"The notion of Cameron being a strategic genius who will throw off his cloak of Europhilia and reveal his inner democratic nationalist is laughable given the catalogue of pro EU actions to date. So it seems the ignorance is all pervasive and the effort to make us buy into it is being reinforced at every opportunity. The gullible constituency where this idea is being swallowed is obvious to all who look – the British media".

That is quality writing from Autonomous Mind, commenting on the latest report in The Daily Mail which parades the EU's so-called "power grab", the one that even seems to have the loss-making Guardian slightly troubled.

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Odd gesture from Barroso!

Talking about Cameron's dick, probably.

On the subject of Greece, even Dr North's old chums at Left Foot Forward seem to agree that the country is doomed

http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/07/ ... nearly-up/

I can hear the reader object that pigs are more likely to fly; but the longer the EU/IMF continues along its current foolish path, the greater the chance of a second major financial catastrophe which would engulf not just Greece but much of Europe.

It is the classic Greek tragedy ... everyone can see it coming, but there seems no way of stopping it.