User blog comment:Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali/English Politics Polls/@comment-26172435-20160307194618/@comment-26172435-20160308123619

Yet you were making an attempt, or it seemed to be one, at attacking me; yet you just supported me. Anyway, moving swiftly on.

That is not politics. It's lies; politicians may lie, but politics isn't about lying.

This is about England, so you said in effect that Norway was rich, so it wasn't a good comparison. Please, correct me on this; but did you not imply England was poor?

Discussion is not about attacking someone. It's an exchange of views. If someone states something that counters your views, do not interpret it as a personal attack.

Multi-party coalition politics is all about compromise. Multi-party elections is all about promises to the electorate. As the UK hasn't had many mutli-party coalitions, I figure you're not fully aware of the mechanism of compromise and the difficulty of political leadership and big mouths having to deal with that while governing. in a system where 2 big parties alternately have the majority in the decision making, it's quite easy not to break election promises. Now think again about how relevant it is to judge a party on the fact that it could not return on its promises. It's part of the deal in multi-party politics. My advice: primarily judge a party on its pinciples and programmes. Of course, personal competences and experience are also relevant ...

You used Norway as an example. I say that is not a useful one as Norway won't compare to most other European nations. Instead of jumping to conclusions, you can also just ask why I think that is the case ... so, Norway has such natural riches that it basically didn't need the EU. The ability of them to 'pump up' money ensured that they could 'choose' to not join the EU. It's the very 'nature' of their economy that made them stay out, while others joined. Now, the Norwegians are happy that they didn't lend their shoulders to carry more burden in the hard times of past decade and today ... while still profiting from a lot of treaties that make them part of the EU market .. without having a say in them.

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