Matthew Matthijs, in the Sep./Oct Foreign Affairs, looks at David Cameron's revisiting UK exiting the EU. This Conservative threepete ploy seems curiously like the Cruz TPer apparent attempt to go back and back to trying to destroy the ACA, and with as little rational argument. About the Tory fetish Matthijs opines:
If London does ultimately cut the rope, it will not be the result of rational political or economic calculations. British Euroskepticism boils down to a visceral dislike of Brussels- the host of a number of European institutions and the EU's de facto capital- on the part of an ill-informed conservative minority that clings to an antiquated notion of national sovereignty. These sentiments are on display every day in the right wing tabloids...
(Hmm. Sound familiar. Wondering what presures the leader of the Tories is under (is Boehner watching?)
By caving in to the demands of the rightwing of his party, Cameron appears to be falling into the same trap that his fell into. Both Margaret Thatcher and John Major...were eventually thrown out of office as their party tore itself apart over the issue of European integration
Hmm. How about a Tony Blair quote transferred to Boehner? Blair=Pelosi?
In 1995, these divisions among the Conservatives led a young Labour opposition leader named Tony Blair to ridicule major on the House of Commons, scoffing, 'I lead my party; he follows his.'
Perhaps there's something in the air that drives radical elements of conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic to emulate the French Bourbons, learning nothing and forgetting nothing. Are there ways Progressives are as susceptible? They don't have the full fledged indoctrination of rightwing talk radio, Fox 24/7 spin, etc. Even MSNBC has 15 hours a week of Joe Scarborough.