Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
In your opinion, what would the EU need to do/be/look like for you to be happy with it, and call yourself a proud European as well as proud to be Cornish?
What do you think is wrong with it? What does it do right? What should it focus on?
I'm just curious as to what you all think the EU should be doing.
I am European becuase i have no choice in that, i was born in Europe. As for the EU, i shall say nothing on that other than i'd love to put cyanide in all the leaders tea. But Europe is a beutiful place with some great stuff, and i am proud to be European somewhat.
Assassinating democratically heads of friendly states is generally considered unwise.
I would suggest that the unelected commission would be a more appropriate (commissioners by enlarge being has-been politicos seeing out their incompetenet dotage at our expenses, Mandelson is the Uk one, enough said).
Yes FlB, so are the members of the SWRDA, etc, a quango is a quango,
they are political appointees whose interest is in serving their politcal masters and keeping their jobs, they are not serving the people who elected their masters
edited by: IrishJack, Jul 03, 2008 - 03:11 PM
But I'm starting to think that it won't for us cornish, no unity, no leadership, but lots of factions, backbiting and esoteric language drivel
The Bureaucracy needs to expand to meet the needs of the Bureaucracy
Yes but you vote in the UK general elections as other EU citizens vote in their own state elections. The governments elected then cooperate and negociate to run the EU via the European Council.
If you don't like the result of the election in the UK thats just tough luck.
Im not old enough to vote yet, im only 16. Funny that, i can sign up for the army and go and die for my country, yet i cannot vote for who sends me to war.
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