The Barnier army

The calamities in the eurozone are a direct threat to democracy as unelected technocrats decide they know what’s best, says Emile Woolf

When appointed foreign office minister in 1951, Selwyn Lloyd confessed to the prime minister that he had never visited a foreign country, spoke no foreign language and detested foreigners anyway. Churchill’s wry response: ‘Just the qualifications we’re looking for!’

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