Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
If one were to view Yes Prime Minister as Government policy (which is is not - although apparently closer than was comfortable for the politicians / civil service of the day) the UK got into the Europe "thing" to make a mess of it. And now we have managed to bring in loads of Eastern Europeans our job is done - it is again an unwieldy mess with different partners having different visions of what they want (and several countries positivity is directly related to the amount of money they get and the interference they receive)...

If the EU splits to North / South (broadly) I would be wishful of a "Nordic League" that the Tribes of Germanic Heritage (a meaningless grouping to be sure) could be a part of. The Scottish wouldn't be welcome of course. Well, perhaps right at the top...

The Blair administration used to view Yes Minister as an accurate documentary portraying what government was really like. Which bemused one of his ministers, who was one of the main insider sources for said programme. Yes Minister is a comedy.