David Pryce-Jones:
"The EU was a good idea in 1945, but it has long outlived its initial purpose of reconciling Germany and France. What stands out is that heads of state and politicians in Europe have been surreptitiously building a much wider political entity. Voters are not asked for their consent. Absence of legitimacy is the EU’s main feature. Since there is no procedure for the democratic right to throw out the [expletive deleted], the EU has developed into something never seen before in the world, an oligarchy with soft totalitarian symptoms. Conflicting national interests and global economic factors lead inexorably to the hardening of these totalitarian symptoms. ...
The British perceive that this empire must end in full-blown totalitarianism or catastrophic failure, and their vote shows that they want no part of either. Another accident of history underlies the British preference for independence and democracy, never mind if these come at a cost. However, about half a dozen EU countries already look likely to follow the British lead, and if they did so, then the whole mistaken experiment of the EU could fall apart. As long ago as 1805 William Pitt the Younger faced a similar crisis with famous words, “England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.” Yes, yes, and yes again."......................
Other Lessons in Love of Liberty:
* One Size Does Not Fit All
*The Nation-State is Still the Organizing Principle, Not the Utopian Superstate.
*Brits don't like being called stupid, ignorant racists by their arrogant "betters" for simply wishing to be British.
*Brits don't like to be threatened by an American president, especially one whose insipid incompetence and aggressive ineptitude has led to the largest terrorist-laced refugee flows since World War II.
* Victory, Victory, Victory!
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