Monday - May 13, 2013

obama advises the brit pm. again.

I really do wish Obama would keep his thoughts on what he thinks the Brit Prime jerk Minister should do re. the EU, to himself and private.

This has made the news here, and not a lot of Brits are happy. Can’t say as I blame them.  Obama doesn’t have to live here and live with the problems and fears.

This is just a little snippet, but it gives you some idea of what folks here contend with. And now the president of the USA just has to put in his 2 pence worth.
Who here voted for him? 

Barack Obama today rode to the rescue of David Cameron, backing his plan to seek a new deal for Britain with the European Union instead of quitting altogether.

The US President dismissed Tory Eurosceptics in the UK putting pressure on Mr Cameron for immediate withdrawal from Brussels, insisting: ‘You probably wanna see if you can fix what is broken in a very important relationship before you break it off.’

Mr Cameron’s high profile visit to Washington has risked being overshadowed by Tory turmoil over Europe back home. 

This is akin to say, the Brit PM going to America and advising the USA to have even closer ties to the UN.  Throw in the aclu also. Gives you an idea.

I’m not a political pundit. I don’t have any inside track but, Mr Cameron might end up toast in the next election.  Which translates as well for the conservatives who support him.  There’s a real problem here.  Not many want Labour back in power tho lord knows there are an awful lot of socialists and lefties who do.
The Lib/Dems (Liberal Democrats) also very left, are pretty much discredited but if there’s a hung Parliament again, heaven know what can happen.  Maybe a coalition of Lib/Dems and Labour?  Heaven help this country cos nobody else will.  Or, maybe a deal between UKIP and Tories?  Which will not happen as long as Cameron is head of the conservative (lite) party.  I think there’s kind of backlash among cons against him.  Honest folks, not trying to be funny here but it scares us.  I mean the very thought that somehow the liberal left might regain #10. 

Today’s talks at the White House were supposed to be focused on ending the conflict in Syria and looking ahead to next months G8 summit, which Mr Cameron is hosting in Norther Ireland.

But the press conference was dominated by exchanges on Europe, with Mr Obama appearing to back Mr Cameron’s plan to stay in the EU under new terms.

Mr Obama told reporters at the White House that Mr Cameron’s approach ‘makes sense to me’.

He suggested the US-UK special relationship depends in part on Britain’s role as an ‘active, robust, outward looking and engaged’ nation and member of the EU.

‘I think the UK’s participation in the EU is an expression of its influence and its role in the world as well as obviously a very important economic partnership,’ Mr Obama said.

Mr Cameron also appeared to slap down Education Secretary Michael Gove and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond who said they would vote to leave the EU today. 

Ppl inside the govt itself at these levels are saying what so many average Brits have been begging for, for years.  Sure, not everyone.  But I’d bet a majority would love to get out.  They hate the idea of laws and rules being made by unelected foreigners sitting in some court made up in many cases of those with little or no legal or judicial experience. And even if they had it, Brits don’t want them making their decisions for them.  The left of course does not mind at all.

And Cameron?  He had this to say.

It would be a false choice between the status quo and leaving and I don’t think that’s the choice that the British public want or deserve.

No. They don’t. They do want OUT however.  They want their country back and frankly I see little chance of it happening.

Mr Cameron refused to say how he would vote if a an in/out referendum were held now.

He’ll vote as he’s always wanted to, and also as Obama advises him to.

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