[junto]

While I welcome the initative, I think this a case of sky hooks and tartan paint.

I also find it highly amusing that based on her comments she suggests that the UK is considered to be outside Europe.

[The_Double]

Based on the UK's actions they consider themself the same.

EG. Hacking Belgacom to to snoop on the EU.

[Silhouette]

It's helpful to distinguish between the country, its general population, and the actions of certain parts of its government in these kinds of discussions. The average citizen in the UK no more knew about, supported or condoned a lot of the recently disclosed intelligence-related activities than the average US citizen knew about, supported or condoned the recently disclosed behaviour of the NSA. If anything, I suspect there is a lot more latent resentment of these government behaviours in the UK, because we don't as a rule exhibit the same kind of patriotic fervour that significant parts of the US population do when it comes to military/intelligence matters.

[vidarh]

UK media very often use Europe this way as well. It is as least as common to talk about the UK vs Europe as it is to talk about Europe and including the UK in that.

(So also be wary about that when interpreting comments - if they're paraphrased in UK media, this can easily creep in)