European Union Disaster, Book Review

[From review]
European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, whose charisma makes Hillary Clinton look like Mata Hari, would, without the existence of the European Union, have reached most of the continent’s newspapers only if he had paid for a classified advertisement in them. Instead of which, he bestrides the European stage if not like a colossus exactly, at least like the spread of fungus on a damp wall.
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Alas, the British political class is composed largely of careerists. The only thing that will move them to action is popular anger, which, though it exists, remains muted. One can only hope that it is not catastrophe that brings about change, but Hannan’s brilliant little book, which could hardly be bettered or, more importantly, refuted—not that anyone will try, since in the Eurocrats’ world, ignoring arguments is the highest form of refutation.


http://www.city-journal.org/2012/bc0907td.html

THEODORE DALRYMPLE
Rejecting the European Project
Daniel Hannan’s book deserves a wide audience.
7 September 2012
A Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe, by Daniel Hannan (Notting Hill Editions)