tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post2993815021119450554..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: I watched the news today, oh boy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-72632200368824234082007-05-23T11:36:00.000+01:002007-05-23T11:36:00.000+01:00Fair enough, Stan..Fair enough, Stan..bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362820080676686546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-55322219150410254372007-05-23T08:54:00.000+01:002007-05-23T08:54:00.000+01:00I have several problems with the article, bernard ...I have several problems with the article, bernard ...<BR/><BR/>1) The way she talks up Brown as taking on EU finance - but Brown was complicit in giving up our rebate.<BR/><BR/>2) The way she talks up Blair and his "Third Way" as somehow significant - even though it made no difference whatsoever to the direction of the EU.<BR/><BR/>3) The ludicrous suggesttion that the constitution will be a bigger test for Brown than Iraq or Afghanistan. It won't because the agenda is set by TV news reporting - and primarily the BBC - and they will ensure that war receives more coverage than the EU.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that the big issue for BRITAIN is the EU, but Maddox is suggesting that it is the biggest issue for BROWN - it isn't because the TV media will not make it so - especially considering the complex nature of the EU.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-19552021383237147332007-05-22T23:44:00.000+01:002007-05-22T23:44:00.000+01:00Ranting Stan:I don't understand your beef about th...Ranting Stan:<BR/><BR/>I don't understand your beef about the Maddox article.<BR/>All she was saying was that the two wars the UK is embroiled in are not as important (in the long term) as that posed by the EU on us, and Europe (in the long term).<BR/>And in that she is right. Wars DO come to an end, but the EU and it's supporters look set to dominate our lives for the foreseeable future....referendum or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com