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I know this is the favourite paper of PHers (or not..), but does anyone find this just a bit ridiculous ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011618/Br...
Reading comments for a bit of banter is always amusing
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011618/Br...
Reading comments for a bit of banter is always amusing
Heinrich said:
You British are no longer an independent country but a 'European' one. You must therefore display the European flag (with pride). This is your new identity. You no longer have free will or power - Heinrich_1, ErFurt, Germany, 06/7/2011 09:30
Some british bloke said:
Hmm Heinrich, where have we heard something like that before? 1940 perhaps. Don't be ridiculous, of course each EU country has it's own identity, you are just in the same boat as us...stuck in a autocratic minefield centred in Brussels. Tell your fellow countryman to do the same thing as we should...jump ship now before its too late.
Good on the danes though, a bit more on that here: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15205201,00.h...pacman1 said:
Jasandjules said:
I find the EU ridiculous as it stands full stop.
So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
Don't like them Germans, thay bombed our chippie.So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
What a typical idiotic Tory misunderstanding and/or misrepresentation of the EU to describe this as an example of "bureaucracy taking over."
No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
JMGS4 said:
Simple solution, fly one of these blue toilet paper flags UNDER the national flag....
Can't fly it upside down as the damn burocrats designed it so it cannot be flown the wrong way around.....
Punch two holes on the underside and fly it on it's side? Or scrawl skull and crossbones over it in true pirate fashion? Can't fly it upside down as the damn burocrats designed it so it cannot be flown the wrong way around.....
dirkgently said:
pacman1 said:
Jasandjules said:
I find the EU ridiculous as it stands full stop.
So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
Don't like them Germans, thay bombed our chippie.So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
Prussians. A totally different kettle of Bratwurst.
AJS- said:
What a typical idiotic Tory misunderstanding and/or misrepresentation of the EU to describe this as an example of "bureaucracy taking over."
No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
And, and, and...... the successive Labour governments tried to get us out of the EU but........oh, wait. No they didn't.No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
Flintstone said:
AJS- said:
What a typical idiotic Tory misunderstanding and/or misrepresentation of the EU to describe this as an example of "bureaucracy taking over."
No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
And, and, and...... the successive Labour governments tried to get us out of the EU but........oh, wait. No they didn't.No it isn't Pickles, it's an example of an autocratic state seeking to instill a European identity by forcing people to display it's symbols as a prerequisite for giving those people a portion of their own money back.
And your stupid, weak government are not only powerless to do anything about it, but you're quite happy to sign up for it so long as you've got your nose in the trough, just like the tough guy Tory government of Major and Heath who signed us up for the whole st fest in the first place then acted like it was all someone else's fault.
Blib said:
dirkgently said:
pacman1 said:
Jasandjules said:
I find the EU ridiculous as it stands full stop.
So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
Don't like them Germans, thay bombed our chippie.So many nations who hate each other trying to get on? Not likely. And other nations simply ignore those parts of the "agreements" they don't like.
Prussians. A totally different kettle of Bratwurst.
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