Comments on Dizzy Thinks: A good conservative approach to EU change

Is there any chance of UKIP running a 'vote for th...

2007-10-03T13:17:00.000+01:00

Is there any chance of UKIP running a 'vote for the Conservatives' election campaign?

Anon, that really is a pathetically stupid comment...

2007-10-03T11:50:00.000+01:00

Anon, that really is a pathetically stupid comment

I'm astounded by this. A good idea, AND from a pol...

2007-10-03T11:04:00.000+01:00

I'm astounded by this. A good idea, AND from a politician. I wish I knew how he kept his brains warm.

Dizzy, you write:"There's no doubt the EU is a sig...

2007-10-03T10:25:00.000+01:00

Dizzy, you write:

"There's no doubt the EU is a significant political issue, but it's not really the single issue most non-politicos care about. Some might argue that they should care, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't."

And some might argue that this is where 'Leadership' should kick in.

Others might argue that 'Followership' (focus groups, PR, and the attendant spivery) is, as they would probably parrot, "the way forward".

You pays your money and......

Yes. good stuff, but might the horse have bolted b...

2007-10-03T10:01:00.000+01:00

Yes. good stuff, but might the horse have bolted by then? According to some (I mean many), the Reform Treaty is, so to say, 'self-amending', and would be the last-ever Treaty, effectively. Absolutely indispensable to stop it going through, as well as pursuing Hague's new policy.

"so that any further transfer of powers in treatie...

2007-10-03T09:45:00.000+01:00

"so that any further transfer of powers in treaties must be put to referendum."

Does this mean we will not be getting the present referendum vote that the Conservatives keep urging Brown to hold, from a future Conservative government?