On 29 Mar 2021 at 18:41:23 BST, The Natural Philosopher 
wrote:

> On 29/03/2021 18:23, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>  On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:14:45 +0100
>>  The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>
>>>  On 29/03/2021 11:24, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>>  On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:37:47 +0100
>>>>  The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Democracy is how you overthrow it without bloodshed, and install a new
>>>>>  one that costs a bit less and protects a bit better.
>>>>  __________^
>>>>           hopefully
>>>>
>>>>   All too often the limited options available at election time
>>>>  make this hope faint.
>>>>
>>>  Indeed. In the UK we had to create whole new party as none of the
>>>  existing ones were any different.
>>>
>>>  'two cheeks of the same arse' was not an inaccurate description
>>
>>   So people do you want the cheek with the fresh boil on it or the
>>  cheek with the make up over the scars from the forgotten boils ?
>>
> A lot of British people decided that what they wanted was to administer
> a fucking great kick up the arse.
>
> And they did

Yes, and I was one of them. After having some exposure to EU bureaucrats, my
initial enthusiasm for the project waned and was replaced by opposition. This
was in the early noughties.

That the EU is inept, rigid, and bureaucratic has merely been confirmed by the
vaccine shit-show.

See also Jonathon Sumption's (retired Supreme Court judge) review in this
week's Spectator.

--
Tim

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