Janet Daley describes herself as a euro-sceptic of “apocalyptic dimensions”. The evidence presented by her column today suggests this may be an understatement. Alas, this kind of euro-scepticism seems to drive its followers mad. This is the only sensible conclusion that may be drawn from Daley’s final paragraph in which she writes:
Really? I dare say that, this month of all months, the peoples of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslaovakia (as was) and East Germany might find that a pretty startling comparison. Some of them might even find the comparison between totalitarian societies occupied by the Soviet Union and a peaceful association of democratic countries (which, remember anyone is free to leave) who agree to work together on issues of common interest to be either offensive or hilarious.On Europe, our hope can only be that the peoples of the EU will one day walk out from under their oppressors, just as the people of the Warsaw Pact walked out from under theirs.
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