Some of my colleagues were rather upset by the attack on British Conservaties in general, and Martin Callanan, Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in particular, by EU Commission president Manuel Barroso.
Personally I felt that Barroso's attacks on Martin and my colleagues were too silly to be worth getting upset about. And the chances of it losing the Conservatives any votes are somewhere between slim and none - most floating voters will not have picked up his remarks at all. And of those who do there will probably be as many who think getting attacked by the head of the commission indicates that your criticisms have hit a raw nerve as those who think this is something to be worried about.
He accused "Eurosceptics" of wanting Europe "back in the trenches" and delighting in Europe's difficulties.
No. Euro-phobes are the people who cheer when things go wrong in Europe and want to to back to the trenches.
Euro-sceptics are the people who put forward constructive criticism.
What did sadden me is that Manuel Barroso's inability to see the difference between Conservative and UKIP policies suggests he has lost sight of the difference. Which is not a good place for the head of the european civil service to be.
Personally I felt that Barroso's attacks on Martin and my colleagues were too silly to be worth getting upset about. And the chances of it losing the Conservatives any votes are somewhere between slim and none - most floating voters will not have picked up his remarks at all. And of those who do there will probably be as many who think getting attacked by the head of the commission indicates that your criticisms have hit a raw nerve as those who think this is something to be worried about.
He accused "Eurosceptics" of wanting Europe "back in the trenches" and delighting in Europe's difficulties.
No. Euro-phobes are the people who cheer when things go wrong in Europe and want to to back to the trenches.
Euro-sceptics are the people who put forward constructive criticism.
What did sadden me is that Manuel Barroso's inability to see the difference between Conservative and UKIP policies suggests he has lost sight of the difference. Which is not a good place for the head of the european civil service to be.
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