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Mr Lloyd is correct, Spain Germany have less in common than California and Connecticut, most notably a common language. Yet Europeans do appreciate the peace we enjoyed over the past 60 years.

The real problem is rooted in giving up any semblance of control to an only quasi democratic institution such as the EU has become. This is exacerbated by the fact that we were not given a yes/not vote on any of the treaties Brussels professional bureaucrats write. I suppose it would be like asking the American public to vote on every bill before it becomes law.

Fear of the foreigner is an easy scaremongering headline for tabloid journalism (and online commenters who are trying to tie this article to their US political opinions), yet it is the democratic deficit that is at the root of the problem.

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