The Talking Clock: The Tories looking dodgy and back in spotlight over EU

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Monday, 10 August 2009

The Tories looking dodgy and back in spotlight over EU

If you thought this blog was cynical and distrusting of the Conservative Party's policy on the EU and the dreaded constitutional Lisbon Treaty... you were right! And it seems that the Tories are now going to start having to answer the questions that this blog, UKIP, and 'eurosceptics' of all flavours and persuasions keep on asking... just what is the Conservative policy on Europe?

The matter is put under sharp focus after it has become clear that the Tory Party's new allies in the EU - Poland's Law and Justice Party - are not only IN FAVOUR of the Lisbon Treaty but also in favour of the Common Agriculture Policy.

Even a Labour MP manages a 'eurosceptic' response to the latest turn up for the books.

Former EU Minister Denis MacShane is quoted in The Independent as saying: "It now turns out that Michal Kaminski who is leader of the Tory MEPs in their new group in Strasbourg is a strong advocate of the EU's most corrupt, wasteful spending programme. What is David Cameron doing in alliance with this man? Critics of the Cap like the Yorkshire Tory MEP Edward Macmillan Scott have been expelled from the Conservatives to appease this Cap junkie from Poland".

Nick Clegg of the LibDems and Glenys Kinnock have also waded in with criticisms and derision of the Conservatives.

Kinnock is quoted in The Independent as saying: "Repeating the vague Hague mantra 'matters will not rest ' won't do".

And you know what? We agree with her! Shocking, huh? But it's what we've been saying for months!

The Conservative Party seem to think their policy of 'say nothing about what we'll do' will hold out until the General Election.

For those of us who oppose the EU superstate, we know what we want to hear from the Conservatives - and they just cannot say those words that will grant them a British electoral landslide. With each twist and turn, it's the one area upon which they look decidedly weak and incredibly untrustworthy. And therein, we must conclude, lies the answer to the great Conservative Party EU policy mystery. They aren't going to do anything. It's all a con. If we're wrong, then they really are completely bonkers for not just coming out with full 'eurosceptic' force and cast iron promises.

UKIP must be laughing all the way to the ballot box.

2 comments:

Anonymous10 August 2009 16:04
I understand that a very high profile Tory was asked on TV "What is the stance of the Tory Party on the EU?"
He replied "When in opposition we oppose the EU, when in government we support the EU."

Can anyone give the TV programme, date and Tory grandee?

MG
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Anonymous11 August 2009 08:56
In the meantime, support Free Europe Constitution by voting YES at www.FreeEurope.info
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