Revolutionary Rants

Because Everything's Political

Oui or non?

European UnionThe French nation is voting today in a referendum on the new European constitution.

OK, so like the rest of the country – apart from a very few people – I find anything to do with European Union politics very, very dry; not because I have any particular feelings on it (other than it is yet another capitalist government invention! Arf arf), but just because it is one of the few areas of politics that I find just simply has no appeal. For one thing, it has never really been a Europe-wide thing, has it? We have all half-heartedly involved ourselves – usually, or at least in Britain and Ireland’s case because of the lovely handouts – but really we all want to retain our sovereignty and use the EU as a big stamping ground for us all to fight in.
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