Well, to be honest, it depends who you listen to. And that is the problem. There are various interpretations of what the
UK could and could not do.
But our prime minister David Cameron has said claims the UK
would not be able to block Turkey joining the EU are "very
misleading", insisting the UK retains a veto. So he didn’t say it wasn’t true. Just very misleading.
Something is either misleading or it’s not. So to be very misleading says something
different. It’s saying, well, it’s partially
not misleading but substantially it is very misleading. So, what are the bits that are not
misleading? It is usually just a useful
phrase for not telling the truth.
Defence minister Penny Mordaunt said the migrant crisis
would hasten talks over Turkey's EU bid and the UK was powerless to stop it. The EU referendum was the "only
chance" for the UK to have its say, she said.
It would be "literally decades" before Turkey was
ready to join, Mr Cameron retorted. But
when has that stopped the EU doing something before it was ready and right to
do so? Let’s see, the EURO, yip, that was
one. That ended in a shambles and unemployment
and poverty for millions across the euro zone, though not in the UK as you may have noticed.
Encouraging the Ukraine to look to joining the EU and wave a
red matadors cape at Moscow? Yip that was
another. I could go on. Not a particularly good track record one would
have to say.
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