In rejecting nationalism Brussels rejects democracy

[Popotao]

Great speech!

[Hillsillverr]

Nationalism = Protection

[OzzyPatriot]

There's a guy headed for a small plane crash or a single care accident.

[IdolHans]

If I only had half the brain of a Danny Hannan or a Winston Churchill I could move mountains.....

[Aeschylus]

I ♥ this man.

[JamesCatlane]

terrific speech

[3martijns]

I'm so sorry that you are wasting your talents there, Mr. Hannan.

Like throwing Pearls to Swine!

[Octavius0]

Good man that Dan.

[ProNorden]

I want this Hannan as President of the U.S.A. As this isn't allowed by our Constitution, I will settle for whomever he chooses to designate for the office, while Hannan serves as Britain's Prime Minister and appears regularly on U.S. t.v.

[veradinx]

@ProNorden - Hannan is a big Ron Paul supporter so get behind Ron, a true Libertarian who wants us to return to our true Constitutional roots.

[pkpapers]

World government, unelected bureaucrats making law -- these are both anti-family. Anti-family historically is connected to totalitarianism & genocide. Time to end the false Left-Right paradigm and focus on opposing control-freak sociopaths and anti-family bureaucrats.

Anti-sociopaths of the world unite! (against controllers of all stripes)

[SecularNumanist]

nationalism contains negative connotations. I guess national sovereignty of autonomy would be a better way of wording it.

[ProNorden]

@SecularNumanist ...Nationalism shouldn't have any negative connotations when properly understood. It's the natural affinity and loyalty of extended family (e.g. Israel's 12 sons/tribes) and their self-governance and preservation of ethno-culture. Most anything else is 'imperialist' and predatory globalism.

True Nationalism should be a Peace Movement ,e.g. Ghandi, and the effective, ethical opposition to oppression. Bismark, Mazzini and Garibaldi were Nationalists. Lenin, Hitler,Stalin ...not.

[SecularNumanist]

@ProNorden Well Bizmarck was a fantastic kinda guy either.

And regardless of what you may call hitler, the term nationalism has become too associated with him now. Probably beyond repair

[kubaniski]

why is that room almost always empty yet still in session???

[rayme4raw]

@kubaniski They are off spending tax dollars and buying hookers. At least, Daniel sticks around.

[mkpdavies]

Come on Dan, you know the EU has no interest in democracy. Why even pretend that they can be swayed?

[TheJiral]

So if only the nationalists from the Balkan would have got what they've wanted everything would be fine down there today... he is right.

He is right because everyone would be dead.

[TheBullionBull]

A reference to the Greek roots of the word Democracy would only come from him, at least in that wretched institution. I'm surprised anyone else there can even read the name plates in front of the delegates.

[yoctocb]

A lovely, eloquent speech.

[express375]

He's good,but the Tories are shit

[SpinWaltz]

A symbol for the EU are the PIIGS. OINK!

[mallardhead]

Screw the EU! and kudos to Dan Hannan! 

[kcirdrab]

Mmm ... but Hannan`s just made an eloquent argument against the raison d`etre of the Institution that he`s standing in the middle of, i.e. the EU, not just inept pax-Americana places like Kosovo.

[godlikeangel]

@kcirdrab that's the point. he believes the EU as it is, is inept.

[kcirdrab]

@godlikeangel - I thought Hannan wanted the EU abolished, not reformed?

[godlikeangel]

@kcirdrab he does. shoulda said the "EU is" not "as it is"

[jjintheuk]

Hannan does it again - good work!

[papercutpictures]

first! - always wanted to do that.

anyroad, this guy is a legend, more common sense per square inch of scalp than the rest of the house put together.

[JCLeSinge]

@papercutpictures: More integrity per square inch etc, maybe; I don't think he's telling the Eurorcrats anything they don't already know. Democracy in the EU has never been more than a flimsy mask, and their growing power has allowed them to hack away at any semblance of real democracy independent countries ever had.