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John Bull says...

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Cameron is talking about "drawing a line in the sand" in this EU affair. But picture this: Imagine a beach with a fuck off line down the middle. On one side are a bunch of foreigners, eating their horrible greasy food stuffed full of garlic, speaking their stupid languages. On the other are English people, playing cricket, talking about the weather and eating roast beef and yorkshire pudding, followed by jam roly poly with custard.

Now.. wouldn't you rather this line in the sand was a fuck off trench? Full of fucking snakes!

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Interesting point, John. I think I understand the metaphor: you want to build a trench between us and Europe, and to fill it with snakes.

I can't really agree though; there is already a sea between us and Europe, which is essentially a trench full of water - as opposed to snakes. What you seem to be suggesting is for us to remove the water from the sea and replace it with snakes, which seems an extreme step for very little reward. Better to leave things as they are.

Having said that, I'm reliably informed that William Hague and you are of the same mind.