editorial cartoons

In the lead-up to the debate over the ratification of the new EU constitutional treaty, Britain could well be the country which holds up "progress" to wards a more cohesive union beacause of our queasiness over the "social" model of Europe, much favoured by the old French-German axis. 'Twas ever thus, really, ever since Margaret Thatcher's continual "handbagging" of her continental counterparts. John Bull is seen here as a huge handicap to the struggling EU nag. The USA leaves it with a clean pair of hooves, while China sneaks up on the outside, having ditched its boiler-suited Maoist jockey.

E! Sharp cover; May-June 2005

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