Here is a YouTube clip showing how the Euro-grandees responded to the pro-referendum demonstration which I blogged about in December.
You can see the Liberal leader, Graham Watson claiming that the sceptics behaviour recalls the actions of the Communists in the Russian Diet and the National Socialists in the German Reichstag. (Can this be the same Graham Watson who claimed that my own far more discreet reference to the Enabling Act plumbs new depths in UK-EU relations and in the Tories approach to democracy in the EU?) And you can see the Socialist leader Martin Shulz saying that the sceptics made him think of Adolf Hitler. (Can this be the same Martin Shulz who said I should have no home on the European Parliament?)
Ive always been of the view that references to the Nazi era should be made, as the Common Prayer Book says of marriage, reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly. Ive explained why before in this blog. Even so, I find myself attacked on all sides for making even the most tangential and qualified reference. So why does no one criticise the Watsons and Shulzes who habitually dismiss their opponents as Hiterlites?
Hypocracy reigns in the EU portals, it is clear! In my opinion, Watson and Shulz should be formally warned about their crass and offensive comments. I read earlier today that a German Socialist MP, Christel Wegner, said it would be 'useful to have the Stasi back to deal with (Conservative) reactionary forces' I believe she has been rightly condemned by the German authorities for her inflammatory and dangerous opinion. Unbelievable that someone can become an MP harbouring such dangerous beliefs.
Crabfat11:25 AM CST