tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post2145851193409999741..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: Tories: Self-banishment from EuropeRalf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-28583306834597956952009-03-13T11:47:00.000+02:002009-03-13T11:47:00.000+02:00The Tories are interesting over the EU but even mo...The Tories are interesting over the EU but even more so has UKIP now disqualified itself from standing in June.<BR/><BR/>In countering Libertas Nigel Farage, UKIP leader and also interim head of the Independence/Democracies Group (the alternate Chair having gone off to join Libertas who as a Danish MEP was always scrupulous in paying lip service to the "project") has now come straight out against the EU in an article in Politics.co.uk as linked this morning from my blog.<BR/><BR/>Can UKIP now participate in June?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-91946805083687766632009-03-12T13:31:00.000+02:002009-03-12T13:31:00.000+02:00Michael, Thank you for your Quick comment. Well, i...Michael, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your Quick comment. <BR/><BR/>Well, if you do your level best to appear uncooperative (as the UK Tories and the US Republicans seem to do), you may actually succeed in convincing people.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-27750652771041432002009-03-12T10:22:00.000+02:002009-03-12T10:22:00.000+02:00Good point, and thanks for the update on the Torie...Good point, and thanks for the update on the Tories. The sad thing is that there is a need for alternative approaches to governance more than ever --- not just opposition to the EU or governance in general. In the US the Republicans are held back from joining in the national dialogue for similar reasons.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512362559813257728noreply@blogger.com