The cheek of it

ALDE group leader, Graham Watson MEP, yesterday declared that Declan Ganley "should return to the political hinterland from whence he came". Ignoring his xenophobia against Hinterlanders, this is an almightily cheeky challenge, for Mr Watson is a Liberal Democrat. That's the party that came fourth in the last EU elections. Not first, not second, not third, but fourth, behind UKIP. That's right, Graham, you are less popular than Robert Kilroy-Silk.

What's more, even the Lib Dem voters don't really like Mr Watson's rabid support for the abolition of Britain and absorption into a Euro super-state; nearly a third of them dumped the Lib Dems in the last EU election, compared to their General Election result. So from what pinnacle of public support does Graham Watson think he can safely attack Libertas?

But we can forgive him. He's bound to be scared of us, because he is exactly the kind of Brussels elite that we are campaigning against. You know, the ones who see that the French, Dutch and Irish all said 'No' to the Constitution but continue in their unrelenting support for it anyway. 

Last month, for those who don't know, the ever-so-popular Graham Watson launched his campaign to become the next President of the European Parliament. Is he looking to tackle all of the problems of the EU as part of his proposed Presidency? Apparently not...

Watson said that one of the challenges facing parliament in the upcoming European elections was to “stymie” critics of the institution...

I had to look up 'stymie' to see if it had an alternative meaning, but no, the dictionary defines it as 'to hinder or foil'. So Graham's big plan is not to do anything about the massive problems of the EU or to tackle the concerns of the vast majority of British voters, but to hinder or foil critics of the EU. Astonishing, but true. I doubt that this is what the Liberal Democrats and ALDE group really want from their leader.

If, unlike Graham, you want a better EU, then Libertas is waiting in the hinterland for your vote.