23 July 2007

The 'tache is back

The Sunday Times featured an interview with former interim US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton in which he asks the question that is on everyone's mind: "Does Britain really want to be Belgium?" (Note: if it means we will get fritessaus on our chips and moules frites in every pub then my answer is possibly!) As the blustery ex-"diplomat" puts it: "Do you want to be an independent country or a county in a big Europe?...If Britain wants to be subsumed into the European soup, the United States will have to react accordingly – and we will, make no mistake." I think when he used the term "independent country" he is using it in the obscure sense of "vassal to the United States".

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