REDEEMING CANAAN (via Lordmage):

Britons 'don't trust' government or EU: Only French have less faith in their rulers, survey shows (Ian Black, October 22, 2002, The Guardian)

Britons have an unusually high level of distrust in their own government as well as in EU institutions - about which they are more ignorant than people in any other member state, according to a survey.

The latest findings from Eurobarometer, the polling arm of the European commission, show that 33% of Britons tends to trust the government. Only France, where the figure was 30%, performs worse. Average trust in national government across the EU was 47%.

In its biannual survey of EU public opinion, Eurobarometer also found that questions about the EU generate more "don't know" answers among Britons than anyone else. "Don't know, don't understand and don't trust would appear to be the UK mantra when looking at theEU," said the report.

Unsurprisingly, a referendum on joining the single currency would produce a "no" result if it were staged now, with just 31% ready to scrap the pound for the euro.

From the day they stabbed the Iron Lady in the back the Tories have had their heads pressed against their prostates on this issue. They could retake Britain and establish an enduring identity if they'd adopt a British nationalist, Anglosphere-oriented, tax and government cutting platform and bang the thing like that gong in the old Ealing Studio movies.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 23, 2002 11:19 PM