An interesting article in Spiegel pointing out that 'Mutti' Merkel is adrift in a sea of conflicting tides. For the moment, she paddles on but with no navigators or compasses or even a crew, the ship of state is going in circles. If you are an EU admirer you should be worried because, of course, she is not only 'the dear leader' of Germany but of the whole ramshackle edifice that is the 'United States of Europe'. She is in desperate need of some 'ship's officers' to join her on the bridge but none of them seem at all willing, so both Germany and Europe are drifting. I did pick up a story to the effect that she had her eye on leaving German politics and taking over from 'Junck the Drunk' as the 'Gauleiter of zee Neu Europa'. If only for historical reasons, I can't see the eastern Europeans taking too kindly to that, and the fact that she threw open the doors to mass Muslim immigration will not improve her popularity. Personally, I would welcome it because I prefer open honesty to secret truths. The European Union was, is and always will be, "a German racket", as the late, great Nicholas Ridley put it decades ago, so the quicker the EU has a German Königin the better, and then we can call it by its proper name: das Neue Deutsche Reich.
WARNING: Stand by for incoming 'SoD' - God help us!
Is this the first funny?
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 09:40
Is this the first funny?
May well be BoE. But whatever you do don't mention "The Ashes".
Sorry Duffers.
Posted by: AussieD | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 09:53
Mutti Merkel is a threat to German and European security. So is the EU.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/18/eu-white-mass-migration-norm/
Posted by: Whitewall | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 13:23
And from which of the great power states might the east European and Nordic states have preferred the next EU president to come from - if that state had remained in the EU?
Dave Cam could've got the job - and what a poke in the eye for Junck-the-Drunk and the Kaiserin that would've been! The very bloke Junck thought he'd got one over on by getting elected against his - Dave's - wishes. And now Dave gets revenge by taking the top job off him and steering the EU in a different direction, thereby reversing all Junck's "achievements"!
There was (and still is) a counter-Franco-German powerbase crying out for leadership from one of the great powers in a rightwards direction. And the Kaiserin was and is flat on her bumzen, her French poodle helpless by her side.
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory after 40 years of patient stalking.
Flippin' incredible missed opportunity.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 14:31
File under "Clutching at straws"
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 15:04
Highly unlikely that Dim Dave would have the wherewithal to steer the EU anywhere but where its already going.
You know turds, when they are circling the pan, they take a heck of a lot of steering to change direction!
Posted by: Cuffleyburgers | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 17:04
Ooooh, even the DT has published it!
How's that "will of the people" (dread words) thing going for ya these days? ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/17/half-britons-now-want-stay-eu-poll-finds-biggest-gap-since-referendum/
Never heard of it, what ya talkin' about, you say?!
And it reveals how you nicked it, yes, nicked it ...
"However, readers should note that digging deeper into the data reveals that this shift has come predominantly from those who did not actually vote in the 2016 referendum, with around nine in 10 Leave and Remain voters still unchanged in their view."
All the kiddos had better things to do, like cavorting around in the mud and bodily fluids in Glastonbury. And the rest thought everyone else would do the job for them so it would be a forgone conclusion. So they didn't bother to vote - and you slunk in there and nicked it!
You're very, very naughty Brexit boys and girls. String belts and braces off, remove straw from corner of mouth, and over my knee for a good old fashioned 20th century hiding.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 17:17
The new German Reich has economically bought a new middle class throughout the EU and they now occupy Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne without a fight. The frogs gave in very quickly as usual, surprised at the Belgiums!
According to Mrs May the Russians are still the common enemy of the West.
Let us wait and see the outcome of the negotiations and who the real enemy is.
Posted by: jimmy glesga | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 21:57
Look here, you lot could've teamed up with these boys, the new "pro-EU extreme right", and maybe compared your 45 degree right arm salutes at the same time ...
https://www.ft.com/content/a6ccd516-e3ce-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 18 December 2017 at 22:28
Your problem SoD, is that you want the UK to be allied with somebody to oppose somebody else. I voted for Brexit as a first step to disentangling ourselves from all alliances. No more French wars and no more American wars.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 10:03