Obama: It's in the interest of the United States that Britain remains in the EU

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Former foreign secretary Lord Hague has defended Barack Obama's right to make clear during his visit to Britain later this week that it is "unambiguously" in American interests for the UK to remain in the European Union.

Prominent Brexiteers have insisted the US president should not intervene in the campaign for the June 23 referendum on EU membership, with London Mayor Boris Johnson suggesting it would be "hypocritical" for Mr Obama to urge the UK to remain in a multi-national bloc of a kind which the USA would not join.

But Lord Hague said Mr Obama is "entitled" to voice his concerns about the impact of UK withdrawal from the EU during the two-day visit, and said it would be wrong for British politicians to be "precious and sensitive" about it.

Writing in The Telegraph, the former Cabinet minister said: "The president has the right wherever he is to explain what is in the interests of the United States of America. And since the US is our one indispensable ally, our biggest single trading partner and the ultimate guarantor of our security, its interests matter to everyone in Britain whether we like it or not.

When Obama gives his hint, nudge, direct appeal or whatever he chooses to say on Friday, it will not be on some vague basis that it would be handy if Europe had one phone number. His comments will reflect the analysis of all the foreign policy advisers to this Democrat administration, and indeed to the previous Republican one, that it is, unambiguously, in the interests of the United States that Britain stays in the EU."
 


Yankee Go Home!!!!!!! Why doesn't Dave go over to the States and start educating our closest allies about human rights, like internment without trial, judicial murder, or gay rights?

Obama has no right to come over here and preach about federalism . He is citing the graves of 10s of thousands of his fellow countrymen dying to defend Europe, absolute bollocks they died to help line the pockets of American industrialists , and bankers, whilst imposing Roosevelts anti imperialist policies on the rest of the world.
 
ouro said:
Yes, I will be. It is fuck all to do with either of them and they should keep it shut.
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Would you also advocate the withdrawal of all foreign embassies from the UK and the withdrawal of all our embassies and high commissions from all 200 plus countries round the world? Given that apparently one country discussing and advising another country on matters that affect them both is something that must not happen.
 
Cockney Mackem said:
Would you also advocate the withdrawal of all foreign embassies from the UK and the withdrawal of all our embassies and high commissions from all 200 plus countries round the world? Given that apparently one country discussing and advising another country on matters that affect them both is something that must not happen.
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No, they can stay and confine their comments to fellow politicians behind closed doors. If they start lecturing the electorate of foreign nations I wouldn't be surprised if they were pelted with rotten fruit. Or hacked to bits like Gordon of Khartoum.
 
He's hasn't even got the slightest clue what the EU is about.

On the bright side, at least he hasn't bombed us to get his point across.
 
ouro said:
Yes, I will be. It is fuck all to do with either of them and they should keep it shut.
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Why should they? They are commenting on what they believe is best for them not for us. It's up to us to make the decision for what is best for us. But they have every right to comment.
 
ouro said:
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No, they can stay and confine their comments to fellow politicians behind closed doors. If they start lecturing the electorate of foreign nations I wouldn't be surprised if they were pelted with rotten fruit. Or hacked to bits like Gordon of Khartoum.
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Are the politicians deciding on this or is it the electorate?
 
He's acting in the best interests of his country - can't blame any President for doing that.

It's a bit rich to expect him to skirt the issue when he's on UK soil visiting the Prime Minister. There are some right sanctimonious morons on the Brexit campaign who've offered no concrete evidence that we'd be better off outside of the EU, all they ever say is "trade deal!, trade deal!"... aye because negotiating a trade deal with a block of countries we've just screwed over will be a walk in the park.
 
Mainze said:
He's hasn't even got the slightest clue what the EU is about.

On the bright side, at least he hasn't bombed us to get his point across.
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He'll be getting the rockets polished about two weeks before the referendum.

Andy_Roker1983 said:
Whatever side of the fence your on you have to agree that it's fuck all to do with him, the cheeky bastard!
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100%... Why can't we just have the two sides giving us the benefits of being in or out instead of rolling out the celebrities and world leaders. The world leaders being the worst as it has fuck all to do with them!

I still believe that if we vote to leave, we'll still be swindled out of it... I don't trust Cameron and his kronies one iota!
 
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pedro_1879 said:
He's acting in the best interests of his country - can't blame any President for doing that.

It's a bit rich to expect him to skirt the issue when he's on UK soil visiting the Prime Minister. There are some right sanctimonious morons on the Brexit campaign who've offered no concrete evidence that we'd be better off outside of the EU, all they ever say is "trade deal!, trade deal!"... aye because negotiating a trade deal with a block of countries we've just screwed over will be a walk in the park.
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Whereas the remain campaign are all about mutual respect...
 

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