tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post6595021652522318669..comments2023-10-19T01:44:50.017+01:00Comments on Liberal Polemic: It must be the internet: we’ve mentioned the Nazis!Liberal Polemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002372579024659424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-27214040039122675662007-04-22T22:12:00.000+01:002007-04-22T22:12:00.000+01:00A great post Tom. I'm glad I was able to help insp...A great post Tom. I'm glad I was able to help inspire you to it! I think your views on Europe are spot on, especially as far as the Lib Dems are concerned. We can't present ourselves as the party of localism on the one hand, whilst being inconsistent when it comes to subsidiarity.<BR/><BR/>If we're going to develop this argument, we could start to argue for a very different sort of constitutional treaty for the EU: a radically decentralising treaty, which takes a completely new look at the EU's exclusive competences, and gives some very explicit protections to areas that are best dealt with at a national level. Any constitution that couldn't offer that sort of protection would effectively be a blank cheque, and it would be impossible to get the British public on-side.Jonny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.com