In These New Times

Suddenly there is a flurry of stuff about a UK/US merger. Since we’re not about to “abandon our sovereignty” to Europe, who else could we be about to abandon it to? Will it involve the privilege of using the dollar- do we get to print them too? Perhaps we can help them with the spending cuts they can’t decide on. Do we intern EU citizens as fifth columnists? What about emergency repatriation of our sun-loving pensioners in France and Spain-can we relocate them in repossessed Californian chalets? Do we allow countless millions of Afro-Americans and Hispanics into our country to take advantage of our social security system and liberal bankruptcy laws or do all these simply disappear in an EU-style “harmonisation”  process. Isn’t Homeland Security turning into an Anglo-American “superstate”. What about the FEMA camps or Guantanamo in the Scilly Isles. What about all that red-tape and bureaucracy involved in getting on a plane- isn’t it business unfriendly? Who’s the head of state, the president or the queen? If we’re merged with the USA who can we blame for all the wars? (Well, we can still blame Israel, unless…no, surely not, a merger too far!)All questions to seriously ponder before taking the plunge.

WSJ

29th December, 2011

In 1952, then-U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that “Britain has lost an empire but has failed to find a role.” Sadly for Britain, it decided to renounce its longstanding global cultural, legal and philosophical links to North America and instead looked for that role in Europe. Despite its geographic proximity to Britain, the Continent is nevertheless home to a host of cultures, legal systems and governing philosophies very different from those of traditionally liberal Britain. The consequences from that bad choice have bedeviled Britain for decades.

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