We have learnt that one cannot suppress nationalist feeling or force it into a framework against which it revolts. - Douglas Hurd

European security without the United States simply doesn't make sense. We Europeans need to say loud and clear that we welcome US forces in Europe.

NATO is one of the principal props which have allowed Britain to punch above its weight in the world.

There is no dread conspiracy against us. There is simply an argument, and no reason why we should be scared or defeatist in that argument. We must continue to fight our corner for British interests. But we can do that without frightening ourselves with ogres.