user: Question: By. Jason Groves. PUBLISHED:. 07:19 EST, 11 September 2013. |. UPDATED:. 19:38 EST, 11 September 2013. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told MEPs that Euroscepticism could lead to the same divisions that sparked the Great War. The president of the European Commission made an astonishing attack on the Tories last night, warning that those who want to ‘roll back Europe’ risked returning it to the time of ‘war and trenches’. Criticising David Cameron’s promise to claw back powers from Brussels, Jose Manuel Barroso suggested that his tough line on Europe was an insincere attempt to counter the rise of the UK Independence Party. Despite being a supposedly neutral public servant, Mr Barroso – a former prime minister of Portugal – suggested Ukip would beat the Conservatives in next year’s European Parliament elections because ‘when it comes to being against Europe, people prefer the original to the copy’. But a source close to Mr Cameron said Mr Barroso should ‘respect the views of the governing party elected by Britain’. He suggested it might be ‘more convenient’ for Mr Barroso if Ukip did well, because he could ignore them, adding: ‘The Prime Minister will continue to stand up for the British people, fighting to ensure they get the best deal in Europe and have a say on it in a referendum by 2017.’ Mr Barroso’s comments came in his annual address to the European Parliament. In a thinly veiled attack on Mr Cameron, he insisted Europe needed ‘more integration’, not less. He said: ‘Let me say this to all those who rejoice in Europe’s difficulties and who want to roll back our integration and go back to isolation – the pre-integrated Europe of the divisions, the war, the trenches, is not what people desire and deserve. Speaking in possibly his last state of the union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Mr Barroso said the pre-integrated Europe of 'the divisions, the war, the trenches, is not what people desire or deserve' UKIP leader Nigel Farage criticised the comments and national democracy will not lead to 'the Western Front or 1914' ‘The European continent has never in its. history known such a long period of peace as since the creation of the. European Community. It is our duty to preserve it and deepen it.’ In exchanges with Martin Callanan, the. Tory leader in the European Parliament, Mr Barroso said: ‘Your party is. looking like Ukip. ‘Ukip may finish first in Britain. I. have some doubts whether you are going to be elected or if it is not. Ukip that will be the first force in British elections. That is probably. why they are going to vote for [Nigel] Farage.’ Mr Callanan last night condemned the. intervention as ‘outrageous’, adding: ‘He is effectively a civil. servant, but he has turned it into an increasingly political role. ‘The idea that the alternative to. greater EU integration is a return to us fighting each other in the. trenches of the First World War is just risible. ‘David Cameron has got him rattled. He. thought he could isolate Britain, but there is growing support for the. Prime Minister’s ideas in Germany, the Netherlands and others.’ EU residents should pay the same for all international phone calls across its 28 nations, Brussels said last night. Mr Barroso also wants to abolish mobile roaming charges in the EU. Proposed legislation would stop customers paying for incoming calls when travelling in the EU from July 2014. It would end all roaming charges two years later. The plan, which must still be approved by the EU Parliament and all EU governments, also aims to cap EU-international fixed-line call costs the same as domestic long-distance calls.
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Important parts: Jose Manuel Barroso warned Euroscepticism could lead to divisions that sparked the First World War. Said people do not 'desire or deserve' return to pre-integrated Europe. Comments criticised by British UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Tory MEPs. Farage said national democracy would not lead to repeat of 1914.
By. Emma Innes. PUBLISHED:. 12:33 EST, 6 December 2013. |. UPDATED:. 12:37 EST, 6 December 2013. Everyone dreads the stress of Christmas shopping with the huge crowds fighting for a bargain and the overcrowded car parks. Now, a psychologist has claimed the experience is so painful that it sparks the primal ‘fight or flight’ mechanism. Dr David Lewis, founder of the independent research consultancy Mindlab International, says people become aggressive while they are doing their shopping because the swarming crowds activate basic survival mechanisms. Psychologist Dr David Lewis has claimed the experience of Christmas shopping is so painful that it sparks the 'fight or flight' mechanism. He added that the experience can also cause exhaustion and anxiety as well as guilt and feelings of inadequacy, The Telegraph reports. He says people who live in the countryside are most at risk of adverse effects as they are not used to the crowds. Dr Lewis told the paper: ‘Festive cheer all too easily gives way to seasonal shopping stress. ‘The presence of other people is a major factor. Other people present a great threat and strangers are more of a threat. ‘You can begin to see people who are moving more slowly than you, such as an elderly person, as the enemy. It leads to shopping rage.’ He explained that in these circumstances, a person’s heart rate increases, they sweat more and their body starts to produce cortisol – the stress hormone. He said this can promote aggression but that it can also make people want to escape meaning some will leave a trolley full of shopping as they cannot bear to spend any more time in the crowd. There is, however, some good news for shoppers. People become aggressive while they are doing their shopping because the swarming crowds activate basic survival mechanisms. It also makes some people anxious and exhausted. Dr Lewis says there are ways to make the experience less stressful. He says people should draw up a shopping list as this makes it easier to avoid unnecessary impulse buys. His second tip is that people should not shop while hungry as they buy more food when they are hungry and then end up throwing a lot of it away. He added that shoppers should walk away and think carefully before purchasing expensive presents as once they have walked away they will often change their mind. Finally, he said that people should do as much shopping as possible online so that when they do hit the shops they can take in the festive atmosphere in a more relaxed fashion.

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assistant: Dr David Lewis says people become aggressive while doing their shopping because the swarming crowds activate basic survival mechanisms. He says it also makes some people anxious and exhausted. People from the countryside are most at risk as they're unused to crowds. People can make the experience less stressful by writing a list and by doing some of their shopping online.