Comment: The left must abandon the EU  Ian Dunt: "The idea that
the EU can counter-balance American influence is now so
ridiculous as to be barely worth mentioning."  Unless the left
abandons the EU, it cannot morally or logically contribute the
debate over what is happening to this continent.  By Ian Dunt
The left must abandon the EU. For anyone to still be defending
this type of behaviour is embarrassing and contemptible. Until
the left accepts the complete failure of the project, it cannot
contribute to the debate on the future of Europe. That leaves us
without a humane or compassionate assessment of our predicament,
rather than the slavish devotion to the market and dewy-eyed
sentimentality about the nation state which transfixes
conservative eurosceptics.  The Greek people did not behave in a
manner which is in any way different to their British
counterparts. There was more borrowing than earning, as there
was here. They were subject to the sudden collapse of the
western financial model, as we were her