tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post5269450445064146868..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Is An EU Referendum On The Cards...?TheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-58074751271892585302012-05-14T11:36:05.863+01:002012-05-14T11:36:05.863+01:00To be honest I rather think that the end is nigh f...To be honest I rather think that the end is nigh for the European Union. At some point in the near future, the Greeks are going to tell the EU precisely where it can stick its austerity measures and drop out of the Euro, defaulting on all debt as they go. Portugal, Spain and Italy will likely follow suit and will once again default on their way out of the club.<br /><br />This will have the effect of clobbering several banks, and sickening off the Germans very badly indeed. It will likely hammer a stake through Angela Merkel's career (aided by the many German politicians whom she has made enemies of over the years) and at this point, something rather interesting may happen.<br /><br />Germany might well be next to quit the Euro club. <br /><br />At some point along this path, France will get seriously upset and go on strike, probably some time when there's nice weather. Nobody will notice, which will annoy the frogs still further.<br /><br />The challenge here for the collection of chinless wonders and socialist neanderthals we are pleased to call a body politic is this: summoning the backbone and growing sufficient balls to hold a referendum on EU membership (NOT a wishy-washy farting about the edges referendum but a proper in/out one) before the EU enters the inevitable Circling The Drain phase and renders the need for a referendum moot.<br /><br />If anyone's taking bets, I'm up for twenty quid (in fine silver) on our bunch of twerps not managing to muster the nerve.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618328278732100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-36466146369417232642012-05-11T14:38:47.288+01:002012-05-11T14:38:47.288+01:00Well I suppose they could aways make a cast-iron p...Well I suppose they could aways make a cast-iron promise to hold a referendum after the next time we're stupid enough to elect them.<br /><br />It worked before, after all.<br /><br />Fool me twice, shame on me...Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.com