The British people were told that the European arrest warrant, which allows British citizens to be extradited to other European countries for alleged offenses that are not crimes in Britain, would speed up the removal of terrorist suspects. Yet in the first test of this brave new advance, the 7/7 bombing suspect arrested in Rome is already running rings round the system.

Meanwhile, further “benefits” of European integration can be seen in the tale of the British Ministry of Defence’s efforts to replace the 20 year-old Milan shoulder-launched missile system. After investing vast amounts of time and treasure into a European-designed system, the MoD has finally faced up to reality and bought an American system. As Dr. Richard North points out, “This typifies the whole European project – expensive, late and ultimately useless. And, in the final analysis, when it doesn’t work, we end up running to the Yanks to bail us out, while the French are the ultimate beneficiaries.”