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Time to Put the Nail in EU's Garlicky Coffin

Posted: 29/10/11 01:00 BST

This week, the Eurozone narrowly avoided what is technically known as an "economic omniscrew". In the same week, a few rebelsin the Commons said "nine" to the EU - which is what Germans say when they mean "no" in English. And you know what? They're right. Now is the time to put the final nail in Europe's garlicky coffin.

I'm "Eurosceptic" in the same way I'm "sceptical" about putting my genitals in a piranha tank. So I'm 63% certain I don't want to be in the EU. You see, I was born in a little place I like to call Freedom. Others - mapmakers, for example - might call it "Wolverhampton". But you know who also liked maps? Stalin*, that's who. And if the Eurocrats in Brussels had their way, the streets of Wolverhampton would be full of Brie-munching accountants and their live-in lovers - rather than good, honest, British unemployed people.

The Commons revolt against the government shows Tory backbenchers have got their priorities right. Sure, we've got some problems at home. The government's economic plan is having some issues relating to what I call "workingness" (in the same way the Hindenburg had issues relating to flame). You could argue that's what these backbench Tories should be in up in arms over, especially after the Tory chairman of the Treasury select committee said the government doesn't have a "coherent growth plan".

But no - the backbenchers see the bigger picture. If you'll allow an extended and powerful metaphor: they can see that not just our tree is on fire, but that the whole forest is on fire. And so obviously we should airlift our tree - still on fire - out of the flaming forest, and THEN deal with the fire.

I couldn't agree with them more. I want to leave the EU because as a right-winger, I passionately believe in a Britain run by the British. That's why, for example, I strongly support the privatisation of national services. I like the fact much of British energy is now owned by a French national company and much of our transport by a German national company - and why's that different from the EU? Because we still have a choice. If you don't like a fare hike on your train, you have a variety of transport options (hover boards, Flu Powder - to name just two from my imagination). Compare that with the EU. It's budget and decisions are apparently passed by elected MEPs - but if MEPs were so important, surely I'd have bothered to research what they do?

And, according to a recent press conference I held in my living room, some disturbing facts have been discovered about MEPs. For example, they allocated €120bn to making the European Parliament look and function like the Galactic Senate out of Star Wars, just because it would be "cool". Then - scared they would be found out - they spent a further €463bn on specially made cameras so that footage made it look like a sports hall full of blue desks and bilingual nerds.

A good use of money? Nine**. Britain belongs to the British (apart from our energy, transport etc etc). Let's keep it that way.

*Probably.
**Again, that's "no", not the numerical "nine"

 

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06:40 PM on 10/30/2011
In order to stop such nonsensical drivels it is high time that we kicked these kinds of dudes out of Europe. We have had enough of you Anglo-Saxons whose laissez-faire economic policy has brought such a tsunami of cascades of economic failures all over the world. Enough of your hubris!

It was again Goldman Sachs that cheated on the EU red tape as Greek financial adviser to take 300m US dollars as fees. Don't you have enough of problems in England? You are far more indebted than the EU of 17. You search lice in the EU countries' heads, but you do not see an elephant in your own courtyard.
09:05 PM on 10/30/2011
I think the author's description as "Political Satirist" and the actual text of the article might suggest you don't take this at face value...
01:34 PM on 10/30/2011
The EU has already put its own nails in its own coffin by the creation of the eurozone so has no need for any extra UK nails. The eurozone created widely divergent economies and the only solution up for consideration is to keep the zone. Hence the PIIGS will be permanently unable to compete against Germany as they can never hope to match German growth. The EU is not even talking about how it could ever manage to have growth for the PIIGS whilst in the zone so the debt problems rise without limit. Commercial lenders want high rates to cover the risks of lending money to countries with low or stagnant growth. All EU politicians come up with is short term answers to borrowing more money and never face up to the growth problem.