Wonderful analogy! At the moment I'm caught between two extremes, on one hand I've lost interest in what the government and opposition are doing with the country because nothing ever seems to change but on the other hand the personalities and political conniving are fascinating.
We've been a thorn in their side since Thatcher. God knows the insults that Mitterand, Chirac, Santer, Prodi et al have thrown at us over the years because of our bloody-minded intransigence on EU matters.
Yes, he's had a little bit of success but not enough to persuade any 'out' voters to switch to 'in'. And I think it's for two reasons:
1. The rest of the EU are fed up with the UK's demands, our annoying habit of not pulling the party line and not being in the Euro so they are not being as...