mmoa_writes

Yes, for the most part it's up to Turkey to clean itself up BUT, there is a great deal of EU skepticism in the UK, and the growing right-wing trend means that a lot of the time, human rights are never mentioned as as reason for keeping Turkey out for the time being. Rather, it's guff about religion and cultural differences (because countries like France have so much in common with Romania or Poland, for example), the usual xenophobic, islamophobic mildly racist claptrap.

And it's nice to see someone else who dreams alike! Maybe if other countries start dealing more closely with the EU rather than the UK as a separate entity, our government will wake up a bit and do the right thing...