Maria wrote:
> On May 5, 12:16 am, "John of Aix" <j.mur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Britain has more in common with the US than most of Europe.
All it has in common is the language and even there there are great
differences. What else does it have in common with the USA? It's
political system is entirely different, its ethnic make-up is entirely
different, it's geography is entirely different etc. So what exactly is
this 'more in common'?
>>> If that is the case, then that is the argument that should be put
>>> to the people. We should have a referendum and our surrender to
>>> Europe.
>>
>> Only you and your loony friends consider it surrender, normal people
>> consider it political and social progress.
>
> How is it political or social progress to devolve power further and
> further away from the individual?
If there is any difference now between individual power and the
individual power of 50 years ago it is that the individual has more,
such as rights written down on paper and the possibility of appeal
against their own govenrment's decisions for example
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