Obligatory gloat at the fate of enthusiasts for the euro
Hidden away in a rather heartening (unless you have the surname 'Blair') YouGov poll in the 'graph is this call and response:
"Which...of the following would you judge to have been Mr Blair's greatest failures?"
"Failing to take Britain into the euro" - 6%
Granted other more popular options included the likes of the sitting, comatose and klieg-lit ducks that are immigration, crime and Iraq, but I'm struggling to wonder just what is going on in the heads of that unreconciled 6%. Meanwhile, the other 94% might find Britain in Europe's Sunset Boulevard webpage of a Parthian shot worth the click.
"Which...of the following would you judge to have been Mr Blair's greatest failures?"
"Failing to take Britain into the euro" - 6%
Granted other more popular options included the likes of the sitting, comatose and klieg-lit ducks that are immigration, crime and Iraq, but I'm struggling to wonder just what is going on in the heads of that unreconciled 6%. Meanwhile, the other 94% might find Britain in Europe's Sunset Boulevard webpage of a Parthian shot worth the click.
Labels: EU fun and games, Mr Tony, opinion polls
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You set the bar a bit high for me with Parthian C . Some sort of metaphor about empire ?
"The power of the early Parthian empire seems to have been overestimated by some ... In 139 BC, the Parthian king Mithridates I captured ......."
Said Parthians were noted for apparently riding away from the field of battle, and then turning to let fly a volley of arrows.
Opinions differ as to whether 'parting shot' is derived from 'Parthian shot'.
Oh I do seem to faintly recall something of the sort.
'Most writers believe that this expression is a distortion of 'Parthian shot,' although there is no firm evidence to support this etymology. ...'
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