Excuse me? Chap here with a question.

"English political history has been described as a 1,000 years of our gaining the power to insist that the State ask us nicely for our tax money, ask for it every year, tell us where it goes and give us an opportunity to say “No”.

Quite why we should have to give that up just so that Germany doesn’t invade France again I’m not sure.

Perhaps you could explain why keeping a bureaucracy accountable would increase the risk of war?"

Tim Worstall.