Is the European Union the Borg?

I disagree with the comparison between the European Union and the Borg that appeared on A Yobbo's View and Samizdata (based on the proposed takeover of Great Britain). It's unfair to the Borg.

If the EU were the Borg, a takeover might not be such a bad idea. In that case, they will take the British distinctiveness of fair trials and a free press and add it to their own.

The bad news is that they probably aren't the Borg and will throw a free press etc. in the trash.