02:00What makes you and many conservatives in general t...What makes you and many conservatives in general think that if a country become a European-wide empire it would no try to conquer the UK as well? Hope?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-64231320665946413382013-04-29T09:24:29.154+03:002013-04-29T09:24:29.154+03:00How wonderful that an imperial tariff union would ...How wonderful that an imperial tariff union would have kept pounds and ounces.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-26223393152402585952013-04-28T13:28:28.669+03:002013-04-28T13:28:28.669+03:00For once we agree Paul. Britain should have stayed...For once we agree Paul. Britain should have stayed the course and stayed out of the EU. Its history is too incompatible with the idea of a federal or confederal Europe and unlike Germany and France it never NEEDED to be in in the first place...<br /><br /> However I'm quite certain that next to nothing would be different in the UK if they didn't join, perhaps apart for you not having SI measurements on your milk cartons as well as Imperial (which btw is an obsolete laughably random system that has more to do with the middle ages than modern scientific weights and measurements).Tsavatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017088905907970208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-53286770197363311862013-04-28T13:26:08.836+03:002013-04-28T13:26:08.836+03:00For once we agree Paul. Britain should have stayed...For once we agree Paul. Britain should have stayed the course and stayed out of the EU. Its history is too incompatible with the idea of a federal or confederal Europe and unlike Germany and France it never NEEDED to be in in the first place...<br /><br /> However I'm quite certain that next to nothing would be different in the UK if they didn't join, perhaps apart for you not having SI measurements on your milk cartons as well as Imperial (which btw is an obsolete laughably random system that has more to do with the middle ages than modern scientific weights and measurements). Tsavatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017088905907970208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-58083889619999618432013-04-27T02:28:43.346+03:002013-04-27T02:28:43.346+03:00"How South Africa. Kenya etc. fitted in, who ..."How South Africa. Kenya etc. fitted in, who knows? If I may venture; Venturing, adventuring,<br />thrill of the chase, thrill of success, irrational exuberance, a bridge too far. I hesitate here..<br />To some of us it seems sacriligious with a small s of course, Rule Britannia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-61050927567585173552013-04-27T01:28:02.998+03:002013-04-27T01:28:02.998+03:00I'm going to revisit this post. It is good. ...I'm going to revisit this post. It is good. <br />I've not yet read this book, Churchill, Hitler And The Unnecessary War by Patrick J. Buchanan. I hope to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com