Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe
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16 February 2015
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AC, if you don’t have the time or the inclination to post comments onto your site, why don’t you remove or disable the comments section?
It would save some of us the time spent on reading the blog post and taking the time to write a comment. And another point, waiting 3 or 4 days and sometimes even longer to see a comment appear is not acceptable in these days of instant communication.
Snail Mail is quicker than you. I can’t say that I won’t be bothering you again, because I might. Never say never………….
Alastair, it would appear you’re the front page news in Serbia hence the recent calls you’ve been receiving from their media aka government mouthpiece. In particular, they seem to have picked up on your fascination with the place. Care to elaborate? I sense Vucic looks up to you and just as well coz he’ll need every trick in the book to divert attention away from the impending economic catastrophe and his own lack of tangible achievement since coming to power. Could be a nice little fee earner that one. Here’s the article http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2015&mm=02&dd=20&nav_category=11&nav_id=960081
EU is lost. All old central belt countries should have their own union, helped by Russia AND the EU to set up. But yes, that takes actual imagination, so fuck that idea! We are sleep walking to a crap sandwich in central Europe. Greece will kick off soon, when Russia offers them terms.
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