Crime against mother nature, I bought The Daily Express today. Ok, now you can slap me, punch me or more of a democratic approach - criticise me. Personally I blame Superdrug. They surely must have better choice newspapers rather than the Express and The Sun. In Cardiff Queen Street one, they at least have The Times, but the one in Bangor High Street, less choice.
Anyway, before I get into a rant about what Superdrug sells and doesn't sell, The Express's front page headline caught my eye. It read "99% of you say: Get us out of Europe" and the image is of a woman in Birmingham lifting a previous issue of the paper.
It's striking. I mean, let's use our common sense here. The United Kingdom is geographically in Europe, it's giving us easy access to Europe without paying any visas (excluding the likes of Russia of course). Europe gives us resources which we heavily rely on and we have a solid political relationships with European country leaders such as France, Germany and Italy. So what's The Express's problem?
They have put their "Get us out of Europe" as a pledge. They advertise loads on cheap holidays to go to Spain. If we were out of Europe, we would be stuck here. Maybe their logic is that they are following their right-wing priorities and listen to David Cameron's "holidays in Britain" pledge.
David Cameron has never liked Europe. He said during his election campaign that he wished not to be part of the European Union because they wanted to keep the British Pound. Well, if you were a more powerful politician, maybe you could convince yourself that being part of the EU may not be too bad. Ok, being part of the Euro maybe a problem as we take pride in having the Queen's head at the back of every coin (or the front, whichever was you look at it).
But being part of the EU won't be too catastrophic, surely? They're a nice bunch I'm sure. Sitting next to Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Silvio Berlusconi won't be bad. Could rave it on a Saturday night at one of Silvio's party. But if 99% of the UK public don't want to see the Prime Minister having a laugh, then that's fine.
Also, The Daily Express didn't state how many people had taken part in this poll. I rest my case.
Anyway, before I get into a rant about what Superdrug sells and doesn't sell, The Express's front page headline caught my eye. It read "99% of you say: Get us out of Europe" and the image is of a woman in Birmingham lifting a previous issue of the paper.
It's striking. I mean, let's use our common sense here. The United Kingdom is geographically in Europe, it's giving us easy access to Europe without paying any visas (excluding the likes of Russia of course). Europe gives us resources which we heavily rely on and we have a solid political relationships with European country leaders such as France, Germany and Italy. So what's The Express's problem?
They have put their "Get us out of Europe" as a pledge. They advertise loads on cheap holidays to go to Spain. If we were out of Europe, we would be stuck here. Maybe their logic is that they are following their right-wing priorities and listen to David Cameron's "holidays in Britain" pledge.
David Cameron has never liked Europe. He said during his election campaign that he wished not to be part of the European Union because they wanted to keep the British Pound. Well, if you were a more powerful politician, maybe you could convince yourself that being part of the EU may not be too bad. Ok, being part of the Euro maybe a problem as we take pride in having the Queen's head at the back of every coin (or the front, whichever was you look at it).
But being part of the EU won't be too catastrophic, surely? They're a nice bunch I'm sure. Sitting next to Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Silvio Berlusconi won't be bad. Could rave it on a Saturday night at one of Silvio's party. But if 99% of the UK public don't want to see the Prime Minister having a laugh, then that's fine.
Also, The Daily Express didn't state how many people had taken part in this poll. I rest my case.
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