Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Blue Yeti ·
Nov 3, 2011 at 4:55pm
James Delingpole, Britain's most dangerous podcaster returns with guests Brit bloggers Christopher Booker and Richard North. Listen in for the fascinating discussion of the future of the Euro (not particularly bright) and their thoughts on Britain's role in a reconfigured Europe. Also, don't miss Booker's spot on Winston Churchill impression. It rivals Peter Robinson's Reagan.
You can listen to the show below (direct link is here), but if you want it on your mobile device (caution, that's an iTunes link), you must be a member. Join today!
- Comment (15)
- · Quote
- · UnfollowFollow (0)
Comments :
Oct '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Right Across the Pond. I blame my upbringing but I cannot help but anticipate, after many of the dismal and depressing rants, that a cannon blast will shortly follow accompanied by Michael Palin.
Edited on Nov 3, 2011 at 5:07pmDec '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
I see that we mobile people are being weaned from our direct links. OK, I don't mind, if this is good for the cause, but I just want to understand, why? Does it benefit Ricochet, or the podcasters, if we subscribe to iTunes? I don't really want to subscribe to anything, but if there is a painless reason, I will.
Mar '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Hang on, CJ. I can't get the iTunes feed to work.
The Blue Yeti is playing us. Again.
Dec '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
If you click the link on the right of the main page it opens a page or tab with the embedded podcast and a direct link.
Jan '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
"(caution, that's an iTunes link)" Links to The Young Guns for me. Perhaps Talented Troy is the Blue Yeti. . .
Mar '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
It's all good now. Thanks Yeti!
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Sorry folks, launching a new podcast is always (James would say) a bit a of a dodgy affair.
I fixed the iTunes link. It should now download this show rather that The Young Guns.
And CJ, you are not being weaned from your direct links. Most people would rather listen to our shows through a subscription but direct links are fine too. The direct link for this show is now in the post.
May '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Thanks, James - an excellent pair of guests for this week. Booker is always good value and, as he says, Richard North's research is excellent. I'm not as happy with Richard's diagnosis - it seems to me that he's looking for a new explanation where the old one works really rather well.
If regulatory capture were really as effective as he implied, GM would not be on the ropes. It is not entirely ridiculous that all nation's auto industries use similar safety standards for rear view mirrors, because that eliminates part of the scope for mutual certification. The problem is degree, not kind. The single market became the excuse for standardising fruit, vegetables, sausages - all sorts of things that consumers classify for themselves anyway, but the excuse was that the standards facilitated free trade - true, but not at that level of detail!
My conclusion is that the traditional conservative view of the small, limited state, with mechanisms to constrain it is what is needed, not more fear of corporations, of them and us. That sounds a little too OWS for my taste.
Anyway, thanks for the podcast.
(and the people tweeted AMEN :)
Jun '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
I'm enjoying this so far. I love to listen to Brits who are actually conservative. Having worked with many during my time living abroad, it was hard to find a single one that seemed conservative. I will say that out of all the Europeans I know, Brits have usually been the most vocal against the EU. My favorite comment was from a Scot who said "European Union is an oxymoron."
Also, I know that I don't have a good grasp of how much sovereignty has truly been lost amongst the EU member states, but I do feel that James and his compatriots paint a rosier picture of federalism and states' rights in the U.S. than a lot of us here are feeling these days, I'm sure. Yes? No?
Edited on Nov 3, 2011 at 7:44pmJul '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Your example of GM may be correct, but large and medium-to-large companies/corporations here in the US have been using regulations as a weapon against their smaller competitors for years. Often, these are expanded EPA regs. They know they can absorb the cost of those regs they lobby for while their smaller competitors cannot. Indeed, as Dr. North mentioned, in some cases the bases of these regs may already be part of their operating/manufacturing procedures. I had not considered the idea of marketing/advertising costs vs. increased regulations before, but this could be a factor. In any event, it's a nasty, ugly game and we consumers are the losers.
Mar '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
I would recommend Booker & North's excellent book, The Great Deception. It is an extraordinary expose not so much of evil intent, but of hundreds of politicians and statespeople almost wilfully blinding themselves to what was bleedingly obvious all along: that the European Union is a profoundly undemocratic body which, by its very structure, was predestined for a slow strangulation by bureaucratic sclerosis.
Perhaps the book should have been called The Great Delusion.
Feb '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
After the French scuttled the British application to the Common Market in 1963, my ancient eleventh grade history teacher announced something like "You must understand the significance of what just happened. We have seen the end of Britain."
My gut told me quite the opposite, but I didn't have the tools to make an argument.
Edited on Nov 3, 2011 at 11:27pmMay '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
barbara lydick
Your example of GM may be correct, but large and medium-to-large companies/corporations here in the US have been using regulations as a weapon against their smaller competitors for years. Often, these are expanded EPA regs. They know they can absorb the cost of those regs they lobby for while their smaller competitors cannot.
I agree absolutely - but the solution is to constrain the opportunity by bringing regulators under clearer political control, and increasing the transparency of the process (fewer regulations!). "They" will quickly lose their cohesion, and Richard's "Us vs Them" scenario loses its sting.
May '10
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
Here is my favorite article by Mark Steyn concerning the EU and the Euro.
Two salient points:
The ideal of a united Europe was born from fear of war. The EU's collapse will ensure that war (or, rather, many wars).
At least in America citizens have guns with which to defend ourselves.
May '11
Re: Radio Free Delingpole #2: Euro Is A Four Letter Word
iTunes link to episode 2 isn't working- it just links to the homepage. This seems to be happening with some of the others also.