When the former fascist states of Spain, Portugal & Greece freed themselves, they underpinned their fledgling democracies, and built their economies, by joining the EU. When Eastern Europeans liberated their countries they too joined the International Institutions that underpin our Security (NATO), personal freedoms (The Council of Europe) and our prosperity (The EU).
Today we see the people of the Ukraine on the streets in support of a simply ideal, the desire to join the EU and pnce again the family of European democracies. It is just a part of their road to self-determination, prosperity and freedom. In contrast we see UKIP and the right wing of Conservative Party siding with the Ukrainian Government (and thus Russia) seeking to pull the UK out of the EU.
Let us hope that the British electorate side with those who want freedom, and reject the narrow nationalism of the Ukrainian Government and UKIP.
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