Proud Liberal Democrat, staunch remainer, but enjoy debating with (sensible) leave supporters. Views are my own
Dec 21, 2017 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
I think it’s high time we talked about the supposed ‘EU Army’. During the referendum campaign, this was one of the key arguments deployed by the leave campaign. 1/
In December 2017, 25 nation states formally signed up to the PESCO pact on defence integration. Unsurprisingly, this prompted cries of ‘I told you so’ from leave supporters - possibly the only chance they’ve been able to do this since the referendum. 2/
Nov 27, 2017 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
There have been a few occasions recently that I’ve been presented with the argument that ‘the EU wasn’t responsible for peace in Europe, that was NATO’, so rather than having to explain every time why this argument is wrong, I thought I’d make a quick thread to refer back to. 1/
NATO is a military alliance that was set up in 1949 to provide security for Western states against the growing threat of the USSR. It included European and North American states. It was not concerned with the relationships between European nations. 2/
