Recent content by jbuk

I would advise against arguments such as "the public is too easily influenced by the media" and "they can't understand the issues". Those are just base insults, and impossible to substantiate. I have also never heard anybody say that wanted to keep the pound because the notes have the queen's...

Thanks Maciamo, that's an interesting site. Actually I don't regard myself as a Euro-sceptic (although, in the liberal tradition, I think it's healthy for all citizens to have a certain of scepticism towards their goverment) and this article was - I think - in the Guardian, hardly a...

I read an interesting piece of commentary recently that said the EU could collapse in the wake of the global recession because, basically, the prosperity that the single market has brought has been the only thing the EU has been able to sell itself on. People don't like Europe much, but are...

True Marc - I can see why people complain about politicians given the fact that they are so CORRUPT these days, but you only have to read a bit of Tom Paine to know what to do about it. You think people in the French or American revolutions just sat around moaning about their corrupt...