On 29 Mar 2021 18:07:26 GMT
TimS  wrote:

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

> > 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.
>

What probably tipped the balance for me was this, created in 2000
when the EU was clearly moving in exactly the opposite direction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Strategy

'Its aim was to make the EU "the most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic
growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion", by 2010.'

--
Joe

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