Crikey - you're good at history. Message from England - we hope Leaving will make it fairer for Commonwealth people to come here xxxx h
Crikey - you're good at history. Message from England - we hope Leaving will make it fairer for Commonwealth people to come here xxxx h
Kwesi Sakyi 7 years ago
Yeah, guess so. May be the Commonwealth ties will be strengthened as membership in the EU has emasculated and stifled Commonwealth relations and bonds.
Yeah, guess so. May be the Commonwealth ties will be strengthened as membership in the EU has emasculated and stifled Commonwealth relations and bonds.
Kweku Donsuro 7 years ago
The late Prof. Atta Mills said 'Dzi wo fie as3m".
The late Prof. Atta Mills said 'Dzi wo fie as3m".
Nsia 7 years ago
The whole European Project was based on lies as Robert Schuman [founder] summed up. Do not tell the electorates the truth,before they realise, we have already formed The United States of Europe. Ted Heath, lied to the Brits o ... read full comment
The whole European Project was based on lies as Robert Schuman [founder] summed up. Do not tell the electorates the truth,before they realise, we have already formed The United States of Europe. Ted Heath, lied to the Brits on the fisheries policy. John Major, cocked-up in 1992 on the social charter. His bogus opt-out only lasted 7 years and the full force kicked in. UK chips in 17 billion euro a year and only gets 6 billion back through rebates. A net loss of 11 billion euros. Poland on the other hand, pays in 4 billion euros a year and reaps in 17 billion euro a year. No wonder they are so enthusiastic about it. It is dreadfully bad for former British colonies. You have displayed your competence as a good teacher.
Otublohum 7 years ago
God have mercy! Such a wilfull, most pathetic display of colonial mentality clothed in flowery, plaguiarized incoherence.
God have mercy! Such a wilfull, most pathetic display of colonial mentality clothed in flowery, plaguiarized incoherence.
Okonko Palm 7 years ago
The EU regulations,directives,decisions,recommendations and opinions are all geared towards European advantage and objectives at the expense of Africa and the commonwealth.It is the Commonwealth and Africa which made Britain ... read full comment
The EU regulations,directives,decisions,recommendations and opinions are all geared towards European advantage and objectives at the expense of Africa and the commonwealth.It is the Commonwealth and Africa which made Britain great and breaking away from the EU will revive that union.
Whereas the brave commonwealth who fought side by side with Britain had been relegated to the background,members of the EU just walk into Britain and take jobs from especially Africans.The Caucasian solidarity makes that discrimination easy.
Now some British recognize that it is better to get back to its roots and trade with the rest of the world instead of the monopoly of EU and their self interest at the expense of the commonwealth and the rest of the world,that must be a good thing.
KKD 7 years ago
Nnenyi, you have failed to answer your own questions. Your piece is meant to tell us the implications of Britain leaving the EU on Ghana and Africa. But you have said absolutely nothing about that.
Besides, the piece cont ... read full comment
Nnenyi, you have failed to answer your own questions. Your piece is meant to tell us the implications of Britain leaving the EU on Ghana and Africa. But you have said absolutely nothing about that.
Besides, the piece contains some factual errors. You said the EEC succeeded EFTA. That is not true. The EEC came out of the Rome Treaty of 1957. EFTA was formed as an alternative to the EEC in May 1960.
Benelux was a weak politico-economic union of three countries formed towards the end of the last big war.
You said that Woodrow Wilson ("He kept us out of the war") was instrumental in forming the League of Nations after the First World War but you didn't say why the USA kept out of the League of Nations.
And you don't seem to be aware of why the UK was not a founding member of the EEC. Charles de Gaulle, who got a lot of help from London during the war, was determined that the UK would not be a member of the EEC.
Your article also didn't talk about why the UK chose to keep itself out of Schengen and the euro, two moves that would have had a lot of implications for Ghana and Africa.
The UK joined the EEC in January 1793. Sakyi, you were in Training College or teaching by then. On the official date of the UK joining the EEC, Daily Graphic and The Ghanaian Times carried lots of articles on the move. I remember that day till today as both papers were full of different articles. I don't know if you remember that day, Kwesi. Two years after the UK joined the EEC, you and I entered Legon to study Economics, together with Aryeetey who is now the outgoing Chancellor of the University.
Now the UK will vote on June 23rd. The conditions of the world today are far different from 1973 when the Kingdom joined the EEC. The implications for Ghana and Africa, I think, will be less than in 1973. One will talk about the ACP and other contractual agreements African countries, singly or in combination, have with the EU. In the case of the Commonwealth countries, something more, but not much, can be added. The Commonwealth is today more cultural and historical than economic.
Anyway, this is a big topic you could have done better justice to. But it's great you're talking of something more relevant than the usual fare on ghanaweb.
Nsia 7 years ago
I stopped reading your comment when I got to this stage...
The UK joined the EEC in January 1793.
Well, the UK did not exist in 1793.
I stopped reading your comment when I got to this stage...
The UK joined the EEC in January 1793.
Well, the UK did not exist in 1793.
Kwesi Sakyi 7 years ago
I suspect you are Safo-Duah. Whoever you are, you know me very well. I deliberately left out certain facts on why Woodrow Wilson did not let the USA join the League of Nations. The US Congress did not root for him as they saw ... read full comment
I suspect you are Safo-Duah. Whoever you are, you know me very well. I deliberately left out certain facts on why Woodrow Wilson did not let the USA join the League of Nations. The US Congress did not root for him as they saw it as his pet project, being a professor of public administration and international relations. If you had critically evaluated the questions I posed, especially at the end, you would have seen that I had touched on what pulling out or staying will do to China, Africa, and the Commonwealth. Being an Anglophile, I did not want to discuss the outcome because I do not want to prejudge or by my article sway anybody because the British know better. You have to be cautious when dealing with a sensitive topic. Knowing me as I am, I could have written volumes. I used the words sub-judice and moot. So take note.
Crikey - you're good at history. Message from England - we hope Leaving will make it fairer for Commonwealth people to come here xxxx h
Yeah, guess so. May be the Commonwealth ties will be strengthened as membership in the EU has emasculated and stifled Commonwealth relations and bonds.
The late Prof. Atta Mills said 'Dzi wo fie as3m".
The whole European Project was based on lies as Robert Schuman [founder] summed up. Do not tell the electorates the truth,before they realise, we have already formed The United States of Europe. Ted Heath, lied to the Brits o ...
read full comment
God have mercy! Such a wilfull, most pathetic display of colonial mentality clothed in flowery, plaguiarized incoherence.
The EU regulations,directives,decisions,recommendations and opinions are all geared towards European advantage and objectives at the expense of Africa and the commonwealth.It is the Commonwealth and Africa which made Britain ...
read full comment
Nnenyi, you have failed to answer your own questions. Your piece is meant to tell us the implications of Britain leaving the EU on Ghana and Africa. But you have said absolutely nothing about that.
Besides, the piece cont ...
read full comment
I stopped reading your comment when I got to this stage...
The UK joined the EEC in January 1793.
Well, the UK did not exist in 1793.
I suspect you are Safo-Duah. Whoever you are, you know me very well. I deliberately left out certain facts on why Woodrow Wilson did not let the USA join the League of Nations. The US Congress did not root for him as they saw ...
read full comment