Some thoughts on Europe

So, with the core of European Union steaming onwards towards integration, sensibly abandoning the UK behind it, I'm curious as to where that leavesus. Lagging along behind the rest of the EU? Or deciding that being half in and half out of an organisation is just ridiculous, and so off to join
the European Free Trade Association?

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Thinking about Europe

So, with the core of European Union steaming onwards towards integration, sensibly abandoning the UK behind it, I'm curious as to where that leaves us. Lagging along behind the rest of the EU? Or deciding that being half in and half out of an organisation is just ridiculous, and so off to join the European Free Trade Association?

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Interesting Links for 09-12-2011

• This is pretty much how I feel about wine-tasting and whisky-tasting.
  (tags: drinking alcohol tea experience )
• Scotland’s Hurricane Bawbag raises Twitter storm
  (tags: twitter weather wind scotland funny )
• Star Wars vs Star Trek: An Objective Analysis
  (tags: StarWars StarTrek funny )
• The Biggest Star Wars Plot Hole, Explained By Science!
  (tags: StarWars )
• You've Probably Read Enough
  (tags: reading doing motivation )
• First realistic 3D reconstruction of a brain circuit
  (tags: brains neuroscience )
• TWO giant pandas were very drunk within 15 minutes of arriving in Scotland, it has emerged.
  (tags: scotland edinburgh panda zoo )
• Occupy protesters talk reform with the head of the FSA
  (tags: finance occupy banking fsa )
• Women to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines
  (tags: navy submarine women uk )
• A full addon pack for Defense Grid - with GladOS! Glee!
  (tags: DefenseGrid GlasOD Portal awesome games )
• SF to be first city in US history to set minimum wage over $10
  (tags: sanfrancisco wages usa minimumwage )
• France and Germany urge common corporation and financial taxes
  (tags: tax euro europe )
• The truth about supermarket 'bargains'
  (tags: business shopping supermarket uk )
• High school senior kills cancer with nanotech, still can't legally drink
  Personally, I think anyone that kills cancer should be given special drinking dispensation. Although their brains should also be classified as national treasures, and protected from alcohol at all costs.
  (tags: cancer science research )