Gobbledygook and the European Union

Andy Carling muses on the language of politics, focusing on the impenetrable, deliberately vague verbiage favored by the EU.

Here’s an interesting word; ‘toilettage’. It doesn’t mean what you think, in fact it’s far worse. Toilettage is the process of minutely examining new laws and treaties to make sure there’s no errors in translation [...]

Ireland rejects EU treaty

Irish voters have rejected the EU’s Lisbon Treaty which must be ratified by all member states. In a bizarre coincidence, Ireland was the only country to call a referendum on the treaty.

Um, and why didn’t the other countries allow their voters to decide?

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says “there is no Plan [...]