Just who the hell do you think you people are? - Preserving the EU project at any cost

The fear in the EU bunker

This is the transcript of the speech:

Good morning, Mr van Rompuy,

You've been in office for one year and in that time the whole edifice is beginning to crumble, there's chaos, the money's running out -- I should thank you; you should perhaps be the pin-up boy of the Eurosceptic movement. But just look around this chamber, this morning. Just look at these faces. Look at the fear. Look at the anger. Poor old Barroso here looks like he's seen a ghost.

They're beginning to understand that the game is up and yet in their desperation to preserve their dream, they want to remove any remaining traces of democracy from the system. And it's pretty clear that none of you have learnt anything.

When you yourself, Mr van Rompuy, say that the euro has brought us stability. I suppose I could applaud you for having a sense of humour, but isn't this, really, just the bunker mentality?

Your fanaticism is out in the open. You talked about the fact that it was a lie to believe that the nation state could exist in the 21st Century globalised world. Well, that may be true in the case of Belgium, who haven't had a government for six months, but for the rest of us, right across every member state in this Union -- and perhaps this is why we see the fear in the faces -- increasingly people are saying, 'We don't want that flag. We don't want the anthem. We don't want this political class. We want the whole thing consigned to the dustbin of history.'

And we had the Greek tragedy earlier on this year, and now we have this situation in Ireland. Now I know that the stupidity and greed of Irish politicians has a lot to do with this. They should never ever have joined the Euro. They suffered with low interest rates, a false boom and a massive bust. But look at your response to them. What they're being told, as their government is collapsing, is that it would be inappropriate for them to have a general election. In fact Commissioner Rehn here said they had to agree their budget first before they'd be allowed to have a general election. Just who the hell do you think you people are?

You are very very dangerous people, indeed. Your obsession with creating this Euro state means that you're happy to destroy democracy. You appear to be happy for millions and millions of people to be unemployed and to be poor. Untold millions must suffer so that your Euro dream can continue.

Well it won't work. Because it's Portugal next, with their debt levels of 325% of GDP, they're the next ones on the list, and after that I suspect it will be Spain. And the bailout for Spain would be seven times the size of Ireland's and at that moment all of the bailout money has gone -- there won't be any more.

But it is even more serious than economics. Because if you rob people of their identity. If you rob them of their democracy, then all they are left with is nationalism and violence. I can only hope and pray that the Euro project is destroyed by the markets before that really happens

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[MrGilles1990]

Brilliant!

have you got the Godfrey Bloom speech?

[ukipwebmaster]

@MrGilles1990 Yes. See the previous video.

[chofthenight]

How about a big round of applause for Nigel? :) *clapclapclapclap!!*

[jimyrichardson]

I saw this guy talk and I thought this guy is a damn genius speaker. This Nigel is my newest hero.

[calrenman]

NICE!

[AmersfoortTristan]

@F00MF Arrogance.

[Anon12356]

2:50 Nigel called it 7 months before it happened.

[57earthchild]

Nigel is sooooo awesome! I love to hear him speak. He has good sense and the balls to say what's what.

[jrobertsoneff]

@stopgapflop New liberals -old torys.... New torys - old nazis

[jrobertsoneff]

@GonG108 You had one his name was hitler.

[liamarioeire]

As an Irishman, I couldn't agree more with what this politician has said. He hit the nail on the head.

The EU needs to collapse!!!

[Panzerlang]

Go Nigel!!! You rock!

[ChristiansofAsia]

Excellent speech!