Europe the only friend we’ve got in our hour of need — so vote Yes

WE don’t need Europe.

We’re bigger than that, richer. We’ve all got new cars, second homes. What do we need Europe for? After all, we’re the richest country in the world and our leaders have pretty well told us we can get on fine without any Lisbon Treaty.

Oops. As Mary O’Rourke used to say, that was then and this is now. All the signs are that we are ready to vote for Lisbon now. We’ve lost a bit of the arrogance we had a year or so ago, and we need all the friends we can muster.