The European Union
An American friend of mine was chatting to me last night about the EU and I was reminded of a discussion between Sir Humphrey and The Minister from 'Yes Minister'.
Sir Humphrey: Europe is a game played for national interests. Why do you suppose we [The UK] went into it?
The Minister: To strengthen the brotherhood of free western nations!
Sir Humphrey: We went in to screw the French by splitting them off from the Germans.
The Minister: Well why did the French go into it then?
Sir Humphrey: To protect their inefficient farmers from commercial competition.
The Minister: That certainly doesn't apply to the Germans!
Sir Humphrey: No they went in to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race.
Ahhh 70's political correctness.
I hope TechEd Europe is going well and am enjoying reading the blog posts.