EU President has the charisma of a damp rag

[Furunculus]

Britain built it's wealth on basically creating a massive, secure trading bloc (that's effectively what the Empire was) and it still relies on that trade (although with everyone now) for the health of the economy. Over 90% of our physical trade travels by sea, the vast majority of which goes through 7 key maritime chokepoints (a number of which are in the middle east/indian ocean region), including a significant amount of our energy supplies. If we let the rest of the world go to pot then it'll only come back and bite us in the bum, so it's in our interests to intevene abroad.

beaten me to the punch again, nicely done.

the other half to the answer to AP's question is that perhaps we have a relatively non-traumatic collective memory of war, largely because it has never been visited upon us in quite the same way as most other countries, a fact that makes a mockery of the statement; Great Britain is not an island.*

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...-not-an-Island

if the EU is such an affront to the British MEPs yet they do see how it could be so much better etc. etc., then why do they just spew random crap like that instead of doing what they are elected to do: making some change?

you mean like:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...ings-into-life

how does that grab you?

[tibilicus]

Just went on the UKIP website.

Didn't realise they were major climate sceptics. Oh well, at least they're honest about it.