On 19/05/2017 17:42, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 19/05/17 11:13, James Harris wrote:
I was illustrating that it is not a trade block. It has a flag, an
anthem, a parliament, a means of taxing people, an armed force - at
least one "battlegroup", and now its own foreign policy. It is
becoming a superstate.

*Trying* to become...

I think it's already more than part-way there. Hence, "it is becoming a
superstate".


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James Harris