Daniel Hannan MEP: EU hypocrisy over national self-determination

Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England, gives a speech on the 10th March 2009 in the Strasbourg European Parliament.

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[joec1090]

I can't believe this guy - he's an absolute legend!! He is one of the few Tory's left that still display common sense.

Get him in as PM asap I say.

[rlake76]

OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake America

[TheDougass]

why aren't those seats completely filled?

[wtfjaftw]

@TheBarcelona42 Same thing with Ron Paul for America lmao

[TheBarcelona42]

Why isn't this man our Prime Minister? The only one amongst the current shower of Conservative MPs with bottle or courage of his convictions. One day the UK will have to leave the European Union, thanks to people like him, and Nigel Farage of UKIP.

[tothemax01]

@zentrallondon The nations already live together in one place, its called the world. Secondly, as history and logic attests, you are not going to maintain a constant state of having many nations occupying the same space indefinitely. If you look at Sth America, Sth Africa, Asia, any situation in which many nations have to live side-by-side means constant conflict and national dissolution. Japan (my fav country) has a homogeneous population, and has next to no violent crime; note contrast to US.

[zentrallondon]

@tothemax01 i understan your point, it is difficult subject and a lot of poeple are trying to be politically correct. I think if you born here you can claim the nationality, i think there is a strong bond with the place you were born. Even if your parents are imigrants. I understand that a lot of you can be angry due to multi cultular experiment you can see in UK, but i kind of like the idea of different nations living together in one place, maybe that is the future, without wars and terror?

[tothemax01]

@zentrallondon Well OK define British? There is no real definition. Anyone can move from anywhere in the world to great britain, and you have no right to say he is any less british than someone who's whole family has been born in britain for the last 100 years (because that would be a racist statement). Hence 'British' is a meaningless concept, perhaps only meaning 'a human who is currently physically located on the big islands just to the west of Europe'.

[zentrallondon]

@tothemax01 because you are saying nonsene like '' there is no such a thing like british'' that can mean only rasict ex-imperial mentality. What were you trying to say?

Midlands and the real british ''Bold heavy weight guys with cheesy tatoos, and girls with teath problem and the same dress code'' i prefere London seriously.

[tothemax01]

@zentrallondon Whaa? I don't really get your comment. And why is "white" in quotation marks? And what does the disturbingness of the midlands have to do with anything?

[zentrallondon]

@tothemax01 what are you talking about? The midlands are full of ''white'' british( i am sure this is what you mean), and i must say, the most disturbing place in the whole UK....

[jrobertsoneff]

@tothemax01 Its more like the empire has gone and it remains in a state.