Wallonia

[-Talbot-]

Ever heard of it?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-eu-ceta-brussels-friday-1.3815332

[jourdain2]

Re. OP - Yes, certainly I know of the Walloons. Quite an enlightening event in that it should disabuse some people of any notion that a deal can be done with the EU. We may as well just activate Article 50 now and inform the EU that we will cease paying our subs. to the club i.m.o..

[jourdain2]

I've just read the other posts. Yes, EDDIE, TTIP would have been disastrous.

[jourdain2]

^^^ Oops! Seem to have answered this already, sorry, spent afternoon in A&E (dog bite) and am a bit woozy from painkillers. :(

[Peter Pedant]

yeah and just think Jay jay
if we had remained you would have had to have a rabies jab !

sozza about the dog bite - serious ( well I suppose you are gonna say it hurt like hell )

[jourdain2]

Yup, P.P.. Very nearly lost the end of my r-hand ring-finger :(

[Old_Geezer]

In or out of the EU, we still would not want an agreement that could allow banned chemicals into our food, and let big business sue our government in secret courts. This sort of thing, merchants & elites dictating to the citizens, is exactly why we want out of the EU. We have no need to enter into a bullying contract where we do as the merchants tell us they want, or get penalised. Out government must be in control of our nation. And that should be applicable for all nations.

The real question is why the Walloons were the only folk to object. A major blow to any remainers' arguments to stay in the EU; but we must be sure our national politicians have a higher standard of morality when it comes to representing the interests of the people.

[Old_Geezer]

Our government...

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We need an edit facility !

[jno]

A major blow to any remainers' arguments to stay in the EU

why, OG? If you don't like the terms of the deal (I don't like it either), then Britain could have blocked it just easily as Wallonia did.

Except of course Britain didn't. So Wallonia have saved up from ourselves.

[AB Editor]

Yes. The annoying, less interesting, French part of Belgium.

[Old_Geezer]

Because the politician in the EU clearly have no care for the will of the people as long as they get paid. There is not accountability to the people they pretend to represent, regardless of nationality. A clear cut case, I'd have thought, of destroying any desire to remain.

But as I said, we need to ensure the more accountable national politicians don't treat the public with the same disdain; but there is a better chance of that since they will be nearer to the people, i.e. more local, than some far away European politician, who even got there from the awful PR route.

[Old_Geezer]

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