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Originally Posted by Eric
Common Market wasn't a bad idea ... like NAFTA, it was economically inevitable. But this giving up of sovreignty? I don't go along with that. We are America's largest trading partner, their major supplier of oil and uranium. But, we are still Canada. We pursue an independent foreign policy: We recognize Cuba, and we didn't participate in Iraq. Someone ... I don't know who ... once said that Canadians are unarmed Americans with universal health care  But it's more than that. Giving up national identity is the one thing any country should avoid. What surprises me is that the tories are not more eurosceptic than they are. If I were Cameron, I would risk holding a binding, simply worded referendum in the very near future. Such a ballsey move might get him a majority in the next general election. What the hell, he's got nothing to lose ... and everything to gain. |
Think you've hit the nail on the head there Eric, the Brownie points he'd gain are endless, the only person who wouldn't be happy is Mr. Ed