[Olog-hai]

Yes, how terrible: pull powers back to where they belong and not be a vassal. Nobody should ever do that . . .

[shibumi]

Are the Brits chafing at the idea of being economically colonized?

(Irony is so ironic.)

[Gen.Blather]

Any large organization becomes coopted by special interests that are not necessarily the member’s original purpose or in the member’s own interests. The EU is a “voluntary” Soviet style empire. It has a universal currency that is not in the interests of most of the individual states. It is seeking a military. What would the EU masters do with their military if a state decided to leave? Intimidate? Occupy? The EU was a very bad, Communist idea. It will end as the Soviet Empire ended.

[SeminoleCounty]

Europe and the UK would be greatly helped with the break up of the EU

Free Trade Communist Globalism has failed. The EU has demonstrated this.

However...we still have fools on this side of the Atlantic who keep pushing for a EU for North America.....with NAFTA and the planned North American Union. Economic stupudity will be the ruin of this planet

[Pollster1]

That sounds like a good thing for British people and for European people. It might also set a nice example for the people of Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and the other 47 (or so) states on this side of the pond. The only losers are the ruling class liberal elites, and I don’t care if they have to start working productively for a living too.

[BitWielder1]

A loose federation of free states, formed for their mutual benefit, works if they restrict themselves to a simple set of rules to promote commerce.
A central increasingly heavy-handed body that constantly makes more and more and more laws and regulations every day, that everybody else have to follow, it does not work so well, does it?
It's expensive, it grows and the power corrupts.
Same in US as in Europe.

[Caipirabob]

London could make EU “unravel”

From what I read, a strong breeze could do that.

Blame the British? Are we certain the author didn't misspell "Bush"?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Herman Van Rompuy is such a gray man empty suit, that I got quite a laugh when somebody got a video of him making a blah-blah speech, while sitting, with most of his mouth concealed by the microphone. And replaced whatever he was saying with the audio of “I Like Big Butts”, by Sir Mix-a-Lot.