Europe will be the acid test of this querulous parliament
To judge from the press comment from the continent, most of the European Union establishment are deeply concerned that David Cameron should have been returned to office with a majority. Typically, Der Spiegel calls it “bad news for Europe”.
That underlines my view that Europe is likely to be one of the two great issues to make or break the Conservative government. The other is, of course, the determination of the SNP to break the union, although perversely to remain as a minor province of the proposed European republic envisaged by the unelected authorities in Brussels.
It was the European issue that brought down Margaret Thatcher.… Seguir leyendo »