Let’s come together right now, oh yeah, in sweet harmony

THE phrase “let’s come together” might appear at first reading an innocent enough one.

Even in a European Union context, one would image it to be acceptable, given that the motto for this year, the EU’s 50th anniversary, is “together”. But it has created outrage, especially among those who read certain British newspapers and listen to certain Polish radio stations.

Even a sizeable cohort of the Brussels based journalists got exercised about the phrase last week, condemning it as a “double entendre” too far.