Thoughts

The Grit in the Oyster: Britain’s relationship with the European Union

The UK Government recently published the first of a two part rapid review of EU competencies which followed David Cameron’s January commitment to an ‘in-out’ referendum on Britain’s continued EU membership.

Reading the Summary Reports I was oddly reminded of a scene from the film The Last King of Scotland. Dr. Nicholas Garrigan a young Scottish doctor has found himself unwitting counsel to the Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin and is being asked why he didn’t advise him not to expel the Asian community from the country, with all the catastrophic consequences that followed. Garrigan responds by saying he did tell him, whereupon Amin bellows back to his face “Yes you did tell me, but you did not persuade me!” Read More »