never been anti-european. Most of EC legislation is far superior to british equivalents especially on human rights, working conditions, defence. But it's like communism. The principle is brilliant but the practice falls down if you take it to its limit. When I said we don't run our own country, I was making a different point - about the power of big business, be it media corporations, oil industry, automotive, IT, food production, retail, whatever. I hate globalisation, because it is inherently undemocratic and driven by money, not concern for humanity. Not only is it not inevitable, it will eventually need controlling. Your party already has a situation where its leaders are scared of upsetting rupert murdoch, for instance, because of what he can do to them via the Sun, Times, Sky etc. Iraq is replete with US commercial undercurrents. Our nuclear warfare capacity is dependent on Halliburton to service it, we are about to sell Sellafield to overseas buyers, much of our industrial workforce depends on the whims of accountants in USA for their survival; many of our public utilities are foreign owned and so on ad nauseam. The result is that far too many decisions which affect this country's fundamental interests are taken by people who are totally unaccountable to the people of this country. I have no beef with Qangos. At least our own government appoints them and can disband them.

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