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Unlucky Luckhurst - 27th February 2003, 20.23

Timothy Luckhurst, in this week's Spectator, provides a quick sketch of Poland's love affair with America and the Eurosceptic views of the population providing firm evidence that Common Sense has abandoned Britain and travelled East. Luckhurst argues that the United States and Britain should encourage Polish entry to provide a firmer pro-American voice within the European Union.

Would the largest of the accession countries, Poland, voting 'No' and thriving economically outside the 'naive socialism' of the European Union provide a better example of independence? Of course it would, and hopefully they will ignore such a foolish argument as the encouragement of EU membership because voting yes will help other countries. Voting No will help themselves and also prove that European Union membership is not inevitable.