tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post4728331120565610729..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: They Got There EventuallyTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-26172287741174181512012-11-29T14:52:09.667+00:002012-11-29T14:52:09.667+00:00This tells me that UK governments may be very keen...This tells me that UK governments may be very keen on the EU for a number of narrow considerations, but they don't have a clue how it works or what it's really about.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-69004479615842274612012-11-29T11:49:58.291+00:002012-11-29T11:49:58.291+00:00@Anon, I did think that, and it's a good thoug...@Anon, I did think that, and it's a good thought...but two things make me doubt that theory. <br /><br />The Cameron administration has shown itself to be woefully inept in nearly all departments I'm not sure they can be that clever.<br /><br />And the issue has been raised on and off for over 10 years....If they were to be so cynical I would only expect the news to crop up when the EU dominated the news...but it hasn't.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-22077928825497779532012-11-29T11:45:06.305+00:002012-11-29T11:45:06.305+00:00It's obviously a cunning plot to make the EU p...It's obviously a cunning plot to make the EU popular ie The Eu protects us from the lunacy of our national governments.<br />lmdaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-12202318789929964142012-11-29T09:53:40.794+00:002012-11-29T09:53:40.794+00:00@Anon you could well be right, Politicians would p...@Anon you could well be right, Politicians would prefer to show incompetence than show impotence. The former means they still have power, the latter doesn't.<br /><br />@right_writes We know that answer to that one...<br /><br />@Fausty funnily enough Sweden tried it for precisely that reason some years ago, to try to protect their own brewers. They lost the case in the ECJ<br /><br />TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-28108582600417309352012-11-29T09:07:26.508+00:002012-11-29T09:07:26.508+00:00With France kicking up a storm, I'm beginning ...With France kicking up a storm, I'm beginning to wonder if "minimum pricing" is a new and devious form of protectionism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-51945763054188884512012-11-29T08:35:10.593+00:002012-11-29T08:35:10.593+00:00Echo answers who!Echo answers who!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-55113488784281287892012-11-29T08:34:17.406+00:002012-11-29T08:34:17.406+00:00I think the question you should be asking TBF (now...I think the question you should be asking TBF (now that you have revealed this piece of (in)competence by our government)...<br /><br /><b>...Who is going to pay the Commissions' fines?</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-62072004118700789392012-11-29T08:18:55.507+00:002012-11-29T08:18:55.507+00:00"All it does is show up their own impotence:&..."All it does is show up their own impotence:"<br />Should that be incompetence?<br />or maybe this is one of those times a writer is spoilt for choice and has to settle on only one descriptor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com