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EU Tyrant 'Most Powerful Man in UK'

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Now now, answer your own question first!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Rupert Murdoch came second... Interesting.

    But the director of Liberty got in too?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    "Tyrant"?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    "Tyrant"?


    unelected
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not the same thing.

    And he is elected.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What sort of people vote in Radio 4 polls anyway ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Born Slippy wrote:
    ap_barroso_jintao_eu_china_210_eng_15jul05.jpg

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4574968.stm

    This is interesting. Your views?

    What's interesting about that? The notion of Barroso as the most powerful man in the UK is clearly delusional.

    All that poll demostrates is a worrying level of ignorance.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    And he is elected.

    Who by? EU heads of commission are appointed in a horse trade between the various member states - not a whiff of the ballot box about it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Certainly no vote in the Uk for him was there, yet he has some kind of power over our nation? bizzare!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lots of people have power that no one voted for.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Blagsta wrote:
    Lots of people have power that no one voted for.
    The entire civil service, i guess.

    Oh well, he's hardly a tyrants.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was thinking more of the people with the real power - big business, banks etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And the fucking Royal Family.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    NQA wrote:
    Who by? EU heads of commission are appointed in a horse trade between the various member states - not a whiff of the ballot box about it.

    Except the ballot box which put them into place.

    I was careful to avoid suggesting that "the people" voted for him directly, but we do vote for the people who appointed him.

    I'm still not sure why the expression "tyrant" was used though...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    I'm still not sure why the expression "tyrant" was used though...
    Because Born Slippy is quite partial about making completely irrelevant, bullshit statements out of thread titles when talking about something.

    The 'Bob Geldolf set to join the Tories' thread title is another example.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Blagsta wrote:
    I was thinking more of the people with the real power - big business, banks etc.

    Yes, but they are thankfully still slightly regulated in the UK. Nowhere near enough, and htey can still get away with murder, but hey. Welcome to Capitalism - we chose it, we get run by businesses.
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