YET MORE EUROPEAN NONSENSE.

I understand that tomorrow is designated 'Europe Day' and never having heard of this before, I've had a look for information about it.

Apparently, it's "an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe", however and very perversely, there are 2 separate days designated. The Council of Europe uses 5th May, while the European Union uses 9th May, surely a demonstration of perfect disunity if ever there was one.

The reason this useless and irrelevant day of celebration has hit the news is that the Government has decided NOT to fly the EU flag over Downing Street tomorrow, unlike previous years. The Treasury and Foreign Office have also decided not to fly the European flag, though the department run by the Europhile Vince Cable, the Department for Business, will continue to kowtow to our masters in Brussels.

It seems that EU regulations require departments managing 'EU structural funds' to fly the flag on 9th May; this means that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have NO CHOICE and must fly the flag. Other government departments and offices can choose to fly the flag, or not, as they wish; national governments are, however, encouraged to observe the day and it's become 'a tradition' that the flag is flown. 'Tradition' in this sense seems to be anything that's been done for 2 or 3 years.

Europe actually makes me want to vomit. 'Europe' is a continental mass containing numerous discreet, independent nations, not a single national entity as some wish to make it. Working more closely together on some matters makes sense, but economic and political union does not; the very existence of the European Union, in its current and ever-expanding role, is detrimental to our well-being. While grotesquely overpaid Euro-politicians and civil servants ride the gravy train, the rest of us struggle with the economic and other consequences of their lunatic actions. The single currency, the Euro, is in meltdown as the economies of country after country crumble under the unrealistic burden of economic union; the European courts hand down ludicrous and highly contentious judgements based more on personal prejudices than on sensible interpretations of any known laws.

Worst of all, this invented organisation tries to pretend it's a real country; it adopts a flag and expects its member nations to fly this proudly from their rooftops to confirm their allegiance to all of this nonsense. What a waste of money, time and effort. At least, for the moment, our Government has decided, mostly, not to participate in this charade; perhaps we will eventually be given the opportunity to give the EU the boot in a referendum. If Scotland can have a referendum on independence from the UK, why can't the rest of the UK have one on independence from the EU ? It would surely be much simpler to disentangle the UK from the EU than Scotland from England.