On Jul 2, 12:24*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:01:27 +0100

Bruce wrote:
What people here don't want is a United States of Europe. *The
ever-closer monetary, fiscal and political union that is being touted
as the solution to the crisis in the Eurozone is exactly what most
British people don't want.

Political union won't happen. There are certain countries that will never
accept being de facto controlled by germany. If you think the east european
countries that have just escaped from the yoke of the USSR will be happy to be
run from Berlin, sorry , I mean Brussels, then you're dreaming. If riots
like that can happen in a laid back country like greece imagine what can
happen in warsaw or prague with their history of uprising.

The federal USA worked because it was essentially all the same culture and
nationality from east to west. Europe isn't. If the eurocrats want massive
civil unrest across the continent then sure, go for political union.

Given the robust state of the Australian economy in recent years, the
UK would have been better off staying with what she had.